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On June 23, 2022, a breach in the Horizon blockchain bridge of cryptocurrency firm Harmony caused a loss of close to $200 million. The hacker(s) were able to steal ETH worth $98.3 million, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) worth $12.4 million, and over $50 million each in Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). In addition, the loot also had $20 million of DAI stable coins, Binance USD, SUSHI tokens, AAVE Wrapped Ethereum and a few others. It is also reported that, the company fortunately was able to track and recover a large portion of the stolen funds.