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Astroport ($4.9 million) and Drop ($4.4 million) lost money on September 22 due to a governance takeover on the Neutron network

Astroport$DROP

Astroport ($4.9 million) and Drop ($4.4 million) lost money on September 22 due to a governance takeover on the Neutron network

Astroport (@astroport_fi) · DROP ($DROP) (@drop_xrp)

$DROP, xrpl (+solana, multiversx): 44524F5000000000000000000000000000000000.rszenFJoDdiGjyezQc8pME9KWDQH43Tswh · DexScreener

September became the worst month of the year for hacks. According to PeckShield: 55 attacks and $766.49 million versus $136.3 million in August, which is about 5.6 times more. Main cases: Bitget around $387 million and Liquid Network around $320 million, of which $285 million was returned. GoPlus has a different count: 39 incidents and $793 million versus $188 million in August.

Astroport: The team writes in the postmortem that no Astroport contract was hacked: the purchased vote on Prop 9 on Neutron gave the attacker admin rights over 8 contracts. All 8 have been restored, funds will return through a vote. Pools and unstaking xASTRO from staking remain paused, it is better not to enter them. · @astroport_fi

DROP: The $DROP token trades around $2.67, up 3.5% over 24 hours. Liquidity is about $269 thousand, 24 hour turnover is about $12.8 thousand, almost all in the DROP/XRP pair on XRPL. The market is thin, trades for a noticeable amount move the price strongly.

Do not enter the affected Astroport pools and do not unstake xASTRO from staking until the team lifts the pause in the app.

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Facts

  • DefiLlama attributes the $4.4 million Drop loss to a governance attack via a malicious proposal on Neutron, date September 22. [defillama.com, 22 September 2026]

  • Astroport in the postmortem: the purchased Prop 9 vote transferred admin rights over 8 contracts to the attacker, all 8 restored. [@astroport_fi, 29 September 2026]

  • GoPlus counts differently: 39 incidents and about $793 million, 4.2 times more than August (about $188 million). [@GoPlusSecurity, 1 October 2026]

  • PeckShield: in September 55 major hacks and $766.49 million in losses, in August $136.3 million. In the top ten are Astroport at $4.9 million and Drop at $4.4 million. [@PeckShieldAlert, 1 October 2026]

  • The Defiant citing CertiK: Bitget and Liquid Network together about $706 million, figures before accounting for returns. [@DefiantNews, 1 October 2026]

Waiting for

  • When and how Astroport will return the funds through a vote and lift the pause on pools and xASTRO unstaking.

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