Dutch prosecutors have asked courts to declare the platform bankrupt, which would install a court-appointed trustee to oversee the process of extracting assets from the company to return to customers. The country's Fiscal Information and Investigation Service has also opened a criminal investigation into the platform.
Dutch Knaken crypto platform collapses
The Dutch cryptocurrency platform Knaken (not to be confused with the American Kraken platform) abruptly went offline in early June, leaving roughly 30,000 customers unable to access their funds. The company was unable to secure a license under the EU's MiCA regulations, which it said forced them to shut down. Though they claim to be winding down the company in an orderly fashion, they have reportedly stopped paying customer withdrawals, and have asked customers to stop filing claims.
Polymarket customers lose $2.97 million, company blames third-party vendor
Polymarket customers have lost around $2.97 million to an attacker who then swapped stolen Polymarket USD (pUSD) to ETH.
Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction markets platform, quickly made an announcement to claim that a third-party vendor had been compromised to allow an attacker to inject a malicious script into the website frontend. Polymarket has said it will refund affected customers.
Users of the SecondFi Cardano wallet lose $2.4 million in series of hacks
Users of the Cardano wallet SecondFi (formerly Yoroi) have lost a cumulative 16 million ADA (~$2.4 million) across three attacks targeting a vulnerability in the project's wallet generation code.
After the attacks commenced, SecondFi "rescued" another 129 million ADA (~$19.4 million) by moving the assets to a third party entity. They have announced that an external accounting firm will verify the funds and process user claims.