Injective Halts Blocks for Four Hours Amid Exploit Fix
Injective (INJ)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
digg.com reported that Injective stopped producing blocks for nearly four hours on 6 September 2026. Validators rolled out an emergency fix to address an exploit attempt that moved roughly $4.9 million to Ethereum. Injective described this pause as an upgrade rather than a halt.
The patch altered core chain code during the rollout. The Injective Foundation stated that consensus and staked INJ remained safe. Researchers noted that vulnerable logic existed in native modules.
Despite the logic issues, the foundation confirmed the core network integrity was uncompromised. The event was tied directly to the movement of funds to Ethereum. The upgrade process involved significant changes to the chain's underlying code. This action was taken to secure the network against the identified exploit.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for INJ, measured when this story was written up on 6 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
INJ is trading at $4.95 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 65.6%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure. This contrasts with the 4-hour buy ratio of 49.8%, which shows a near-even split in the recent past. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 50.3%, suggesting balanced activity over a longer timeframe. Volume delta is positive at +$144,179 for the hour, meaning buyers are currently outspending sellers. However, the 4-hour volume delta is negative at -$2,204, showing that selling pressure outweighed buying in the broader recent window. This indicates that while immediate sentiment is bullish, the broader short-term trend has seen more selling than buying.
The latest daily buy ratio of 53.4% sits at the 91st percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.8% - among the strongest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for INJ, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 46.5%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 50.3% slightly above average by 3.8 points. Volume relative to the average is 0.73x, indicating a quieter trading day than usual. The price has dropped 4.2% over the last 8 days, with a total volume delta of -$3,005,023. Only 1 of the past 7 days saw net buying, highlighting a generally bearish week. This day stands out as slightly more positive in terms of buy ratio compared to the weekly norm, despite lower volume.