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DEUS Offers 20% Bug Bounty for Return of Stolen Funds; Won't Pursue Legal Action

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May 7 (Cointime) - Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol DEUS declared that they will not pursue legal actions if the stolen funds are returned. Furthermore, DEUS emphasized that the incident will be regarded as a "white hat rescue," and that 20% of the retrieved funds will be granted as a bug bounty.

Yesterday, Cointime reported that over $6 million worth of DEI, a stablecoin of DEUS was stolen in a hack.

The team also confirmed that the multisig address on the Binance Chain, which will hold the returned assets, is under the control of the DEUS team. The team will make a public confirmation upon receiving the funds.

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