Balance Coin (BLC) Oracle Manipulation / 42DAO
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On July 22, 2026, Balance Coin (BLC), an algorithmic stablecoin issued through the 42DAO-governed Balance Protocol on BNB Chain, lost its dollar peg and fell more than 99% after an attacker manipulated a BTCB price oracle to trigger unauthorized vault liquidations and mint millions of unbacked BLC tokens. Security firms PeckShield and SlowMist estimated losses of roughly $912,000 to $915,000; 42DAO is the protocol that suffered the exploit, not its perpetrator. As of this writing, 42DAO has not published an official post-mortem, compensation plan, or public statement, and whether the incident was purely an external exploit or involved insider conduct remains unresolved in available reporting.
Connected Entities
4 entities · 60 linked investigations- Balance Coin (BLC) Oracle Manipulation / 42DAO→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Balance Coin (BLC) Oracle Manipulation / 42DAO→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
Timeline(5 events)
22 July 2026
An attacker manipulates 42DAO's BTCB price oracle via the Spotter contract's 'poke' function, triggering mass liquidations of BTCB vaults through the Dog liquidation module and minting approximately 4.5 million unbacked BLC tokens, which are swapped on PancakeSwap for USDT and BTCB.
CointelegraphJuly 2026
Roughly two hours after the first transaction, a second attack mints approximately 5,900 additional BLC and extracts further assets from liquidity pools.
CoinCentralJuly 2026
BLC loses its dollar peg, falling from roughly $0.9954–$1.00 to as low as approximately $0.0008–$0.0024 depending on the source and timing of the price check, a decline of more than 99%.
Cointelegraph / AMBCrypto / Bitcoin.comJuly 2026
PeckShield first flags the exploit publicly, estimating losses at approximately $915,000; SlowMist later publishes a more detailed breakdown putting the loss at approximately $912,000.
Tech TimesAugust 2026
A Bitrue blog post reports BLC's market capitalization has collapsed to approximately $12,000, with the token continuing to trade near zero.
BitrueDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 decisions). 0 of 13 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 7/29/2026, 12:31:54 PM
last updated: 10/27/2026, 12:20:31 AM
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