Update (April 26th at 857pm UTC). This article is updated and includes the most recent updates provided by Loopscale.
Solana’s decentralized financial (DeFi), protocol Loopscale, temporarily shut down its lending market after a $5.8 Million exploit.
A hacker defrauded USDC of 5.7 millions on April 26.USDCIt is 1200 Solana.SOLThe lending agreement after taking a “series of undercollateralized loans”Mary Gooneratne is the co-founder and CEO of Loopscale said Post a X in a comment.
Loopscale was founded in 1992. “re-enabled loan repayments, top-ups, and loop closing”But “[a]ll other app functions (including Vault withdrawals) are still temporarily restricted while we investigate and ensure mitigation of this exploit,” Loopscale said Posting on April 26, X.
Gooneratne explained that this exploit was limited to Loopscale’s USDC, SOL and SOL-S vaults. The losses are around 12 percent of the total value locked by Loopscale (TVL).
“Our team is fully mobilized to investigate, recover funds, and ensure users are protected,” Gooneratne sa.
The first quarter of the year 2025 will see hackers. stole more than $1.6 billion worth of crypto In an April report, the blockchain security company PeckShield warned that exchanges and smart contracts on-chain could be a threat.
Over 90% of these losses can be attributed to an $1.5 billion attack on ByBitLazarus Group is a North Korean hacking group that operates a centralized cryptocurrency exchange.
Related: Crypto hacks top $1.6B in Q1 2025 — PeckShield
Unique DeFi lending model
Loopscale, a DeFi-lending protocol that was launched on 10 April after a closed beta of six months, is designed to improve capital efficiency through direct matching between lenders and borrowers.
The market also provides support to specialized lending markets such as “structured credit, receivables financing, and undercollateralized lending,” Loopscale stated in an announcement to Cointelegraph shared on April.
Loopscale’s Order Book Model distinguishes the company from DeFi Lending peers like Aave who aggregate cryptocurrency deposits in liquidity pools.
Loopscale’s USDC and SOL main vaults have APRs that exceed 5% & 10%, respectively. The platform also offers lending for JitoSOL, BONK and other tokens.BONKThe looping strategy for up to 40 different tokens pairs.
DeFi has TVL of approximately 40 million dollars and attracted more than 7,000 lenders. according OurNetwork researchers are available to help you.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
