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anchored·2etR1b…6J7JSummary
ZetaChain is a Layer-1 blockchain founded in 2021 that enables omnichain smart contracts and native cross-chain interoperability across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other networks without bridges. The protocol launched its mainnet beta in January 2024, raised $27 million in a Series A in August 2023, and achieved EU MiCAR compliance and DFSA recognition. In April 2026, it suffered a $333,868 exploit of its GatewayEVM smart contract targeting internal team wallets; no user funds were lost, though the team acknowledged it had previously overlooked a bug bounty report flagging the same vulnerability.
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Timeline(11 events)
17 August 2023
ZetaChain announces $27 million Series A funding round led by Blockchain.com, VY Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, and others.
PR Newswire2024
ZetaChain Mainnet Beta launches; ZETA token airdrop distributed to over 800,000 testnet participants (31.5 million ZETA, approximately 1.5% of total supply). Community complaints emerge about referral-weighted distribution.
ZetaChain Blog / Medium community reports11 March 2025
ZETA hits then-all-time low of approximately $0.1851.
CoinMarketCap / CCN price analysis27 October 2025
ZetaChain publishes EU MiCAR-compliant white paper; ZETA described as one of the first Layer-1 tokens to achieve MiCAR compliance.
ZetaChain BlogNovember 2025
ZetaClient performance upgrade released, enhancing multi-chain transaction capabilities.
CoinMarketCap AI / ZetaChain updates26 April 2026
GatewayEVM smart contract exploited across nine transactions on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BNB Chain. $333,868 in stablecoins drained from internal team wallets. No user funds lost. Cross-chain transactions paused.
The Block / CryptoTimes / crypto.news29 April 2026
ZetaChain publishes post-mortem acknowledging three chained vulnerabilities and admitting a prior bug bounty report flagging the same weakness was not treated as a threat. Patch deployed; arbitrary call functionality disabled.
crypto.news / CryptoTimesDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 19 of 23 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 1:51:10 AM
last updated: 8/20/2026, 2:36:52 AM
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