Stream Finance halts deposits and withdrawals after detecting abnormal losses…$93 million

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Summary

  • Stream Finance announced it carried out a full suspension of deposit and withdrawal functions after confirming $93 million in asset losses.
  • The platform's stablecoin (Staked Stream USD, XUSD) reportedly saw its $1 peg collapse and fall to $0.51.
  • Analysts suggested that market unrest caused by recent events such as the Balancer hack influenced this situation.
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Stream Finance has suspended deposits and withdrawals after confirming asset losses of $93 million.

On the 3rd (local time), Cointelegraph reported that Stream Finance suspended deposits and withdrawals after discovering asset losses of $93 million. It added, "We are currently recovering liquid assets and expect recovery to be completed in the near future," and "We will provide periodic updates depending on the progress of the investigation."

As a result of the incident, the platform's stablecoin 'Staked Stream USD (XUSD)' lost its $1 peg and plunged to $0.51.

DeFi analyst Omer Goldberg said, "XUSD has been significantly depegged from its target," and noted that market unrest had intensified following a $100 million hack on the automated market maker (AMM) Balancer a few days earlier.

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