Ankr-flavored $9.3M oopsie makes August crypto's third-worst month 🕳️

Decentralized finance vault infrastructure protocol More Markets had a lending reserve drained of approximately $9.3 million in digital assets on Flow EVM, according to Web3 security platform Blockaid. The attacker drained about 15.5 million Wrapped Flow (WFLOW) tokens, valued by Blockaid at roughly $9.3 million, from the mFlowWFLOW lending reserve, according to blockchain data shared by Blockaid in a Monday X post.

Blockaid said the attacker used Ankr Staked FLOW (ankrFLOW), a liquid staking token, alongside E-mode to overborrow from the reserve. E-mode, short for efficiency mode, is an Aave V3 feature that increases borrowing power for assets whose prices are expected to move together, such as a liquid staking token and its underlying asset.

The exploit pushed total losses from cryptocurrency hacks to $139.7 million for August, making it the third-largest month by value stolen so far in 2026. It also marks a significant decrease from $254 million stolen during July, according to DefiLlama data. On Sunday, Cronos halted its blockchain network after a reported $75 million exploit targeting DeFi lending protocol Tectonic.

More Markets had not publicly confirmed the incident or disclosed whether users suffered losses at the time of publication. Cointelegraph contacted Blockaid for more details but did not receive a response by publication and was unable to reach More Markets for comment.