Ngân hàng stablecoin Kontigo bị tấn công an ninh: đã bồi thường 340.000 USD, thiếu hụt vốn trong vòng chưa đầy một tháng gặp sự cố đột xuất

【Block Beats】Latin American stablecoin bank Kontigo just went through a tough battle. This startup, which entered the market this year with Y Combinator’s backing, discovered a critical security vulnerability over the weekend and responded remarkably fast — immediately patching it. Before January 6th, the company had completed full compensation for 1005 affected users, totaling 340,900 USD in stablecoins, not a penny short.

What makes things even more painful is that CEO Jesus A. Castillo’s personal account didn’t escape either. The co-founder stated bluntly on social media that this was a direct attack targeting the company’s management and users. He also vowed that he has identified the attackers and they “won’t get away.”

The timing is a bit awkward. Just on December 22nd, Kontigo announced the completion of a $20 million seed round led by FoundersX Ventures, originally planning to use the funds to accelerate product development and expand into emerging markets. Then less than two weeks later, this happened.

However, looking at the data, this company is indeed running fast — established less than a year ago, it has already achieved $30 million annualized revenue, processed over $1 billion in payment volume, and 1 million+ active users. What’s more extreme is that just 7 team members support this scale. But Kontigo previously made news for “debanking” issues with frozen bank accounts. Although Castillo denied it was a banking problem, saying the responsibility lies with intermediaries, once a trust crisis emerges, it’s hard to completely eliminate.