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AscenDEX

$77.0M stolenSaturday, December 11, 2021 · 1734 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-09-10

Situation Summary

12/11/2021 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$77.0M drained from AscenDEX on Ethereum, BSC, Polygon.

TECHNIQUE: HOT WALLET KEY COMPROMISED

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