Summer.​fi Releases Post-Mortem on Arbitrum USDC Vault Incident

🔍 Summer.fi Vault Incident

By Summer.fi
Dec 4, 2025, 3:36 PM
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Summer.​fi published a detailed post-mortem on the Arbitrum USDC Vault incident that affected users.​

Root Cause Identified

  • Balancer v2 exploit led to USDX depeg
  • Silo's oracle failed to reflect real losses onchain
  • Arbitrum USDC Vault inherited incorrect valuations

Protocol Response

  • Lazy Summer Protocol relies solely on onchain data
  • Since Silo's oracle showed full backing, vault share prices didn't adjust
  • This allowed withdrawals until liquidity was depleted

Summer.​fi's Actions

  • Deployed UI warnings immediately
  • Created snapshot of affected users
  • Developed recovery monitoring contracts

DAO Discussions Underway

  • Offboarded problematic vault
  • Onboarded new Arbitrum USDC Vault
  • Guardian Framework for emergency controls
  • Compensation discussions ongoing

Summer.​fi emphasized this was an upstream failure, not a protocol issue.​ The team commits to transparency and supporting the community through recovery efforts.​

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