Summary
Sovryn is a Bitcoin-backed decentralized finance protocol built on the Rootstock (RSK) sidechain, offering lending, borrowing, margin trading, and AMM services with its native SOV governance token. The protocol suffered a confirmed $1.1 million price manipulation exploit in October 2022 targeting its legacy lending pools, with approximately half of funds recovered via developer intervention. A separate critical smart contract vulnerability was disclosed via bug bounty in March 2021 but was not exploited. ZachXBT has flagged the entity; no detailed public post from ZachXBT specifically detailing Sovryn allegations was independently located at time of investigation.
Connected Entities
1 entitiesTimeline(8 events)
2020-12-15
Sovryn launches on Rootstock (RSK) sidechain, offering Bitcoin-native DeFi lending and trading.
2021-03-11
Whitehat researcher 'Turbo' discloses a critical authorization bypass vulnerability via Immunefi bug bounty; vulnerability not exploited. Sovryn pays $76,568 bounty and patches the flaw.
2021-03-24
Reports emerge of Sovryn being near a $10 million investment agreement involving Anthony Pompliano ('Pomp'), per CoinDesk.
2021-10-07
SOV token reaches all-time high of approximately $44.91.
2022-10-04
Price manipulation exploit drains 44.93 RBTC and 211,045 USDT (approximately $1.1 million) from legacy lending pools via iToken flash loan attack. Sovryn places protocol in maintenance mode; approximately half of funds recovered.
2022-12-11
SOV token reaches all-time low of approximately $0.021.
2024-11-01
Sovryn Bitocracy approves SIP-0083, formalizing Sovryn's role as a contributor to the BitcoinOS initiative and launching the $BOS token.
2025-01-01
Sovryn publishes 2024 Development Report and financial summary covering Q4 2024 through Q4 2025; TVL reported at approximately $44.7 million on RSK, down 33.9% quarter-over-quarter.
Decision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:47 AM
last updated: 5/28/2026, 5:25:01 PM
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