The Weekend Shift: DeFi Protocols And Their Hackers

Welcome to the 89th Weekend Shift!

What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.

OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.

Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.

October 15

12 hours ago

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12 hours ago

Eisenberg is alleged by an investigator to be the mysterious hacker behind this week’s >$100 million manipulation of Mango Markets.

Read more 👇https://t.co/VDYZHGOr9a

— Protos (@Protos) October 14, 2022

Most read article this week. A profile of the alleged Mango Markets hacker.

12 hours ago

Mango hacker securing himself a ~$47m bug bounty.

Biggest crypto bounty by far?

The current bounty going rate of 10% of exploited funds is going to need to be repriced lmao. pic.twitter.com/FcHkEbwY7u

— Hsaka (@HsakaTrades) October 14, 2022

The story is spicy.

11 hours ago

Messy week.

11 hours ago

Some DAO action as well.

11 hours ago

This is an apartment building in Valletta, the capital of Malta. It houses six flats. One of those is the registered residence of one of the richest men in the world: Peter Thiel.

What is he doing in Malta? Applying for citizenship.https://t.co/qIjXthsvkf pic.twitter.com/ScmmfLsGYN

— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18) October 15, 2022

Welcome to Europe?

11 hours ago

Look, ma.

11 hours ago

Nothing quite like it.

11 hours ago

NEWS: The BBC has aired the first of a new three part series called The Elon Musk Show. It centers on Elon, portraying interviews with family members, close friends (such as @FutureJurvetson) & biz associates. Focuses on key moments in Elon’s career from Zip2 to present day.

1/3 pic.twitter.com/5WTUJyPxF6

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 15, 2022

Let us know what you think on Twitter.

11 hours ago

Um…

11 hours ago

Activists vandalise Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery.

The vandalism or destruction of art is always an authoritarian act.

But more than that – it represents a repudiation of civilisation and the achievements of humanity.pic.twitter.com/8gLTjekvIt

— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) October 14, 2022

No comment.

11 hours ago

Again.

11 hours ago

Started learning how to use adobe software to try to make an NFT project in June 2021. Ended up making an onlyfans of someone who doesn’t exist using deepfakes. In my best month, I made $14,000.

— Coinfessions (@coinfessions) October 14, 2022

Good for you.

11 hours ago

Amirite?

11 hours ago

Like.

11 hours ago

Snap.

11 hours ago

Protos has reached out to the horse for comment.

— Kyle S. Gibson (@KyleSGibson) October 11, 2022

We sure did.

11 hours ago

Roughly 2.5 million addresses bought nearly 1.5 million $BTC at $19,200. The longer #Bitcoin continues trading below $19,000, the higher the pressure these investors will feel to exit their long #BTC positions to cut losses short. Consequently accelerating the downward pressure. pic.twitter.com/hgMMApyswM

— Ali (@ali_charts) October 13, 2022

Who knows.

11 hours ago

Album of the week. 1993.

11 hours ago

A thread of our recent investigations in case you’re looking for some long reads this weekend

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— Protos (@Protos) October 15, 2022

We’ve collected some of our recent investigations in this thread. You’re welcome.

11 hours ago

For real.

11 hours ago

The latest update.

11 hours ago

ICYMI

11 hours ago

Looking forward to this.

11 hours ago

Outside of out bubble.

11 hours ago

Nothing to worry about.

11 hours ago

Companies including Lyft, Uber and DoorDash could soon be forced to classify some gig workers as employees, giving them more benefits and rights in the US.https://t.co/EGC5zjMWyY

— DW News (@dwnews) October 12, 2022

Ready for some changes.

11 hours ago

Fresh lava.

11 hours ago

Angola’s amputee soccer team—the reigning Amputee World Cup champions—has inspired a nation still recovering from a 27-year war https://t.co/JJSIGV4p9o

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) October 7, 2022

The motivation

11 hours ago

Matthew McConaughey penned an essay for Esquire calling for stricter gun regulations in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School massacre that took place in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. https://t.co/PamHuLE6V9

— ABC News (@ABC) October 12, 2022

Opinion.

11 hours ago

Power On: Apple’s move to USB-C is just a stopgap until its wireless future. Also: thoughts on Google’s latest Pixel devices, more on the iPad Pro and Stage Manager and another Apple Car departure https://t.co/UjyUw5jb2n

— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) October 9, 2022

Again and again.

11 hours ago

A very funny satirical video of Switzerland’s role as one of the Russian money laundering centers of the world. Worth watching https://t.co/QlmE3beMzy

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) October 11, 2022

Sorry not sorry.

11 hours ago

🖥️In 2021, young people aged 15 to 34 made up the majority of ICT-educated persons in employment in almost all EU Member States. 🇫🇮Finland was the exception with 49.5%.
Highest shares in:
🇸🇰Slovakia (82.4%)
🇭🇷Croatia (82.2%)
🇷🇴Romania (78.8%)

👉https://t.co/KPMqq3izlu pic.twitter.com/mMDCypaugB

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) October 11, 2022

Some stats.

11 hours ago

Duhhhh.

This post will be updated over the weekend. You can follow us on Twitter and Google News or listen to our investigative podcast Innovated: Blockchain City.

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