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BounceBit Shuts Down Layer 1, Reissues BB on BNB Chain After Exploit

Published 22 August 2026

BounceBit, a Bitcoin restaking protocol, will permanently shut down its standalone Layer 1 blockchain and reissue its BB token on BNB Chain following a security exploit that allowed an attacker to transfer approximately 286.5 million BB tokens without authorization.

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