Cryptocurrency [loss] $44M+

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2022-05-19 [vendor] Stablegains [chain] terra
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Financial Loss $44.0M (44,000,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Terra

Incident Details

A class action law firm sent a letter to the yield generation project Stablegains, demanding records on customer accounts, marketing and advertising strategies, and communications relating to the Terra stablecoin. Stablegains described itself as aiming to “make it simple and safe for everyone to benefit from advances in financial technology”, and promised that “regardless if crypto markets are soaring or crashing, the value of assets under our management remains stable”.Unfortunately for their customers, it turned out that Stablegains was heavily invested in the Terra project’s Anchor protocol, which collapsed along with the rest of the Terra ecosystem last week. Stablegains’ website had stated they primarily generated yields through the asset-backed stablecoin USDC. However, after the collapse of Terra, Stablegains admitted that “All users’ holdings are in UST” — which lost over 90% of its value.

Total loss estimated at $44,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Regulatory / legal action
Vendor / Product
Stablegains

Timeline

  1. 2022-05-19 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-05-19 Publicly disclosed