Liquid Network L-BTC peg-out exploit (2026-09-06) — actor address (rekt.news)
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: Bitcoin
- Reported: 2026-10-15
- Last updated: 2026-10-17
On 2026-09-06 an actor exploited a range-proof cache-key collision in Elements to mint ~4,000 unbacked L-BTC and peg out about $320M of BTC from Liquid Network. The actor later returned 3,400 BTC and kept roughly 598.5 BTC; they called themselves white hats on-chain, which is disputed. Source: rekt.news (https://rekt.news/liquid-network-rekt), citing CertiK (https://www.certik.com/blog/liquid-network-incident-analysis). Address rekt.news describes as the actor-controlled consolidation / on-chain-messaging address (CertiK label per the article). The Liquid Federation peg wallet and SideSwap's…