Hack history / 2022 / Rug pull
Elexir draws in more than $1.3 million, then announces an end to the project a week later and "reimburses" investors with $300,000
Rug pull on Feb 28, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#941
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Feb 28, 2022
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Avalanche
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Elexir draws in more than $1.3 million, then announces an end to the project a week later and "reimburses" investors with $300,000 rug pull, Feb 28, 2022: $1M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta030bed7b2/ (data as of 2026-10-31).