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Step Finance closing after hack, weighs on Solana
A major security breach has forced one of Solana’s most prominent decentralized finance platforms to cease operations, underscoring mounting pressure across the network’s shrinking DeFi ecosystem.
Step Finance, a Solana portfolio dashboard and DeFi aggregator, announced Monday that it would wind down operations following a January hack that drained roughly $27 million from its treasury wallets. The shutdown extends to its subsidiaries, including Solana NFT analytics unit SolanaFloor, ecosystem media outlet SolanaFloor, and lending and yield protocol Remora Markets, Cointelegraph reports.
“Following the hack at the end of January, we explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities,” the company said. The team added it was “unable to secure a viable outcome,” leading to the decision to “end all operations effective immediately.”
$27 million breach and failed rescue efforts
The incident occurred on Jan. 31, when Step Finance reported a “breach of security for some of our treasury wallets” and enlisted cybersecurity firms to investigate. Blockchain security company CertiK later reported that 261,854 Solana tokens, worth approximately $27 million at the time, were unstaked and transferred during the attack.
The hack triggered an immediate collapse in the value of the platform’s native STEP token. The token fell 96% in the days following the breach and declined an additional 36% after the closure announcement, trading at $0.00057, according to CoinGecko. STEP previously reached an all-time high of $10.20 in August 2021.
Crypto investor Mike Dudas said he was approached about participating in a bridge financing round but requested a security post-mortem and received no response. Co-founder George Harrap said Tuesday that “Some people have reached out on acquiring various businesses, and we will pursue those if serious and have interest, but we are on a time crunch.”
The company said it is working on a buyback for STEP holders based on a pre-hack snapshot and will establish a redemption process for Remora rToken holders.
Broader strain on Solana’s DeFi ecosystem
The collapse adds to mounting challenges for decentralized finance on Solana. Total value locked across Solana-based DeFi protocols has fallen 52% from its September peak, now standing at $6.3 billion, according to DeFiLlama. SOL itself trades near $76, down 75% from its January 2025 high of $293.
The closures highlight the fragility of crypto platforms reliant on treasury reserves and investor confidence during prolonged market downturns.
Why this matters
The shutdown of Step Finance and its affiliates signals deeper stress within Solana’s DeFi sector at a time of declining liquidity and weaker token prices. Security failures can rapidly erode confidence, especially when treasury funds are compromised. The episode underscores how hacks, market volatility and shrinking capital flows continue to test the resilience of decentralized finance platforms.
Read also: Corporate Solana holders freeze accumulation as prices collapse
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