Audit log

Every state-changing event for ArbiSwap: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-30 12:14:44Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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   ●mainnet-betaslot 423,154,332

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   2Xc9dnSQLViM…5YRQ9885copyexplorer ↗

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   FGbGnjmd7MaK…MbmnsgRxcopysha256 → base58

   verifying row…full verify ↗

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Investors Lose $112k to Arbitrum DEX ArbiSwap — CoinFomania","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinfomania.com/investors-lose-112k-to-arbiswap-rugpull/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Arbitrum-based ArbiSwap token collapses by 99.9% — GetBlock","type":"news_article","url":"https://getblock.net/en/news/arbitrum-based-arbiswap-token-collapses-by-999"},{"credibility":2,"name":"The ArbiSwap Exploit And Its Collateral Damage — BitDegree","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/news/arbiswap-exploit-collateral-damage"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Users Lose Over $100K In ArbiSwap Rug Pull — Crypto Daily","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2023/03/users-lose-over-100k-dollars-in-arbiswap-rug-pull"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ArbiSwap Rug Pull — Decrypt Flash","type":"news_article","url":"https://flash.decrypt.co/en?id=125474"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Arbiswap Token (ARBI) Token Tracker — Arbiscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://arbiscan.io/token/0x9dB8a10C7FE60d84397860b3aF2E686D4F90C2b7"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ArbiSwap TVL Stats — DeFiLlama","type":"research","url":"https://defillama.com/protocol/arbiswap"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Investigations by ZachXBT — Telegram Channel (@investigations)","type":"social_media","url":"https://t.me/investigations"}],"summary":"ArbiSwap was a decentralized exchange (DEX) launched on the Arbitrum network in February 2023 that executed a rug pull on March 2, 2023, approximately six days after launch, stealing roughly 84 ETH (over $100,000) from users and moving the proceeds through Tornado Cash. The anonymous developer exploited a hidden 'recoverToken' function in a swapped smart contract to drain liquidity pools while the ARBI governance token collapsed more than 99% in value. The project attracted $4.4 million in total value locked by advertising unsustainable yields above 1,000% APY before abandoning the protocol and going silent.","timeline":[{"date":"2023-02-24","event":"ArbiSwap launches on Arbitrum. The ARBI token is issued and liquidity pools open. The protocol reaches $1 million TVL within 30 minutes.","source":"CryptoSlate","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/arbitrum-based-dex-arbiswap-rugs-users-days-after-launch-token-down-99/"},{"date":"2023-02-28","event":"ArbiSwap TVL peaks near $4.4 million on DeFiLlama. The protocol advertises 1,000%+ APY on ETH and BTC pairs to attract liquidity.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/02/arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-rug-pulls-users-for-over-100k"},{"date":"2023-03-01","event":"Approximately 13 hours before the rug pull, the developer silently swaps the project's router contract to a new address (0x5e7aBD428e2BE79af3317DbdF2BffC31BF7075cF) containing a hidden 'recoverToken' backdoor function.","source":"BeInCrypto / RugDocIO","source_url":"https://beincrypto.com/is-arbiswap-rugging-own-users/"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"The developer executes the rug pull: mints 1 trillion ARBI tokens, swaps them through the ARBI/USDC liquidity pool for USDC, then converts proceeds into approximately 68.47 ETH. The ARBI/WETH pool is accidentally left open; an arbitrage bot extracts roughly $112,000 from it.","source":"CoinFomania / PeckShield","source_url":"https://coinfomania.com/investors-lose-112k-to-arbiswap-rugpull/"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"RugDocIO issues an emergency public alert advising users to withdraw funds immediately and revoke all ArbiSwap token approvals. Total stolen estimated at ~84 ETH.","source":"Investing.com / CoinEdition","source_url":"https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/rugdoc-alerts-the-public-over-an-ongoing-rug-pull-on-arbiswap-3020607"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"ARBI token price collapses from approximately $1.50 to under $0.00000001, a decline of more than 99.9%. TVL drops from $4.4 million to approximately $269,000.","source":"U.Today / CoinDesk","source_url":"https://u.today/rug-pull-alert-large-arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-hardrugging-its-users-heres-what-you-must-do"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"CoinDesk, crypto.news, BeInCrypto, and U.Today publish reports on the rug pull. ArbiSwap's website and social media channels go silent with no developer statement.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/02/arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-rug-pulls-users-for-over-100k"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"On-chain data shows the ArbiSwap operator routes approximately 84 ETH in stolen funds through Tornado Cash to obscure the destination.","source":"CryptoSlate","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/arbitrum-based-dex-arbiswap-rugs-users-days-after-launch-token-down-99/"}]},"v":1}

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