Taiko is back online, and no one lost a cent.
Steps 2 and 3 are done: the bridge is fully backed again, with every asset matched 1:1 by its counterpart on Ethereum, and the network is live so you can transfer, swap and trade as normal.
One step is left, reopening the bridge to Ethereum. It's coming shortly, and your funds stay safe until then.
Stay sharp: we'll never DM you and there's no claim or refund site, so only trust links from this account.
An update on the June 21 security incident.
First, the most important thing: no user will lose funds because of this incident. The bridge is currently undercollateralized, and we will fully recollateralize it before it reopens, so every balance is backed 1:1, exactly what you had.
This is the result of the careful, deliberate steps we've taken from the start: containing the incident, identifying how it happened, and working with our board on the right way to protect users.
Our CEO has also filed a formal report with the Singapore authorities, and we'll give our full support to pursuing those responsible.
You don't need to do anything right now. We're currently testing the repairs we've made, and we're one step closer to safely reopening the chain and bridge very soon. Everything will be communicated only through our official channels, and the full technical detail will follow in our post-mortem.
Be careful of scams: we'll never DM you first, and there's no claim or refund site, so anyone offering one is fake.
⚠️ End of day update:
We've identified the root cause of the attack and are working on a fix to bring the chain back online. We're also working with exchanges and security partners to track and freeze the attacker's assets.
The remaining funds in the bridge are safe, and we'll share next steps in the coming updates. We'll pause updates for a few hours to focus on the fix and on protecting user assets.
One thing is certain, we come back stronger 💪
Our first third of 2026 was the quarter the AI Agent thesis stopped being something we had to defend, with growthepie, CoinMarketCap and Artemis all picking up agent activity on Taiko in four months 👇
Our marketing and communications lead, @tiffmacsherry, ran autoreason by @NousResearch on Claude to refine her marketing copy.
It halted in 11 minutes. She kept running the loop until the winning version drifted from what she'd meant to write.
In her words: "The loop knew when its tournament was over. I didn't know when mine was."
Explored on Proving Ground → link in the comments
Our marketing and comms lead, @tiffmacsherry, built an AI Agent to scan crypto news and flag relevant articles. It worked on day one, then went silent. No errors, no crash report, just gone. She wrote about what it takes to keep an agent alive on Proving Ground.
Link in the comments.
Guess who just redefined AI Agents on @CoinMarketCap 🔥
Penned by our own @Joaquin_Mendes1, we literally wrote the glossary definition. So next time someone asks "what are AI Agents?" the answer starts with us.
Mom, we made it!
Link in the comments👇
We've been building, experimenting and breaking things at Taiko and now we're sharing what we found.
Proving Ground is our new publication. Real experiments and technical writing on AI Agent infrastructure, stress-tested so you don't have to start from scratch.
Two articles already live with new ones dropping every Tuesday and Thursday. Link in the comments.
1. Read this, obvs.
2. Also I coded this webpage! Shoutout to my girl Claude Code, soz for all the screenshots and "I don't see it, what now" messages.
Running an AI Agent onchain shouldn't cost more than the agent earns. We put together a guide on how to deploy AI Agents on Taiko that covers environment setup, agent identity registration via ERC-8004, on-chain reputation building and autonomous execution. All with sub-cent costs, full EVM equivalence and zero contract modifications.
I can exclusively report from within the VF offices that everyone in this photo brought their own wardrobe.
Excellent story by the one and only Clara Molot: https://t.co/OUH4PWqUYa