Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
DGLD
Hack or exploit on Feb 23, 2026 · Infinite Mint
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$250K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,389
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
DGLD (gold-backed stablecoin) cross-chain bridge on Base was exploited on February 23, 2026. Attackers discovered they could mint over 100M unbacked DGLD tokens on Base within 2.5 hours, where legitimate circulation was ~70.8M. Economic impact was ~$250,000, absorbed by DGLD as the primary liquidity provider.
Details
- Date
- Feb 23, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Infinite Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Base
After the theft
- Frozen
- yes, amount not stated
“The team promptly paused contracts, froze illicit tokens, and contained the incident.” (SlowMist Hacked)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "DGLD hack, Feb 23, 2026: $250K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht205a52bc8b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).