The Gains Network, with a Total Value Locked (TVL) of $20.29 million, has been a significant player in the DeFi space since its launch in May 2023, boasting a staggering $25 billion in derivatives trading volume. However, a report from Zellic dated April 19 revealed a critical vulnerability within one of its protocol forks, enabling attackers to exploit the system effortlessly.

An attacker could have placed a limit buy order with an arbitrarily high open price to automatically win every trade, the Zellic security platform discovered.

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Gains Network, initially released on Polygon and later on Arbitrum, allows users to trade financial derivatives of cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange and commodities by matching buy-sell orders using smart contracts.

Crypto tracking account @lookonchain has spotted a "Smart Money" wallet that made a healthy profit on their GMX and GNX coins within less than an hour.

Trading volumes on Gains Network deployed on Arbitrum reached $230 million in the past 24 hours alone, data shows.