The attacker who targeted Curve Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has begun returning some of the stolen funds. The attacker sent 4,821 Ethereum (ETH), worth approximately $9 million, in a series of transactions to Alchemix Finance, one of the victims.
Curve Finance’s native token CRV has recovered from a 6-month low, and many believe that the news of Huobi co-founder Jun Du buying CRV tokens has contributed to it. Jun Du bought 10 million tokens valued at $4 million from Micheal Egorov, founder of Curve.
In the last three days, the DeFi sector has seen an 8% decline in the total value of locked assets (TVL), falling to $40. 31 billion, as per DeFiLlama data. As of July 30, DeFi projects TVL stood at $43.