Main topic: Hackers stole $62 million from Curve Finance, raising concerns about the strength of the decentralized finance ecosystem.
Key points:
1. Curve Finance is one of the largest decentralized exchanges (DEX) with $1.67 billion in total value locked (TVL).
2. Several DeFi projects' pools were also hacked, resulting in significant losses.
3. The hack was caused by a bug in older versions of the Vyper compiler contract programming language.
4. The hack represents about 4% of Curve's TVL, but a white hat hacker returned $5.4 million to Curve.
5. The hack highlights ongoing challenges and vulnerabilities in the crypto space.
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