from some within his own party to abandon bipartisan talks. let s now talk about what is being called one of the largest cryptocurrency heists ever. hackers stole some $600 million worth of digital tokens from the blockchain site poly network, which the firm blamed on a vulnerability in its system. in a letter posted on twitter, it urged the thieves to establish communication and return the hacked assets. joining me now is craig erlam, who s the senior market analyst at 0anda. that is quite a begging tweet, isn t it? this is one of the largest hack attacks in the industry ever, does this security blow knock the efforts for these cryptocurrencies trying to become mainstream? it s definitely a roadblock and definitely something that will be at the forefront of peoples minds when they are considering utilising these networks and this is quite clearly why so