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Arcadia Finance Exploited, $3.5M Stolen and Converted to WETH

Summary by Cointelegraph
Arcadia Finance has been hit by a $2.5 million exploit targeting its Rebalancer contract on Base. The attacker swapped stolen USDC and USDS for Wrapped Ethereum.
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Key Points of the News A malicious contract was injected into Arcadia Finance's Rebalance module, draining approximately $2.5 million in USDC and USDS in seconds by hijacking exchange operations. The attacker took advantage of a flaw in Arcadia's swapData parameters to force fraudulent token exchanges, then converted stolen funds to WETH at Base and connected them to Ethereum. The security firm Cyvers tracked the gap, recommended blacklisting th…

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Cointelegraph broke the news in on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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