Edward Felten
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Arbitrum
Ed Felten is co-founder and Chief Scientist of Offchain Labs, the initial team behind the development of Arbitrum. In addition to his role at Offchain Labs, Ed is a professor at Princeton University, where he has been educating students in Computer Science and Public Affairs for nearly years. Ed had a stint as the White House’s Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer from June until January . From January to August , Ed served as Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission. He currently sits as a Board Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Ed graduated from Caltech with a B.S. in Physics and received his Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.
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DeFi loses $35M in a day: Are ‘bounties’ inviting more hacks?
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Arbitrum Perp DEX AFX Trade Drained of $24M, Offers Hacker 30% to Return It
Another day, another exploit... this time on @arbitrum andsomehow people still have their money in DeFi??? can someone explain it to me like i'm 5, what sort of yield is worth risking 100% of your cash?
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AFX Protocol reportedly loses $24M in bridge exploit
黑客又发力了，今年行情惨就算了，还频发被盗，金额还又都非常的大。 Perp DEX @AFX_XYZ 的 Arbitrum 桥疑似在 3 小时前被盗 2415 万枚 USDC 。 USDC 从桥异常流出，然后被跨链到 Ethereum 上，再被以 $1,937 的价格换成了 12,467.4 枚 ETH。 ETH 异常流出并被换成 ETH：arkm.com/explorer/addre… 目前 ETH 放在：arkm.com/explorer/addre… ------------------------------------------------------------------
RT @blockaid_: Blockaid detected an exploit at 2026-07-22 21:30 UTC targeting @AFX_XYZ, a protocol on @arbitrum. The exploit was specific t…
People in my chats were racing home to withdraw all their USDC from Arbitrum bridges I raced home to deposit more to long