Orion Pools
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 28 → 60. Problems weighed by who is responsible: concerns that are not fraud −9.6, incidents the subject suffered −3.2, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.4; legitimacy credit long-running +10. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -9.6 |
| Incidents it suffered (e.g. hacks) | -3.2 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -2.4 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | 60 |
Score: 60/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Orion Pools is the automated market maker (AMM) and liquidity pool component of Orion Protocol, a DeFi liquidity aggregator founded in 2018 by Alexey Koloskov. On February 2, 2023, the protocol suffered a $3 million reentrancy exploit targeting its core exchange contract across Ethereum and BNB Chain, with stolen funds subsequently laundered through Tornado Cash. The project later rebranded to Lumia in late 2024, pivoting from a liquidity aggregator to a Layer 2 blockchain.
Connected Entities
6 entities · 60 linked investigations- Orion Protocol→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
- Orion Protocol→mentioned with→Uniswap(60%)
- Orion Protocol→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- ZachXBT→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- Orion Pools→mentioned with→ZachXBT(70%)
- Orion Pools→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
- Orion Pools→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- ZachXBT→mentioned with→Binance(60%)
- Orion Pools→mentioned with→Uniswap(60%)
- Binance→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- + 2 more
Connected Through
5 shared actors · 599 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Ethereumorganization
- □ZachXBTorganization
- □Binanceorganization
- ⌂Uniswapprotocol
Timeline(9 events)
2018
Orion Protocol founded by Alexey Koloskov and Kal Ali.
July 2020
CertiK publishes audit of Orion token sale contracts. Core exchange contracts not included in scope.
July 2020
Orion Protocol raises $3.45 million in funding.
31 May 2021
Orion Terminal mainnet launches, including the Orion Pools AMM product.
2 February 2023
Reentrancy exploit drains approximately $3 million from Orion Protocol's exchange contract on Ethereum ($2.84M) and BNB Chain ($191K). Attacker uses a fake token (ATK) and flash loans to manipulate pool accounting.
2 February 2023
CEO Alexey Koloskov states 'all funds are safe and secure' hours after the exploit. Protocol is paused and PeckShield engaged for investigation.
3 February 2023
Attacker begins depositing stolen ETH into Tornado Cash for laundering. Approximately 1,100 ETH laundered; ~$1M ETH remained in attacker address.
26 February 2024
Orion Protocol announces rebranding to Lumia, positioning as a Layer 2 hyper-liquid restake rollup blockchain.
15 October 2024
ORN-to-LUMIA token swap goes live across major exchanges at 1:1 ratio. Binance reopens LUMIA/USDT trading on October 18, 2024.
Decision Log
- slot 455365800 · hash 9gKDsUqx5noCfgjNxG5FUGK35n7xe3frji5PhtfCTVLn
- slot 422643169 · hash 4h6Dc9myp1QwSmZxfv1cDTXjEJ9vFciVx5zPAm7jhf7g
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 14 of 15 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:44 AM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:46:04 PM
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