THORChain Resumes Trading After $10.7M Exploit; Unveils Monero Swap Roadmap
THORChain resumed trading operations following a month-long halt caused by a $10.7 million exploit and simultaneously published a roadmap for adding Monero swap functionality to the protocol. The Monero swap roadmap represents a planned expansion of privacy-coin liquidity access through THORChain's cross-chain infrastructure.
THORChain resumed trading and published a Monero swap roadmap, extending the story beyond the exploit resumption disclosed on June 24.
THORChain: getting hacked, then building the privacy highway anyway
A protocol takes a $10.7 million hit, halts for a month, then comes back and announces it's adding Monero swaps.
That sequencing matters. The easiest post-exploit move is to lie low, patch quietly, and avoid controversy. Instead THORChain is leaning into the single feature most likely to draw regulatory fire.
When a protocol chooses that moment to double down on privacy-coin liquidity, it's not naivety — it's a signal about where the team thinks the demand is going.
Story timeline · 2 days
- Jun 25, 20268· this storyTHORChain Resumes Trading After $10.7M Exploit; Unveils Monero Swap Roadmap
THORChain resumed trading and published a Monero swap roadmap, extending the story beyond the exploit resumption disclosed on June 24.
- Jun 24, 20266THORChain Resumes Trading After $10.7M Exploit and Month-Long Halt