NEAR Intents reports $3.8 million loss after smart contract bug

HACK OR EXPLOITNEAR Intents reports $3.8million loss after smart contractbug60IMPORTANCECLOSED21NEWS MEDIA36PIECESOct 1, 2026 13:20blockboard.net
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NEAR Intents reported a security incident tied to its Omni deposit and withdrawal setup and its smart contract, with a preliminary loss of about $3.8 million. The protocol paused services, later said the flaw was patched and compensation would be full, and then said the full amount had been returned and its investigation was closed.

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What this rests on

Claim by claim, with its source
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The protocol halted services after the incident and said deposits and withdrawals on 11 networks were disrupted while repairs were underway.
NEAR Intents Halts 11 Networks After $3.8 Million Security Incident
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NEAR Intents said it would reimburse affected users in full.
NEAR Intents Pledges Full Compensation After a Bug Lets an Attacker Drain $3.8 M
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NEAR Intents said a security incident involving its Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and its smart contract left it with a preliminary loss of about $3.8 million.
NEAR Intents Says Security Incident Tied to Omni Bug Led to About $3.8M Loss
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The team said most services had been restored while investigators traced the assets and compensation plans remained in place.
NEAR Intents Identifies $3.8M Hacker, Gives Them 48 Hours to Return Funds
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A published recovery wallet received about 34.59 BTC.
NEAR Intents GM Says $3.8 Million in Hack Funds Returned in Full
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NEAR Intents said the attacker first made contact through a 1 BNB transaction that carried a Signal request.
NEAR Intents Hacker Returns Full $3.8M After Opening Negotiations
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NEAR Intents said the full $3.8 million had been returned and it had stopped its investigation.
NEAR Intents Says Exploited $3.8 Million Is Back, Closes Its Hack Investigation

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

Each sentence links inside to the piece that supports it.

Users on the affected networks are the people who would notice this first the next morning: deposits and withdrawals were paused, and later most services were restored while some disruption continued. The event also reached the broader NEAR market, which was still reacting around the time the incident was disclosed.

In practice, NEAR Intents shifted from a halted state to partial restoration, while keeping its promise to cover losses in full. What did not change is that the protocol still treated the incident as a security issue tied to its own infrastructure and contract interaction.

Market reaction

NE NEAR Protocol it is the asset of the company or protocol in the event from 2 h before to 4 h after the line marks the first headline
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-0.59 % before publication
-4.52 % after
$5price at publication
12series points

How the story was built

Every piece in order, with the time its news medium declares — if it is not believable we use ours and say so — and what it added to what was already known at that point. Arriving first is not the same as adding something.

first
Oct 1 00:00
The Crypto Guardian scoop
Breaks the event: $3.8M
first
Oct 1 00:00
DefiLlama hacks context
Its angle: technique, logic
+13 h 15 m
Oct 1 13:14
Crypto Briefing context
Its angle: vulnerabilities, potentially, undermining
+13 h 30 m
Oct 1 13:30
BeInCrypto adds
Adds $32B, with quotes
+13 h 42 m
Oct 1 13:41
The Defiant echo
Picks up what was published, with no new facts
+14 h 14 m
Oct 1 14:13
Unchained context
Its angle: including, repairing, finishes; with quotes
+14 h 18 m
Oct 1 14:18
+14 h 18 m
Oct 1 14:18
CoinDesk echo
No new facts: temporarily, vulnerabili, prompted; with quotes
+15 h 28 m
Oct 1 15:27
U.Today echo
No new facts: emergency, isolates, silence
+15 h 42 m
Oct 1 15:42
AMBCrypto echo
No new facts: reporting, retreated, risk
+15 h 43 m
Oct 1 15:43
+15 h 44 m
Oct 1 15:43
Cointelegraph echo
No new facts: assistance, suffers, stemmed; with quotes
+16 h 33 m
Oct 1 16:32
crypto.news echo
No new facts: pullback, involved, selloff; with quotes
+16 h 36 m
Oct 1 16:35
Crypto Economy echo
No new facts: reimbursed, originated, detecting; with quotes
+17 h 50 m
Oct 1 17:49
crypto.news echo
No new facts: affecting, promising, resumes; with quotes
+18 h 18 m
Oct 1 18:18
Protos echo
No new facts: transactions, immediately, unavailable; with quotes
+18 h 31 m
Oct 1 18:30
+23 h 8 m
Oct 1 23:08
The Coin Republic echo
No new facts: documentation, investigated, restoration; with quotes
+1 d 2 h
Oct 2 02:02
Cointelegraph context
Its angle: with quotes
+1 d 2 h
Oct 2 02:02
The Defiant echo
No new facts: early, none; with quotes
+1 d 2 h
Oct 2 02:07
Crypto Briefing echo
No new facts: confidence, increasing, potential
+1 d 6 h
Oct 2 06:03
Crypto News Australia adds
Adds $5.5M, with quotes
+1 d 7 h
Oct 2 07:03
BeInCrypto adds
Adds the identifier 0xb18a1aedfde8b70fd67012c9e9c7a088b4d0c0, with quotes
+1 d 12 h
Oct 2 12:19
Decrypt echo
No new facts: reactions, spectrum, morning
+1 d 15 h
Oct 2 15:33
The Cryptocurrency Post echo
No new facts: completed, partners, official; with quotes
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Oct 2 15:58
CR CryptoPotato echo
No new facts: investigators, identifies, assessment; with quotes
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Oct 2 16:07
The Defiant adds
Brings into the story: GM
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Oct 2 17:23
Crypto Briefing echo
No new facts: highlighting, underscores, strategies
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Oct 2 18:00
AMBCrypto adds
Brings into the story: THESE
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Oct 2 19:25
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Oct 3 02:12
+2 d 7 h
Oct 3 07:30
CN Crypto News Flash echo
No new facts: negotiations, discussions, researchers; with quotes
+2 d 11 h
Oct 3 11:59
Cointelegraph echo
No new facts: respond, sum
+2 d 12 h
Oct 3 12:30
AMBCrypto echo
No new facts: extended, decline, probe
+3 d 13 h
Oct 4 13:01
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Oct 5 09:42
Unchained echo
No new facts: researcher, kuncoro, replied; with quotes

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