$4M 'exit scam' suspected as Kokomo Finance flies off radar, token plunges
Kokomo Finance's social media presence and websites are offline, while the price of the KOKO token fell more than 95% within a matter of minutes. Optimism-based lending protocol Kokomo Finance has been suspected of a $4 million “exit scam” that has seen user funds plucked out from the platform via a smart contract loophole. Blockchain Security firm CertiK alerted its followers to the “exit scam” in a March 26 Twitter post, noting that the Kokomo Finance (KOKO) token has plummeted 95% in value in a matter of minutes. CertiK also noted that Kokomo Finance removed all social media accounts immediately following the alleged rug pull too. Kokomo Finance has either deactivated or deleted its Twitter account. Source: Twitter CertiK said the deployer of KOKO attacked the smart contract code of a wrapped Bitcoin token, cBTC, by resetting the reward speed and pausing the borrow function. After that, an address beginning with “0x5a2d..” approved the new cBTC smart contract to spend over 700...