Cronos Network Halts After Tectonic Price Exploit Triggers $75M Loss
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The Cronos blockchain stands still. On Sunday, August 30, 2026, the chain's validators stopped block production after an attacker emptied the Tectonic credit market. The estimates to the detriment range from about 66 to 75 million US dollars, a second on-chain evaluation comes to a significantly higher drain from the credit pools. First, a single distinction counts for you: If your credit is on the chain itself, it doesn't move right now, whethe…
Cronos Halts Network After Tectonic Exploit: $75M Borrowed Via Price Manipulation
BitcoinWorld Cronos Halts Network After Tectonic Exploit: $75M Borrowed via Price Manipulation Cronos, the layer-one blockchain developed by Crypto.com, temporarily suspended network operations on [date] following an exploit on the ecosystem’s lending protocol Tectonic. The attack resulted in approximately $75 million in crypto assets being illicitly borrowed, with around $6 million of those funds subsequently moved into Ethereum (ETH). How the …
Crypto.com and its related blockchain, Cronos, announced on the 30th that it had been affected by an exploit on Tectonic, the largest lending protocol... The post Cronos Network Shut Down After Tectonic Exploit first appeared on NADA NEWS.
Cronos Network Halts After Tectonic Price Exploit Triggers $75M Loss
TLDR: Cronos Network halted block production after Tectonic’s exploit drove preliminary losses to about $75 million. TONIC surged roughly 100-fold in 20 minutes, allowing inflated collateral to support larger Tectonic loans. Only about $6 million reached Ethereum before the halt, leaving most exploit-linked assets stranded on Cronos. Tectonic held $121.7 million in TVL and $82.7 [...] The post Cronos Network Halts After Tectonic Price Exploit Tr…
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