Humanity Protocol drops 15% as $36M hack concerns resurface

Humanity Protocol's H token fell 14.98% to $0.05697 on July 16 as renewed attention on a $36 million security exploit triggered selling across the decentralized identity platform's token on Arbitrum.

Terence Kwok, founder of Humanity Protocol, said in a post-mortem interview that the June exploit stemmed from a compromised employee laptop that inadvertently contained production keys, including admin hot wallet keys and a quorum of multisig owner keys across both chains. "The hard lesson here is that operational security is as critical as smart-contract security, and we're rebuilding accordingly," Kwok said.

Trading volume surged 95.51% to $10.63 million as the token's market capitalization dropped to $176.54 million, according to CoinGecko. The decline erased nearly all gains from June's rally, pushing H back to the lower boundary of a long-term support zone near $0.0568. Blockchain security firm Quantstamp attributed the attack to North Korea-linked threat actors, who delivered malware through a phishing email disguised as a token lockup schedule update from South Korean exchange Bithumb.

Despite the sell-off, Binance's top traders maintained a strong bullish bias, with long accounts representing 69.26% of positions and the long/short ratio at 2.25, according to Coinglass. The MACD line crossed above the signal line with a positive histogram, suggesting bearish pressure had eased after weeks of sustained weakness. However, price action has not confirmed a bullish reversal, as candles continue trading inside the established support range.

The largest nearby liquidity cluster sits around $0.061, where concentrated short liquidations could accelerate a recovery if buyers reclaim that level. Another significant cluster appears around $0.055, reflecting a zone where long liquidations could emerge if support fails. If buyers defend $0.0568, H could attempt a recovery toward the resistance zone near $0.080. Losing that support would expose the token to another wave of selling and invalidate the improving MACD signal.

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