# Polymarket pauses trading after $2.65 million exploit, says third-party provider was compromised

https://mins.news/en/item/121336

- The Block, 2026-10-29 19:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-10-29-polymarket-exploit-2-5-million-cancel-only-mode-432158

> More than $2.5 million was lost from Polymarket within minutes after a third-party provider was compromised, the platform said. It has since put its exchange in cancel-only mode.

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