Bonzo Lend
Bonzo Lend is a lending and borrowing protocol on Hedera, built by the developer company Bonzo Finance. The protocol is open source and non-custodial, and it is based on Aave. An exploit through a compromised third-party price oracle caused about $9 million in losses, and Bonzo Lend was paused.
Key facts
- Design
- Open source, non-custodial lending and borrowing protocol based on Aave, adapted to the Hedera EVM and native Token Servicesource
- Exploit loss
- Theft of approximately $9 million in assets, caused by the compromise of a third-party price oraclesource
- Preliminary report
- Per the developer company Bonzo Finance: the attacker deposited 250 SAUCE tokens as collateral, manipulated the oracle, and borrowed approximately 6.6 million USDC and 34.5 million wHBARsource
- Team post
- Bonzo Finance Labs (@bonzo_finance) post dated July 11, 2026source
- Status
- Bonzo Lend paused after $9 million oracle exploitsource
WYDE coverage of Bonzo Lend
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Bonzo Lend, from Jul 14, 2026 to Jul 18, 2026. Bonzo Lend is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals..
Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Visa's stablecoin platform, DTCC's first live tokenized trades, the Senate's unanimous no-pardon vote on SBF, WyoGives' record $6.46 million, Lilly's $100 billion endowment, and the EAT Card iOS launch.
Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiBonzo Lend Loses $9 Million in a Hedera Oracle Exploit as Network Value Drops 40%
The attacker never touched Bonzo Lend's own code. A flaw in a third-party Supra price oracle let a near-worthless token be inflated about twelve orders of magnitude, and roughly $5.25 million was bridged to Ethereum before the protocol paused.
Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
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- Citadel · in 1 story with Bonzo Lend
- Citadel Securities · in 1 story with Bonzo Lend
- Crypto.com · in 1 story with Bonzo Lend
- DTCC · in 1 story with Bonzo Lend
- Ethereum Foundation · in 1 story with Bonzo Lend
Sources
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