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StablR Stablecoins Depeg After Multisig Key Compromise

The breach shows that weak minting controls can let attackers create unbacked tokens that erode market confidence in regulated stablecoins.

Overview

  • Blockaid detected an active exploit on StablR on Sunday when a compromised private key in a 1-of-3 minting multisig allowed an attacker to add themselves, remove other owners, and mint 8.35 million USDR plus 4.5 million EURR.
  • The attacker sold minted tokens into thin decentralized exchange pools and converted roughly 1,115 ETH, about $2.8 million, even though the new supply had a face value near $10.4 million.
  • Both stablecoins lost their pegs during the exploit, with EURR falling about 23% from $1.15 to roughly $0.88 and USDR dropping about 30% to near $0.70.
  • Security firms emphasized this was a key-management and governance failure rather than a smart contract bug because the 1-of-3 threshold let a single compromised key give full minting control.
  • The incident adds to a string of May attacks that often involve admin key compromise and raises the risk of tighter scrutiny by counterparties and regulators while on-chain teams continue to monitor movements and await an official StablR statement.