{"id":26897,"date":"2026-04-28T07:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/zetachain-halts-transfers-as-defillama-reports-300k-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:06:10","slug":"zetachain-halts-transfers-as-defillama-reports-300k-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/zetachain-halts-transfers-as-defillama-reports-300k-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"ZetaChain halts transfers as DefiLlama reports $300K loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>ZetaChain has paused cross-chain transactions on its mainnet after detecting an attack on its GatewayEVM contract.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_66951f73c8265255017a90c0310970ce\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ZetaChain paused cross-chain transactions after detecting an attack on its GatewayEVM smart contract.<\/li>\n<li>The team said only internal wallets were affected and no user funds were lost.<\/li>\n<li>DefiLlama reported $300,000 in losses as ZetaChain prepared a detailed post-mortem.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The Layer 1 network said the move was a precaution while the team investigates the incident. GatewayEVM works as a key entry point for cross-chain activity between EVM-compatible networks and applications on ZetaChain. The contract helps route interactions across connected chains.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>ZetaChain said the attack affected only internal team wallets. The team added that it had already closed the attack path to stop more funds from being compromised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs a precaution, cross-chain transactions are currently paused on ZetaChain,\u201d the team said. \u201cInvestigation is still ongoing, and at this time no user funds were impacted by this attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DefiLlama reports $300,000 loss<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>DefiLlama data <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/hacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shows<\/a> the attack caused about $300,000 in losses. ZetaChain has not confirmed the exact amount and said it plans to publish a full post-mortem.<\/p>\n<p>According to ZetaChain\u2019s official <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/status.zetachain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">status page<\/a>, cross-chain transactions remained paused as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday. That was about nine hours after the team first identified the attack.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DeFi security concerns continue<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>ZetaChain launched its mainnet in early 2024 and focuses on blockchain interoperability. The project describes itself as a universal blockchain that connects networks such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon.<\/p>\n<p>The attack comes after several recent DeFi security incidents. The LayerZero-powered Kelp DAO bridge exploit drained $292 million and created bad debt on Aave. Since that event, DefiLlama data shows at least 10 attacks on DeFi projects.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZetaChain has paused cross-chain transactions on its mainnet after detecting an attack on its GatewayEVM contract.\u00a0 Summary ZetaChain paused cross-chain transactions after detecting an attack on its GatewayEVM smart contract.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26899,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897\/revisions\/26899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}