TECH INTEL13:00 UTC10h ago 1 min readSource: CoinDesk
Drift gets $148 million funding from Tether and partners as it replaces Circle stablecoin with USDT after massive exploit

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The money will be used by Drift to recover user funds after more than $270 million in clients assets were exploited this month, and will relaunch the protocol as a USDT-based perpetuals DEX on Solana.
AI Executive Brief
- / Drift secures $148 million in funding from Tether and partners to recover user funds after a $270 million exploit.
- / Drift will replace Circle's stablecoin with USDT.
- / The protocol will relaunch as a USDT-based perpetuals DEX on Solana.
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