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May 19, 2026

Echo Protocol Exploited for $76 Million in Unauthorized eBTC Minting on Monad

Echo Protocol suffered a bridge exploit where an attacker minted 1,000 eBTC (worth approximately $76.64 million) on Monad using a compromised admin key, then used the fake eBTC to borrow real crypto assets. The protocol suspended all cross-chain transactions.

May 19, 2026·4 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪THORChain was compromised on May 15, 2026, with hackers pocketing more than $10 million.
  • ▪The DeFi space suffered 13 hacks in May 2026 before the Echo Protocol exploit.
  • ▪Blockaid traced the Verus-Ethereum Bridge exploit to the wallet address 0x5aBb…D5777.

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DeFiDeFi securityBlockchain interoperabilityLayer 1sCrypto hacks

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