Hack history / 2022 / Collapse or insolvency
TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin dramatically loses its peg
Collapse or insolvency on May 9, 2022
IN REVIEWONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$40.00B
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
In review: single source for a loss of $500M or more.
Details
- Date
- May 9, 2022
- Kind
- Collapse or insolvency
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Terra
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin dramatically loses its peg collapse or insolvency, May 9, 2022: $40.00B lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htecbfe7a904/ (data as of 2026-10-31).