MANTRA Chain remained halted on Aug. 21, 2026, after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in an unidentified upstream dependency. The network’s token fell 18.5%, from $0.005060 to a record low of $0.004126 around 11:10 p.m. UTC Thursday, then recovered to about $0.0044 while remaining down roughly 10% over 24 hours; trading volume rose nearly 600% to $24 million, according to CoinGecko. MANTRA froze endpoints, transactions, transfers, staking, validators, bridge operations and MANTRA-managed links while investigating. Patched release v8.4.0 was undergoing testing on the DuKong testnet, and validators were told to keep mainnet nodes offline pending a coordinated restart targeted for later Aug. 21, subject to testing and validator readiness. MANTRA said it was tracing fund movements and working with exchanges, but had not confirmed whether assets were lost. Bitget separately suspended MANTRA deposits from Aug. 21 at 08:14 UTC+8 for wallet maintenance.