DeFi Faces Scalability Issues as MegaETH Withdraws from $1 Billion Fundraising

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DeFi Faces Scalability Issues as MegaETH Withdraws from $1 Billion Fundraising

Bitget-RWA2025/11/25 22:56

By:Bitget-RWA

- MegaETH abandoned its $1B fundraising after technical failures disrupted the pre-deposit phase, including KYC errors and premature multisig execution. - The glitches allowed deposits to exceed $500M, with users exploiting website refresh spam to secure token allocations despite no asset risks. - Community reactions were mixed, praising transparency but criticizing inadequate testing, as the project now faces scrutiny over scaling capabilities. - MegaETH plans refunds and withdrawals after a prior oversub

MegaETH, an

Ethereum

layer-2 solution, has

called off its $1 billion fundraising initiative

following a string of technical issues during its pre-deposit period that disrupted proceedings and compelled the team to suspend the sale. The event, described as a "cascade of technical failures," involved misconfigurations in the Know Your Customer (KYC) process and an unintended early execution of a Safe multisig transaction. This led to the fundraising surpassing its planned $250 million ceiling and ultimately freezing deposits at $500 million.

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MegaETH stressed that user funds remained safe throughout the ordeal but acknowledged that the team did not meet its own expectations. "

Assets were never in jeopardy

, but that is beside the point; we hold ourselves to a higher standard and offer no excuses," the team commented. The incident has drawn a range of responses from the community. Some commended the openness of the post-mortem, while others pointed out the lack of adequate preparation.

AzFlin, a developer and DAO founder

, remarked that more thorough testing could have prevented these mistakes.

This setback follows an

overbooked MEGA token auction

held in late October, where 5% of the total 10 billion tokens were sold within minutes. Bids ranged from $2,650 up to $186,282, with a voluntary one-year lock-up granting a 10% discount. The pre-deposit phase was intended to capitalize on that momentum, but the technical setbacks have forced MegaETH to change course. The team has announced that a retroactive update and withdrawal option will be made available soon.

MegaETH’s recent difficulties underscore the obstacles DeFi projects encounter as they expand their technical infrastructure. The protocol, which seeks to offer ultra-fast block processing akin to Web2 platforms, is now under scrutiny regarding its capacity to manage large-scale operations without major errors.

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