Ethereum (ETH) bobbed at over $2.5K as hackers cleaned out 3M from Deus Finance

YEREVAN (CoinChapter.com) – Ether (ETH), the native token of the Ethereum Network, traded at $2,600 in Tuesday’s New York session, after three weeks of sideways consolidation. Moreover, the token faced a significant support/resistance line while flashing conflicting technicals on the daily and weekly charts.

Ethereum (ETH) daily and weekly charts

The digital asset’s daily price action formed a Symmetrical Triangle that consists of two symmetrically converging trendlines, gradually lowering the price swing. Additionally, the Triangle typically forecasts a continuation of the trend preceding the formation. Thus, if the pattern plays out, it could shave 42% off the token’s value, taking ETH below $1,500 for the first time in a year.

As mentioned, ETH struggled with the resistance level at $2,610, so the upcoming sessions will show if the Symmetrical Triangle’s bearish outlook pans out.

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However, the weekly chart didn’t look as grim. A zoom-out to a higher time frame revealed that the Triangle’s lower trendline was a part of a Rising Channel. The latter is neither bullish nor bearish but could be instrumental in determining short-term incentives.

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If the Ethereum token holds the Channel’s support, it could gain approximately 100% in value in the upcoming months and retest the setup’s resistance.

Meanwhile, millions of Ethereum tokens were stolen from Deus Finance, a multi-token DeFi marketplace.

Deus Finance heist

In detail, DeFi analytic firm PeckShield specified that the culprits took 200,000 DAI, a dollar-pegged stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain, and over 1,100 ETH coins.

1/ @deusdao Deus Finance was exploited in https://t.co/bfYCQcz5rZ, leading to the gain of ~$3M for the hacker (The protocol loss may be larger), including 200,000 DAI and 1101.8 ETH

— PeckShield Inc. (@peckshield) March 15, 2022

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Additionally, the analytic firm asserted that the damage could be larger than the originally estimated $3 million. The hackers behind the attack then funneled the stolen tokens using the coin mixer tool Tornado Cash in the Multichain Protocol (previously known as AnySwap).

Deus Finance acknowledged the attack and further stated that both its tokens, DEUS and DEI, weren’t affected.

We are aware of the recent exploit reports regarding the $DEI lending contract.

Contract has been closed, both $DEUS & $DEI are unaffected. Devs are working on a summary of the events, all information will be communicated once we have assessed the full situation.

— DEUS (@DeusDao) March 15, 2022

Lafayette Tabor, the CEO of Deus Protocol, assured the users that the developers would create a new contract. There the affected users could repay their loans.