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Ostium loses $18 million in oracle attack that gamed its own price-feed infrastructure

A hacker used Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and trigger an $18 million payout.

CANONICAL SOURCECoinDesk
DATE VERIFICATIONVerified: July 15, 2026
CAPTUREDJul 15, 07:00 PM
EVIDENCE TIERB1 · Independent / regulatory corroboration
TRACE IDostium-loses-18-million-in-oracle-attack-that-gamed-it-fe9a7818
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Ostium loses $18 million in oracle attack that gamed its own price-feed infrastructure

Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent digital asset media report Source: CoinDesk Published: 2026-07-15 Captured: 2026-07-15T23:00:35.774Z

Source summary

A hacker used Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and trigger an $18 million payout.

Why it matters

This signal matters because stablecoin distribution, regulation and settlement are increasingly shaping cross-border treasury, merchant acceptance and programmable payment infrastructure.

Key numbers

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Topics and entities

  • Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
  • Entities: CoinDesk
  • Web3 payments
  • Cross-border payments

Evidence and credibility note

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Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-07-15T15:27:43.412Z

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