Fake Liquidity Pool Inflates NSTR 8,000x, Draining $3.5M From Nostra
- —NSTR price jumped from $0.006 to $49.5, roughly 8,000x, within minutes
- —The attack ran from 05:23 to 07:08 UTC on 17 September 2026
- —About $3.5 million borrowed in ETH, STRK, USDC, USDT, WBTC and DAI
- —2.2 million STRK bridged out via NEAR Intents; $1.9 million consolidated into one Ethereum address
Why it matters: The case highlights how lending protocols remain exposed to oracle manipulation through illiquid collateral tokens.
Source: Coinpaprika News