TL;DR: Axie Infinity’s Ethereum-based in-game economy blew up so big it attracted the “biggest robbery of all time” when hackers pulled off the Sky Mavis exploit. Birnie breaks down the clever-yet-classic kill chain that let attackers drain millions, then follows the money as it’s laundered through a DAO-based crypto mixer.
Along the way he unpacks how U.S. sanctions (later challenged in court), activist pushback and the murky world of decentralized finance all collide—raising tough questions about privacy, regulation and how we stop digital crime before it starts.
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