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KiloEx

Multi-chain perpetual futures decentralized exchange that suffered an approximately USD 7 million oracle-manipulation exploit in April 2025. Operations were paused and a compensation / resolution plan was later announced, so the entity is tracked as active with major incident events rather than dead.

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Also known as: KiloEX, Kilo Ex

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Key facts

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Origin
Multi-chain perp DEX
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-04-26

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Summary

Multi-chain perpetual futures decentralized exchange that suffered an approximately USD 7 million oracle-manipulation exploit in April 2025. Operations were paused and a compensation / resolution plan was later announced, so the entity is tracked as active with major incident events rather than dead.

Timeline

KiloEx suffered a price-oracle exploit
2025-04-14exploitcritical

KiloEx suffered an approximately USD 7 million price-oracle manipulation exploit across multiple chains, including Base, BNB Chain, and Taiko exposure.

KiloEx operations were paused after the exploit
2025-04-14trading_haltedcritical

KiloEx paused operations / trading for roughly ten days while preparing recovery and compensation measures after the oracle-manipulation attack.

KiloEx announced compensation and resolution plan
2025-04-24othermedium

KiloEx published a resolution plan to compensate users with open positions and address trading-position imbalances before service resumption.

Evidence

CoinDesk2025-04-15news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive
Cointelegraph2025-04-25news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Do not mark dead. Current evidence supports exploit and temporary operational suspension, followed by a compensation/resolution plan and service-resumption framing.
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