Echo Protocol pauses bridge after attacker mints $76M eBTC

Bitcoin-focused DeFi platform Echo Protocol has suffered an exploit after an attacker minted roughly 1,000 unauthorized eBTC tokens on the protocol’s Monad deployment. Blockchain security firm PeckShield and on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain reported on Tuesday that the attacker generated around…

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