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The post Thorchain Hack Drains $10M – ZachXBT Reports appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News THORChain, a cross-chain crypto trading protocol, was hit by a major hack that may have stolen over $10 million in digital assets across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. The attack sparked panic in the DeFi market, causing THORChain’s native token RUNE to drop more than 14% shortly after the exploit. ZachXBT Flags Suspicious Multi-Chain Activity The first warnings came from on-chain investigator ZachXBT, who reported suspicious activity linked to THORChain’s router infrastructure. According to ZachXBT, attackers moved roughly $7.2 million worth of assets including USDT, USDC, and wrapped Bitcoin across multiple blockchain networks before swapping them into ETH. The stolen funds were reportedly spread across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. Initial estimates suggested losses exceeded $7.
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THORChain, a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol, has paused trading after blockchain security researchers flagged an exploit worth over $10 million. The protocol has reportedly suffered an exploit across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC and Base. As a result, RUNE price crashed 12% in a few hours. THORChain Hit By $10M Crypto Losses in Exploit On-chain investigator ZachXBT on May 15 flagged an exploit on THORChain, claiming losses exceeding $10 million. The funds are stolen across multiple major blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain (BSC), and Base. In response, THORChain has halted all trading and swaps via its emergency protocol to contain the damage. The exploit involved large unauthorized outflows from THORChain’s router contracts across the affected chains. Many security researchers and analytics platforms such as PeckShieldAlert rev
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Key Takeaways Thorchain lost approximately $10 to $11 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base on May 15, 2026. ZachXBT flagged the exploit publicly as RUNE dropped 12 to 15% within hours, falling to roughly $0.50. Node operators triggered a global emergency halt; a full post-mortem from Thorchain is still pending. Thorchain Funds Compromised Onchain investigator ZachXBT first flagged the incident via his Telegram channel, placing initial losses above $7.4 million before revised estimates pushed the total higher. The breach hit vaults on Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Base. The attack method centered on a vault churn, a standard Thorchain process in which node operators rotate in and out while assets are redistributed using threshold signature schemes. Attackers appear to have injected malicious addresses into that process, tri
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THORChain, one of the leading decentralized cross-chain DEXs, is the latest victim of a major hack across several blockchain platforms. As per the security warnings issued on May 15, 2026, THORChain suffered losses of about $10 million in cryptocurrencies. The attack targeted the BTC, ETH, BNB Chain, and Base blockchains, with the stolen crypto coins swiftly transferred into certain wallets. So far, the THORChain team has not issued an official comment. Hackers targeting crypto grow bolder Approximately $25 million has been lost to hacks in the crypto space since the start of May. Today’s hack targeted THORChain’s cross-chain liquidity services, enabling unauthorized token withdrawals from pools on the Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain (formerly BSC), and Base blockchains. While initial estimates pointed to losses of more than $7.4 million, the latest data from security firm PeckShi
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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
The repeated security breaches could undermine trust in decentralized protocols, potentially impacting user adoption and market stability.
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