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Jul 22, 2026

Balance Coin Stablecoin Collapses 99% Following $1 Million Exploit of Bitcoin Reserves

Balance Coin, an algorithmic stablecoin, suffered a catastrophic 99% price collapse after hackers exploited vulnerabilities to drain approximately $1 million from its bitcoin-backed vaults.

Jul 22, 2026·1 source
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Top claims

  • ▪Increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems are raising new security risks for decentralized finance protocols
  • ▪The attacker's exploit drained approximately $912,000 from 42DAO, the governance entity behind Balance Protocol
  • ▪Balance Coin, an algorithmic stablecoin designed to hold a $1 peg, crashed more than 99% to about $0.0014 on July 22, 2026

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Bitcoin1Crypto hacks1DeFi1Smart contract vulnerabilities1Stablecoins1

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