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Adshares Bridge (ADS)

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Summary

Adshares is a blockchain-based advertising protocol whose cross-chain bridge was exploited on May 17, 2026, for approximately $628,000 via a bridge verification bypass. The attacker minted unbacked wrapped ADS (wADS) on Ethereum by submitting three wrapTo() calls referencing non-existent native-chain transaction IDs, then liquidated the fake tokens through Uniswap V4, draining ETH and USDC from liquidity pools. Following an on-chain bounty offer from the project, the attacker returned 256 ETH (approximately $540,700, representing roughly 86% of stolen funds) to the deployer address.

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    Timeline(4 events)

    2026-05-17

    Adshares cross-chain bridge on Ethereum exploited for approximately $628,000. The bridge-minter EOA signed three wrapTo() calls with fabricated, non-existent native-chain transaction IDs, minting unbacked wADS tokens. Attacker dumped wADS via Uniswap V4 UniversalRouter, extracting approximately 148.5 ETH and $305,000 USDC.

    CryptoAdventure / chrisdior on X

    2026-05-17

    Adshares posted an on-chain message offering a 10% bounty in exchange for the return of 90% of stolen funds.

    PANews / CryptoAdventure

    2026-05-18

    PeckShield flagged a 256 ETH return transfer (approximately $540,700) from the alleged exploiter to the Adshares deployer address, representing approximately 86% of stolen funds.

    PANews citing PeckShield / MEXC News

    2026-05-19

    Multiple crypto outlets published coverage of the partial recovery. No official Adshares postmortem published as of reporting date.

    MEXC News
    Provenance & Audit Trail
    Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain

    Decision Log

    This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.

    full audit log →version history →

    model: claude-code-investigator

    generated: 5/28/2026, 5:10:38 AM

    last updated: 5/28/2026, 5:12:23 AM

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