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- #1publishby system:backfill2026-05-30 05:05:30ZScore: ? → ? (no score change)anchoranchored
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It suffered multiple security incidents including collateral damage from the March 2023 Euler Finance hack and a critical smart contract vulnerability patched via Immunefi in April 2023, before announcing a full wind-down in October 2023 citing insufficient demand and regulatory pressure. After official operations ceased in December 2023, abandoned smart contracts on Arbitrum were exploited in April 2024 for approximately $181,000 via a flash loan attack on pool balance discrepancies.","timeline":[{"date":"2020-10-01","event":"Yield Protocol launches on Ethereum, offering fixed-rate collateralized borrowing and lending via fyTokens.","source":""},{"date":"2021-06-23","event":"Yield Protocol closes a $10 million Series A funding round led by Paradigm, with participation from Framework Ventures, Symbolic Capital Partners, CMS Holdings, Variant, and the DeFi Alliance.","source":""},{"date":"2022-04-01","event":"Yield Protocol reaches its peak total value locked of over $22 million.","source":""},{"date":"2023-03-13","event":"Euler Finance suffers a $197 million flash loan exploit. Yield Protocol, which held assets in Euler-based pools, suffers collateral losses estimated under $1.5 million.","source":""},{"date":"2023-04-28","event":"Whitehat Paludo0x responsibly discloses a critical logic error in Yield Protocol's strategy contract burn() function via Immunefi. Approximately $950,000 in funds protected. Bounty of $95,000 USDC awarded.","source":""},{"date":"2023-07-01","event":"Yield Protocol confirms full recovery of funds lost in the March 2023 Euler Finance hack, after the Euler hacker returned stolen assets.","source":""},{"date":"2023-10-04","event":"Yield Protocol announces permanent wind-down by end of December 2023, citing insufficient demand for fixed-rate borrowing and regulatory pressures in the U.S., Europe, and U.K.","source":""},{"date":"2023-12-29","event":"Yield Protocol's final December series matures. All borrowing and lending operations officially cease.","source":""},{"date":"2024-02-02","event":"Yield Protocol formally ends all official support.","source":""},{"date":"2024-04-30","event":"An attacker exploits abandoned Yield Protocol smart contracts on Arbitrum via a flash loan attack targeting a discrepancy between pool token balance and total supply. Approximately $181,000 drained. PeckShield first alerts; CertiK confirms. No team response due to protocol being defunct.","source":""}]},"v":1}Verify offline (run on your own machine)python -m src.verify_decision 685454e6-3e2e-4c9e-bb49-ab831115ea22
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