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Venus Protocol

$100.0M stolenTuesday, May 18, 2021 · 1917 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Other recorded incidents at Venus Protocol

DefiLlama records 3 separate incidents under this name. Each has its own page.

Venus Protocol — 2022
Binance Smart Chain$11.2M
Venus Protocol — 2023
BSC$274K

Situation Summary

5/18/2021 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$100.0M drained from Venus Protocol on BSC.

TECHNIQUE: SPOT PRICE MANIPULATION

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Source: DefiLlama · 1221 recorded incidents · data as of 2026-08-17 01:37 UTC