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USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack
The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Platypus Finance suffered a flash-loan attack on Thursday, blockchain security firm CertiK tweeted. The potential loss in the exploit is $8.5 million.
Platypus USD (USP), the protocol’s stablecoin, lost its price peg to the dollar as a result of the exploit, falling to 48 cents from its $1 anchor, according to CoinGecko.
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"For now all operations are paused until we get more clarity," a Platypus team member posted in the protocol's Discord server.
Read more: How Solvency Check Error Led to USP Depegging on Avalanche Based Platypus Finance
Platypus is an automated market maker built on the Avalanche blockchain where crypto traders can swap stablecoins. It has $59 million worth of digital assets locked on the protocol, significantly less than the all-time high of $1.2 billion reached last March, data by DefiLlama shows.
A flash loan is a type of uncollateralized borrowing popular on decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols among traders to quickly profit from arbitrage opportunities. However, exploiters often tap flash loans to destabilize and drain digital assets from DeFi protocols.
Krisztian Sandor
Krisztian Sandor is a U.S. markets reporter focusing on stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets. He graduated from New York University's business and economic reporting program before joining CoinDesk. He holds BTC, SOL and ETH.
