Thetanuts Finance Suspected of Being Hacked, Suffers $2.1M Loss

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Release Time: 06/15/2026 15:33:26

Summary

Thetanuts Finance is suspected of a security breach, with PeckShield Alert reporting a loss of approximately $2.1 million on June 15. Around $2 million in options tokens was recovered using a "white hat" method. The attacker swapped $105,000 in USDC for 60 ETH and still holds $3,400 in USDC-denominated options tokens. Details are still under verification, and no full post-mortem has been released. ETH news continues to underscore the risks inherent in DeFi protocols.

BlockBeats report: On June 15, blockchain security firm PeckShield Alert detected a suspected attack on Thetanuts Finance, with preliminary estimates of losses totaling approximately $2.1 million.

According to reports, approximately $2 million worth of option tokens were recovered via a "white hat" approach. The attacker subsequently exchanged about $105,000 in USDC for approximately 60 ETH and still holds option token assets worth about $34,000 in USDC. Details of the incident are still under verification, and no official comprehensive post-mortem or vulnerability disclosure report has been released yet.

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