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1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-28 03:34:43Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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   ●mainnet-betaslot 422,639,372

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   3YsZ3TtNmgxm…fdAkzZKxcopyexplorer ↗

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The protocol suffered two significant security incidents within two months in late 2022: a private key compromise in November that drained approximately $1.2 million in RBC tokens, followed by a smart contract exploit on December 25, 2022 that stole roughly $1.4 million in user USDC. Both events caused severe token price collapses, though the platform subsequently implemented new security architecture and remained operational into 2025.","timeline":[{"date":"2017-01-01","event":"Founders Vladimir Tikhomirov and Alexandra Korneva launch MyWish, a smart contract platform, establishing the team's crypto background.","source":""},{"date":"2020-01-01","event":"Rubic project founded; team raises approximately $500,000 (1,800 ETH) in initial funding.","source":""},{"date":"2022-11-02","event":"Admin wallet private key compromised; attacker drains approximately 34 million RBC/BRBC tokens worth ~$1.2 million and sells on Uniswap and PancakeSwap. RBC price collapses over 98%.","source":""},{"date":"2022-12-25","event":"Smart contract exploit: attacker exploits USDC miswhitelisting and lack of input validation in routerCallNative to steal ~$1.4 million in USDC from 49 users. Funds laundered through Tornado Cash.","source":""},{"date":"2022-12-25","event":"Rubic pauses all contracts and advises users to revoke approvals via revoke.cash.","source":""},{"date":"2022-12-29","event":"Rubic publishes post-hack weekly report, announces compensation plan capped at $5,000 per affected user funded from founder personal savings.","source":""},{"date":"2023-04-03","event":"Rubic relaunches with new security architecture: MixBytes-audited contracts, Gnosis Safe multisig, new CISO hired, Immunefi bug bounty program launched.","source":""},{"date":"2023-05-01","event":"DFintoch collapse ($31.6M exit scam) investigated by ZachXBT; Merkle Science notes swap contracts used for DFintoch laundering were also associated with Rubic exploit proceeds.","source":""},{"date":"2024-12-31","event":"Rubic reports 2024 full-year metrics: 828K+ transactions, $391.5M volume, 369K+ wallets.","source":""},{"date":"2025-03-31","event":"Rubic reports Q1 2025 record: $433 million in transaction volume across 93 supported blockchains.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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