The Druid Deep Dive, Episode 10: The Mississippi scheme and the Drift exploit: three centuries of the same trick
In 1717, John Law built a scheme where the bank, the asset, and the price were all him. On April 1, 2026, attackers rebuilt that closed loop around Drift Protocol and drained $285 million in twelve minutes. The technique is three hundred and nine years old. The lessons still are not learned.
