Maya Protocol Hit by $1.65M Hack, CACAO Token Suffers 89% Price Crash

The Maya Protocol's MAYAChain was halted on August 18, 2026, after an attacker drained around $1.65 million from the team's account.

The protocol token CACAO lost nearly 89 percent of its value following the incident.

Cross-chain swaps have been unavailable since the attack, and users are left wondering where their coins are and what can be done with them.

A global halt is a safety mechanism that freezes the blockchain state, stopping new blocks from being produced and preventing deposits or withdrawals.