Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
Venus Core Pool
Hack or exploit on Mar 15, 2026 · Donation Attack
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAININ REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 5 SOURCES
Lost
$3.7M
sources: $2.1M to $3.7M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#534
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On March 15, 2026, an attacker drained $3.7M from Venus Protocol THE market on BSC by directly transferring THE tokens to inflate the exchange rate 3.81x, enabling massive borrowing. The attacker had spent 9 months accumulating 84% of the supply cap. The vulnerability was in getCashPrior() reading contract balance directly instead of tracking internal accounting.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Mar 15, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Donation Attack
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Venus Core Pool hack, Mar 15, 2026: $3.7M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5d27afe196/ (data as of 2026-10-31).