Lending Platform Hodlnaut May Have Misappropriated Customer Funds to Anchor and Caused Huge Losses

Terra researcher FatMan tweeted that an anonymous account sent him a message proving that lending platform Hodlnaut was holding a large amount of $UST when it was depegged, and upon verification confirmed that Hodlnaut had been misrepresenting its yield sources and risk profile. Hodlnaut began transferring large amounts of funds to Anchor in January of this year without informing their customers, but Hodlnaut only listed $UST in April and claimed they were generating revenue. Before they listed $UST, they had already moved millions of dollars to Anchor (and were paying better rates than their competitors). During the $UST depegged period, Hodlnaut started providing bETH collateral to Anchor and borrow millions in $UST to send it to Binance. They also begin burning $UST for $LUNA and sending it to exchanges, presumably to arbitrage the huge price difference at the time. Hodlnaut then sold some $UST as low as $0.40, degen shorted through bETH cross-margining, had huge, risky shorts on exchanges in the best case scenario, they even re-entered Anchor after the collapse (small size). It is said that Hodlnaut's own spinoff entity may have lost millions trading $UST.
Source

Lending

Terra

Security Incidents

Related News
Arijit Sarkar Arijit Sarkar 2 hours ago Crypto lender Polter Finance halts operations after $12M hack Arijit Sarkar Arijit Sarkar 2 hours ago Crypto lender Polter Finance halts operations after $12M hack
Avalanche buys back $53M of AVAX tokens from Terra’s LFG Avalanche buys back $53M of AVAX tokens from Terra’s LFG
Terra chain halts operations, ASTRO token falls over 60% Terra chain halts operations, ASTRO token falls over 60%
Aave proposal considers activating fee switch and buying back tokens from open market Aave proposal considers activating fee switch and buying back tokens from open market
Lending Protocol Sonne Finance Exploited for $20M Lending Protocol Sonne Finance Exploited for $20M
Latest News More More
13 Hours Ago BitMEX hit with additional $100 million fine over Bank Secrecy Act violations: report
13 Hours Ago Pyth launches new oracle ‘Lazer’ to offer price feeds to latency-sensitive apps
1 Day Ago Sky’s lending subDAO Spark targets up to $1.1 billion in direct exposure to Ethena’s USDe and sUSDe tokens
2 Days Ago Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain 'Soneium' Goes Live
2 Days Ago Japan’s Remixpoint buys 33.3 additional bitcoin, boosting holdings to nearly $32 million
delate
Use TokenInsight App All Crypto Insights Are In Your Hands
Open