{"id":3123,"date":"2026-05-15T20:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:40:39","slug":"rune-crashes-15-following-reports-of-fresh-thorchain-exploit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/rune-crashes-15-following-reports-of-fresh-thorchain-exploit\/","title":{"rendered":"RUNE Crashes 15% Following Reports of Fresh THORChain Exploit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" data-id=\"3124\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2707.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3124\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RUNE suffered a sharp selloff on Friday after reports emerged that decentralized exchange THORChain may have been targeted in a new crypto hack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blockchain investigator ZachXBT informed his Telegram followers that the platform was likely exploited in an attack affecting multiple blockchain networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early estimates suggest the exploit involved more than $10.5 million in stolen assets. Shortly after the initial report, ZachXBT updated the figure, stating the total losses may have increased to approximately $10.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THORChain has not yet released an official statement regarding the incident. However, the market reaction was immediate as panic spread across X and the broader crypto community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RUNE, the protocol\u2019s native token, was trading above $0.58 before plunging nearly 15% within minutes. The token dropped to a two week low near $0.50, where buyers briefly stepped in to provide support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details surrounding the exploit remain limited at this stage, and the situation is still developing as investigators continue tracking the movement of funds across the affected networks.#crypto#cryptonews <a href=\"https:\/\/coinsignals.net\">https:\/\/coinsignals.net<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinsignalpublic\">https:\/\/t.me\/coinsignalpublic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUNE suffered a sharp selloff on Friday after reports emerged that decentralized exchange THORChain may have been targeted in a new crypto hack. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3125,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions\/3125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}