{"id":429254,"date":"2026-06-03T00:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/defi-platform-radiant-capital-shutting-down-following-50000000-hack-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:48:58","slug":"defi-platform-radiant-capital-shutting-down-following-50000000-hack-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/defi-platform-radiant-capital-shutting-down-following-50000000-hack-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFi Platform Radiant Capital Shutting Down Following $50,000,000 Hack &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Radiant Capital (RDNT), a decentralized finance lending protocol, announced Monday it is shutting down, nearly two years after hackers drained $50 million from the platform in a sophisticated malware attack.<\/p>\n<p>The protocol, which operated cross-chain lending across multiple networks, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RDNTCapital\/status\/2061457987441447041\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">compromised<\/a> in October 2024 when attackers used a \u201chighly advanced malware injection\u201d to breach multiple developers\u2019 hardware wallets.<\/p>\n<p>The front-end of Safe {Wallet} displayed legitimate transaction data while poisoned transactions were executed in the background, with the breach occurring during a routine multi-signature emissions adjustment process.<\/p>\n<p>According to Radiant Capital\u2019s post-mortem:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe devices were compromised in such a way that the front-end of Safe {Wallet} (f.k.a. Gnosis Safe) displayed legitimate transaction data while poisoned transactions were signed and executed in the background. This breach occurred during a routine multi-signature emissions adjustment process, which takes place periodically to adapt to market conditions and utilization rates.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Radiant worked with US law enforcement and web3 security firm zeroShadow to attempt to freeze the stolen assets. The effort had limited success. Onchain data tracked by analytics firm Lookonchain showed the hacker converted the stolen funds into approximately 21,957 Ethereum (ETH), then began selling in August 2025 at an average price of $4,562 per coin, recording a 93.5% profit on the loot.<\/p>\n<p>The native RDNT token was trading at $0.022 as of August 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDailyHodl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&#038;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any assets including cryptocurrencies, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiant Capital (RDNT), a decentralized finance lending protocol, announced Monday it is shutting down, nearly two years after hackers drained $50 million from the platform in a sophisticated malware attack. The protocol, which operated cross-chain lending across multiple networks, was compromised in October 2024 when attackers used a \u201chighly advanced malware injection\u201d to breach multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-429254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429256,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429254\/revisions\/429256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}