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GMX

Active decentralized spot and perpetual exchange protocol operating across Arbitrum, Avalanche, Botanix, and MegaETH. A July 2025 vulnerability affected GMX v1 / GLP on Arbitrum, but official governance materials said GMX v2 was unaffected; v1 trading and new GLP liquidity were later phased out while the current protocol continued.

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Also known as: GMX Protocol, GMX v1, GLP

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Key facts

Launch date
2021-09-01
Death date
Years
2021–—
Origin
Arbitrum / Avalanche ecosystem
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-28

URL handling

Preferred action
Use current URL handling based on status below.
URL status
Live verified
Original URL
Archived URL

Summary

Active decentralized spot and perpetual exchange protocol operating across Arbitrum, Avalanche, Botanix, and MegaETH. A July 2025 vulnerability affected GMX v1 / GLP on Arbitrum, but official governance materials said GMX v2 was unaffected; v1 trading and new GLP liquidity were later phased out while the current protocol continued.

Timeline

GMX v1 / GLP was exploited for about USD 42 million
2025-07-09exploitcritical

GMX v1 / GLP on Arbitrum was exploited for about USD 42 million, with the attacker later offered a white-hat bounty and some funds reportedly returned.

GMX disabled v1 trading and GLP mint/redeem
2025-07-09trading_haltedcritical

GMX disabled GMX v1 trading and GLP mint/redeem functionality on Arbitrum and Avalanche after the exploit, while stating or reporting that GMX v2 was unaffected.

GMX recovery process began after white-hat negotiations
2025-07-10otherhigh

Follow-up reporting described a white-hat bounty / return-of-funds process after the GMX exploit, supporting active classification despite the serious v1 incident.

Evidence

The Block2025-07-09news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive
CoinCentral2025-07-09news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
GMXofficial_statementhigh reliabilitystatusarchive
GMXofficial_statementhigh reliabilitystatusarchive
GMX Governance2025-07-17official_statementhigh reliabilitystatusarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Retain active. The 2025 incident was confined to the legacy v1 / GLP deployment. Current official documentation describes live GMX trading and liquidity products, while archived documentation marks v1 trading and GLP issuance as phased out. Existing exploit events are not duplicated.
Revision state
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