Hack history / 2023 / Rug pull
SwirlLend
Rug pull on Aug 16, 2023 · Rug Pull
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$460K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,184
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The lending protocol SwirlLend team stole about $2.9 million in cryptocurrency from Base and $1.7 million worth of cryptocurrency from Linea, all of which were cross-chained to Ethereum. As of now, the deployer has transferred 254.2 ETH to Tornado Cash. SwirlLend's official Twitter and Telegram accounts have been logged out, and its official website is also inaccessible.
Details
- Date
- Aug 16, 2023
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- Rug Pull
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Base, Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "SwirlLend rug pull, Aug 16, 2023: $460K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf0efa637b5/ (data as of 2026-10-31).