Solana-based stablecoin NIRV drops 85% following $3.5M exploit

2022.07.29 18:30

Solana-based stablecoin NIRV drops 85% following $3.5M exploit

Solana-based algorithmic stablecoin NIRV has become the latest stablecoin to fail, after dropping 85% from its dollar peg following a hack on adaptive yield protocol Nirvana Finance on Wednesday.

The flash loan attack, which also saw Nirvana Finance’s native token ANA drop by 85%, resulted in the loss of $3.49 million worth of Tether (USDT), with the SolanaFM team being the first to confirm that the funds were siphoned via a flash loan attack on July 27:

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