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zkLend shuts down, conceding defeat after February’s crippling $9.5M hack
zkLend shuts down, conceding defeat after February’s crippling $9.5M hack

Share link:In this post: zkLend announced it is winding down after a serious exploit led to eventual token delistings on major CEXs. The February hack drained about $9.5 million via smart-contract vulnerabilities, with the hacker allegedly losing $5.4 million of the loot to a phishing scam. The team will allocate the remaining $200,000 in its treasury to the recovery fund; the codebase is to be open-sourced.

Cryptopolitan·2025/06/25 19:01
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