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The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Cross-Blockchain Bridges, and Chorizo •

The most interesting reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend — curated for you by the Protos newsroom.

Explained: Why hackers keep exploiting cross-blockchain bridges

Safe passage of crypto assets over cross-blockchain bridges is perilous. Traverse the chasm from one chain to another at your own risk.

The offer from FTX in July was branded “a low ball bid” that could “create chaos” in the firm’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.

Russian national Alexander Vinnik has been extradited to the US for allegedly laundering crypto, amid a prisoner hostage war with Russia.

The attacks began on August 1 and have so far drained millions from Phantom, TrustWallet, Solflare, and Slope wallets.