Third X100 Exploit Transaction Drains 550,000 X From Uniswap Pool
An attacker routed roughly 549,916 X and 1,909 USDT to a fresh beneficiary address, leaving the pool with under 200 USDT.
At a glance
- What happened
- A third exploit transaction against X100 extracted 549,916 X and 1,909 USDT from a Uniswap pool to a new beneficiary address.
- Why it matters
- The pool was depleted of stablecoin reserves, holding less than 200 USDT immediately following the transaction.
- Who is affected
- X token holders and liquidity providers in the affected Uniswap pool.
- What's next
- No next step announced.
- Primary source
- thedefiant.io: Third X100 Exploit Transaction Pulls 550,000 X From Uniswap Pool
Key points
A third exploit transaction targeting the X100 protocol has siphoned approximately 549,916 $X tokens from a Uniswap decentralized liquidity pool 1. The incident also extracted 1,909 $USDT 1.
According to incident data reported on Oct. 24, a different transaction sender routed the extracted funds directly to a new beneficiary address 1. The transaction left the targeted liquidity pool with a remaining balance of less than 200 USDT 1. The incident follows two earlier exploits targeting X100 liquidity infrastructure, marking continued unauthorized extraction of assets from related liquidity pools 1.
Pool Depletion and Market Environment
The extraction left minimal stablecoin liquidity remaining in the targeted pair, which held less than 200 USDT following the transfer 1. The incident follows broader decentralized exchange and cross-chain security challenges across decentralized finance, where malicious actors repeatedly extract reserves from decentralized automated market maker pools 1.
At the time of writing, $UNI traded at $6.57, down 7.3% over the prior 24 hours, while Tether's $USDT maintained its peg at $0.9987. No formal recovery timeline, contract pause, or remediation plan had been published at the time of publication 1.
Sources
- [1] Third X100 Exploit Transaction Pulls 550,000 X From Uniswap Pool — thedefiant.io, October 24, 2026
Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.
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