Ostium rebuilds trading stack with Gateway after $23.75M exploit
Ostium said most affected wallets from its July incident qualify for full repayment, and it placed a second recovery phase on future recovered funds and protocol revenue. On October 1, it also said it is rebuilding its trading stack with Gateway, a system described as faster, unified on margin, and stronger on infrastructure security.
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Users and wallet holders affected by the July incident are the people who would notice this first, because Ostium said 90.59% of affected wallets qualify for full repayment. The platform also said a second recovery phase depends on recovered funds and protocol revenue, so the immediate change for them is that repayment status is now tied to that process rather than being fully settled for everyone yet.
In practice, Ostium is no longer presenting the same trading setup it had before October 1, because it said it is rebuilding that stack with Gateway. The new setup is described as bringing faster execution, unified margin, and security features, while the $23.75 million theft from the liquidity vault remains the backdrop for the rebuild.
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