• Chainflip introduced the 1.7.10 improve will likely be prepared for testing and deployment in 24-72 hours.
• The cross-chain AMM says the transfer will block Bybit hackers or different attackers from utilizing the platform to launders stolen funds.

Cross-chain automated market maker Chainflip has introduced an upcoming improve. When deployed, the platform will block Bybit hackers from utilizing its decentralized change protocol.

The platform’s transfer follows the latest $1.4 billion hack on Bybit, which had North Korea-backed Lazarus Group looting over 400,000 ETH from the change’s chilly pockets.

“After discussions amongst the team, community, liquidity providers on the network, all the major interfaces using Chainflip, and a majority of validator providers, we’re moving ahead with a plan to enable interfaces to robustly block illicit flows in the Chainflip protocol,” the Chainflip group mentioned in an article posted on X.

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— CHAINFLIP LABS (@Chainflip) February 24, 2025

In response to Chainflip, there’s been consensus throughout its group for the improve. It’s because the group sees illicit flows as one thing that “endangers the protocol by exposing LPs to too much risk.”

The choice to deploy the 1.7.10 improve subsequently stems from the general need to guard the pursuits of strange customers. On Feb. 22, the protocol put its important interface swaps platform in upkeep mode to forestall the Bybit hackers from swapping stolen ETH for USDC.

Increasing dealer screening characteristic

Chainflip says it has collaborated with ecosystem companions and different suppliers. The purpose is to forestall these funds and different illicit flows from touching the protocol.

With the improve, the protocol now expands a broker-level screening characteristic that enables for Bitcoin (BTC) deposits to be rejected if deemed to be high-risk to Ethereum (ETH) and all ERC20 tokens.

“Going forward, Chainflip will not be useful to anyone whose wallet can be linked to any major incident, hack, fraud, or scam. This will allow Chainflip to provide a vastly more reliable and secure environment for LPs to commit more capital with lower risk, thus improving service to DeFi users everywhere,” the platform added.

Chainflip builders have already written a lot of the code, and testing and deployment may go reside inside 24 to 72 hours.