{"id":79055,"date":"2026-10-04T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/drift-hack-victims-get-their-money-back-1-cent-at-a-time-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:48:08","slug":"drift-hack-victims-get-their-money-back-1-cent-at-a-time-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/drift-hack-victims-get-their-money-back-1-cent-at-a-time-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Drift Hack Victims Get Their Money Back, 1 Cent at a Time \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Drift\u2019s $3.11 million pool initially pays roughly 1 cent per dollar of verified losses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Tether has committed up to 127.5 million USDT, but that money wasn\u2019t in the pool at launch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">DFX holders can redeem, sell or wait as Velocity revenue and recovered assets enter the pool.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A $1,000 Loss Is Worth About $10 Today<\/h2>\n<p>Six months after one of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/drift-protocol-hack-2026-what-happened-who-lost-money-and-whats-next\/\">crypto\u2019s biggest heists of 2026<\/a>, Drift victims finally have a button they can press to get money back. Press it today, however, and a verified $1,000 loss produces roughly $10.40. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drift.trade\/updates\/dfx-claim-and-redemptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drift opened claims Oct. 1 for DFX<\/a>, a Solana recovery token representing money lost in the April 1 exploit.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly $295.4 million in verified losses are waiting on the other side, while the recovery pool began with about $3.11 million. Victims now face a peculiar wager. Take the penny-on-the-dollar payout, sell the token, or sit tight and hope a much larger pot eventually arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The Drift Foundation\u2019s setup is interesting, to say the least. \u201cDFX is one token for every verified USDT lost in the April incident,\u201d the drift.trade claim page explains. Supply is fixed at 299,500,810.998 DFX, with the foundation saying \u201cno new DFX will ever be minted.\u201d Divide today\u2019s pool by that mountain of tokens, and the arithmetic gets ugly fast. At launch, each DFX could be redeemed for about 0.0104 USDT.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The foundation puts the choice plainly. Holders can \u201cRedeem: burn DFX and receive USDT,\u201d \u201cSell: transfer DFX or trade it on secondary markets such as Raydium,\u201d or \u201cHold: keep your claim on the Recovery Pool as deposits arrive and supply falls.\u201d Cash out, though, and that\u2019s your lot. \u201cRedemptions are final,\u201d the website states.<\/p>\n<h2>The Pot Is Supposed to Get Bigger<\/h2>\n<p>The scheme\u2019s saving grace is that $3.11 million isn\u2019t intended to be the final recovery pool. Velocity, Drift\u2019s rebuilt and rebranded exchange, funnels part of its daily net protocol revenue into it. Tether has committed up to 127.5 million USDT, while strategic partners have pledged another 20 million USDT. Recovered stolen assets are also supposed to land in the pot. But commitments aren\u2019t cash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-853146\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-12-05-36-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1322\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-12-05-36-pm-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-12-05-36-pm-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-12-05-36-pm-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-12-05-36-pm.png 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1322px) 100vw, 1322px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By the first Friday after claims opened, about <a href=\"https:\/\/dfx.drift.trade\/recovery-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">216,480 DFX had been redeemed<\/a> for roughly 2,250 USDT, while Velocity\u2019s first daily revenue sweep contributed just 31 USDT. The big partner money had yet to arrive. The foundation says the mechanics favor whoever waits. \u201cThree properties define DFX: the Recovery Pool only grows, the Redemption Amount never falls, and supply only shrinks,\u201d the foundation\u2019s claim portal documentation notes.<\/p>\n<p>If 10% of DFX disappears through redemptions, every surviving token receives roughly 11% more of future deposits. Unclaimed tokens get the ax after the claim window closes Jan. 1, 2028. Still, Drift is careful not to promise a payday. The claim portal documentation adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese figures illustrate the mechanics. They are not a projection or a promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>The $285 Million Heist Behind the Token<\/h2>\n<p>The whole contraption exists because attackers pulled off an extraordinary caper on April 1. Investigators say <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/north-korean-hacking-groups-employ-new-methods-to-target-web3-companies\/\">a North Korea-linked group<\/a> spent months masquerading as a quantitative trading firm before tricking Drift Security Council members into pre-signing transactions. At about 16:05 UTC, those signatures handed the attackers administrative control.<\/p>\n<p>They then listed a worthless token called CVT as collateral, deposited 500 million tokens against an artificial price near $1 and withdrew real assets. Chainalysis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/lessons-from-the-drift-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">estimated roughly $285 million<\/a> was drained, including about $159.3 million in JLP and $71.4 million in USDC. The haul moved fast. Assets were swapped and bridged to Ethereum within minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Victims Are Now Betting on the Recovery<\/h2>\n<p>Most of that loot remains beyond reach. Drift said Sept. 30 that roughly 130,259 ETH sat across four Ethereum wallets. About 23,094 ETH had already traveled through <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/lazarus-group-launders-1-95m-in-stolen-ethereum-via-tornado-cash\/\">the ETH mixer Tornado Cash<\/a>, while roughly $9.2 million had been frozen elsewhere. Any money recovered through freezes, law enforcement or a public bounty is supposed to flow into DFX. A bounty operated by Bybit offers 10% of assets actually recovered.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves victims with one of the stranger financial instruments born <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/exchanges\/bitget-restarts-bitcoin-withdrawals-388m-hack-investigation-widens\/\">from a crypto hack<\/a>. Their losses have become freely tradable tokens whose redemption value rises as cash enters the pool and competing claims disappear. The foundation sums up the bargain neatly: \u201cThat is for the market to decide.\u201d For someone missing $1,000, the market\u2019s opening answer is about $10.40.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose my-3 lg:my-4\"><a aria-label=\"Read Now: Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What\u2019s Next\" class=\"block overflow-hidden rounded-lg !bg-[#E8EDFA] p-[9px] no-underline focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[#4169E1] focus-visible:ring-offset-2 flex flex-col md:hidden\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/drift-protocol-hack-2026-what-happened-who-lost-money-and-whats-next\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative aspect-video w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[15px]\"><img alt=\"Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What\u2019s Next\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"object-cover\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" 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2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What\u2019s Next<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2.5 px-1 pt-2.5 pb-1\">\n<p class=\"m-0 line-clamp-2 text-xs leading-[1.3] !text-[#67656E]\">A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes on April 1, 2026, after attackers spent three weeks\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"flex items-center justify-center rounded-pill bg-[#4169E1] text-sm font-medium text-white h-[38px] w-full\">Read Now<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><a aria-label=\"Read Now: Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What\u2019s Next\" class=\"block overflow-hidden rounded-lg !bg-[#E8EDFA] p-[9px] no-underline focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[#4169E1] focus-visible:ring-offset-2 hidden md:flex md:flex-row md:gap-3 lg:hidden\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/drift-protocol-hack-2026-what-happened-who-lost-money-and-whats-next\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative size-[150px] 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Who Lost Money, and What\u2019s Next<\/h3>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"flex items-center justify-center rounded-pill bg-[#4169E1] text-sm font-medium text-white h-12 w-[180px] shrink-0\">Read Now<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-0 line-clamp-2 text-base leading-[1.3] !text-[#67656E]\">A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes on April 1, 2026, after attackers spent three weeks\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/drift-hack-victims-get-their-money-back-1-cent-at-a-time\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Drift\u2019s $3.11 million pool initially pays roughly 1 cent per dollar of verified losses. Tether has committed up to 127.5 million USDT, but that money wasn\u2019t in the pool at launch. 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