Platypus USD, a stablecoin issued by the Platypus Finance defi protocol, was exploited only ten days after it first launched. The loss was estimated to be around $8.5 million, although crypto researcher zachxbt observed that Tether had blacklisted the attacker contract shortly after the theft.
The exploit was a flash loan attack that allowed them to drain some protocol pools, also causing the stablecoin to lose its dollar peg and drop to around $0.48. A team member reported on the project’s Discord that “all operations are paused until we get more clarity”.
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