THORChain loses nearly $11 million in suspected exploit as RUNE tumbles 13%
The post THORChain loses nearly $11 million in suspected exploit as RUNE tumbles 13% appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. THORChain, the decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol that enables swaps between major blockchain networks, appears to have been exploited for approximately $11 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Base, according to on-chain investigator ZachXBT. Trading on the protocol was paused following the incident. The project has yet to respond publicly to reports of the suspected exploit. The breach, which surfaced in the early hours of Friday, is at least the fourth major security incident for the protocol in recent years. The first widely recognized exploit took place in July 2021, leading to losses estimated between $4.9 million and $5 million from liquidity pools. A second major incident followed during the ChaosNet era later that year, when attackers drained approximately 4,000 ETH from Ethereum-linked liquidity before the treasury reimburse