Step Finance treasury breach leads to $27M in losses, STEP crashes 90%

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Affected assets and topics

DEFI WALLET TOKEN

Why it matters

Step Finance's treasury wallet was breached, resulting in a $27M loss and a 90% crash in the STEP token price, indicating a significant security issue and potential long-term impact on the project's credibility and investor confidence.

Article tone

Neutral How the article is written, as reported by the source.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 95% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 95% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source CoinTelegraph
Claim Step Finance treasury breach leads to $27M in losses, STEP crashes 90%
AI inference Bearish · 95%
Generated 2026-02-01 08:06

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
39958

Original source

Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%.

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Original article published by CoinTelegraph on February 1, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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