Altcoins News
By Julie Binoche
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How the Exploit Actually Worked. The root cause was a configuration flaw in SAND's Base and BNB Chain bridge contracts.
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SAND Price Takes a Hit. The market didn't shrug this off. SAND was trading at roughly $0.04 at the time of writing, down 10.
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The Sandbox got hit. On August 21, a bridge exploit drained 14.744 million SAND tokens — roughly $700,000 worth — from an Ethereum vault, and the platform is now promising every…
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The repayment plan is straightforward: eligible SAND holders on Base and BNB Chain will receive Ethereum-based SAND pulled directly from The Sandbox's treasury.
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The root cause was a configuration flaw in SAND's Base and BNB Chain bridge contracts. The flaw was bad enough that it let the attacker become the sole verifier of incoming…
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SAND on Ethereum and Polygon was never touched.
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The Sandbox has permanently retired the compromised bridge contracts. Any future bridge operations on Base or BNB Chain will run on newly deployed contracts.
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Bridge exploits aren't new to crypto. Cross-chain infrastructure has been one of the most consistently targeted areas in the space for years, with attackers hunting for exactly…
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The Sandbox's decision to pull compensation from its treasury rather than mint new tokens is the right call for price stability.
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Still, trust takes time to rebuild. The claims process opening is a first step, and the fact that two centralized exchanges are handling the bulk of distribution directly means…
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The Sandbox hasn't specified which two centralized exchanges are handling direct distribution, which is a gap in the public communication.
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What's clear is the mechanics: treasury-funded, no new minting, two-week claim window, new contracts going forward on Base and BNB Chain. The 14.
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SAND sat at $0.04 as the claims process prepared to open.
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