<p>Reputed white hat crypto hacker 'samczsun' is joining investment firm Paradigm Fund as a research partner, according to an <a href="https://twitter.com/samczsun/status/1314586271570972674">announcement</a> posted to Twitter on Friday. </p> <p>The pseudonymous hacker is well-known in the crypto community for discovering bugs in the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape.</p> <p>In 2019, samczsun uncovered significant security vulnerabilities in the 0x v2 Exchange and the Livepeer protocol. More recently, s<span style="font-weight: 400">amczsun took charge of an operation to protect </span><span style="font-weight: 400">nearly $10 million worth of ether (ETH) tied up in a risky Ethereum smart contract.</span></p> <p>According to a <a href="https://samczsun.com/changing-lanes/">blog post,</a> samczsun's responsibilities at Paradigm will include helping to evaluate the security of potential portfolio companies and assisting current ones.</p>