Fact-check findings
What an automated fact-checker found when it re-read Shibarium Bridge against the sources the page cites. Only the most recent review is shown.
These findings are produced by an automated reviewer, and its results vary between runs: the same page, checked three times on the same day, came back with 15%, 20% and 34% of its claims disputed, mostly because each run extracted a different number of claims. Treat what follows as leads, not rulings.
“Disputed” means the reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. It does not mean the claim is false. “Unverifiable” means no reachable source settled it either way.
Nothing here changes the page on its own. A proposed correction is applied only after a human moderator approves it; until then the page reads as it did when reviewed.
disputed
1 claimThe reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. This is a lead, not a ruling that the claim is false.
- #1[disputed][awaiting moderator]in section: September 2025 Bridge Exploit
“approximately 72.6 billion SHIB (~$948,000)”
reviewerApproximately 72.6 billion SHIB was stolenThe Block, and other results I found, give 92.6 billion SHIB, not 72.6 billion. The dollar figure in the parentheses was not independently verified.Proposed correction (not yet applied)approximately 92.6 billion SHIB (~$948,000)
partially supported
1 claimThe cited evidence supports part of the claim but not all of it.
- #3[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Launch Failure and Stuck Funds (August 2023)
“Blockchain security firm PeckShield confirmed the funds were inaccessible.”
reviewerApprox. 956 ETH stuck and PeckShield confirmed funds were inaccessibleDecrypt attributes the confirmation to Beosin and does not mention PeckShield. PeckShield may appear in another cited source but this was not verified. The 956 ETH figure differs slightly from the 954+ in Decrypt.
confirmed
3 claimsThe cited evidence supports the claim as written.
- #2[confirmed][no action needed]in section: September 2025 Bridge Exploit
“The attacker borrowed 4.6 million BONE tokens via a flash loan on ShibaSwap”
reviewerExploit combined a 4.6M BONE flash loan with 10 of 12 validator keys; The Block reports the sameCore mechanism is supported. The 18:44 UTC time was not found in The Block, which gives only 'Friday'. - #4[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Launch Failure and Stuck Funds (August 2023)
“Lead developer Shytoshi Kusama denied a bridge bug”
reviewerShytoshi Kusama attributed failure to excessive traffic, not a bridge bugSupported by Decrypt. - #5[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Developer Response and Security Remediation
“The Shibarium Plasma Bridge was partially reopened for BONE transfers in October 2025”
reviewerBridge partially reopened in October 2025 for BONE with 7-day delaySupported by search-result summaries, and the cited page was not fetched directly.