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It ended up being worth billions, but at the time of the back years ago, Bitcoin was much less valuable than it is now.

That wasn't defi. That was a more traditional exchange hack.

Im not sure i understand the difference between various cryptoscams.

Is that the one where people launder money by buying jpegs?

The amount that was stolen in that case is worth billions now, but at the time of the theft it was only a couple million. It has since increased in value which led to the “billions” headlines.