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Alex Shevchenko

Crypto executive who is general manager of NEAR Intents, the cross-chain swap protocol in the NEAR ecosystem, and CEO of Defuse Labs.

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investConfirmed3 publishers

Attacker returns 15,000 of the 16,249 BNB drained through 79thVault's own operator role

79thVault's 79AU pool on PancakeSwap was drained on October 7 through a permission inside the project's own token. Cryptopolitan reported that the attacker has returned 15,000 of the 16,249 BNB, and the team plans to re-seed the pool behind burned LP tokens, the same lock Bitquery found on 79% of receipts when it was drained.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 48%
Operator
Operator 24%
Investor
Investor 28%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives40
Confidence55
investConfirmed4 publishers

NEAR Intents recovers all $3.8 million lost to a bug in its deposit-and-withdrawal layer

NEAR Intents got back all $3.8 million drained through a bug between its Omni deposit-and-withdrawal layer and its contract, after encrypted talks. Whether that layer is safe now rests on the patch, since every user who lets the protocol choose a bridge depends on it.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 31%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 24%

Reality

Evidence74
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence72
investConfirmed5 publishers

Attacker drains $3.8 million from Near Intents via bug in Omni deposit and withdrawal layer

Near Intents halted its cross-chain swap service after a bug in its Omni deposit layer let an attacker take about $3.8 million. Crypto balances carry no deposit insurance, so affected users are relying on the operator's promise to repay them in full.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 23%
Operator
Operator 44%
Investor
Investor 33%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence65
investConfirmed4 publishers

NEAR Intents turned away about $50 million of Bitget loot that the hackers routed elsewhere

NEAR Intents' SHIELD layer refused all but $166,000 of a $50 million-plus attempt by Bitget's hackers. That makes screening policy the clearest difference between NEAR and THORChain. Each protocol carries a different exposure because of it.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 36%
Operator
Operator 35%
Investor
Investor 29%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption35
Hype gap+25
Incentives66
Confidence58