Cetus, Sui Network’s Biggest DEX and Liquidity Provider, Loses $260M in Hack
- Cetus Protocol, the main decentralized exchange on the Sui blockchain, suffered a $260 million hack on May 22, 2025.
- This attack occurred due to a vulnerability that allowed the attacker to drain multiple liquidity pools, causing severe disruption and halted trading.
- The exploit caused liquidity tokens like LOFI, HIPPO, and SQUIRT to lose over 80% of their value, while the SUI/USDC pool lost $11 million in liquidity.
- Lookonchain reported the attacker converted stolen assets into over 21,900 ETH worth $58.3 million and bridged about $60 million to Ethereum, while Binance founder CZ promised support.
- Cetus paused its smart contracts and launched an internal investigation, and the hack is expected to impact the broader Sui DeFi ecosystem's liquidity and token prices.
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Cetus, Sui Network’s Biggest DEX and Liquidity Provider, Loses $260M in Hack
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Sui validators freeze majority of stolen funds in $220M Cetus hack - WorldNL Magazine
The Cetus team is working with other stakeholders in the Sui ecosystem to freeze and recover all the stolen funds from the recent hack. Cetus, a decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) built atop the Sui blockchain network, said $162 million of over $220 million stolen in a May 22 hack has been frozen.According to the Cetus team, the DEX is working with the Sui Foundation and other entities within the ecosystem to recover the remainder of the funds.…
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