$285M Drift Protocol exploit spreads to 20 Solana projects; ZachXBT alleges Circle delayed freezes across ~$420M of USDC, including 6‑hour lag during Drift

first published 2026-04-03T06:11:40Z

The Drift Protocol exploit that stole roughly $285 million has directly exposed 20 Solana-based projects (up from 11). Newly confirmed victims include PiggyBank, Perena, Vectis, Valeo, Amp Pay, Loopscale, Prime Numbers Fi (largest assessed loss > $10M), Gauntlet, and Exponent. Several projects paused deposits, withdrawals, minting or specific vaults to limit losses. Reported exposures include Reflect (~$1.95M), Ranger Finance (~$959K), Neutral Trade (~$3.67M), Elemental DeFi (~$2.9M) and Gauntlet (~$6.4M). Contagion occurred because many Solana projects used Drift vaults as yield layers. Drift is coordinating with security teams, exchanges, bridges and authorities to track and possibly freeze stolen funds.

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The story reports a confirmed ~$285M theft from Drift and direct exposure of 20 Solana protocols (up from 11), with multiple projects pausing flows and named assessed losses (e.g., Prime Numbers Fi > $10M, Gauntlet ~$6.4M, Reflect ~$1.95M). The contagion is attributed to projects using Drift vaults as yield layers; Drift is working with security teams, exchanges, bridges and authorities to trace and possibly freeze funds.

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