Zerion Wallet

2016-01-01

Zerion founded by Evgeny Yurtaev and Alexey Bashlykov as a non-custodial DeFi interface and portfolio tracker.

2021-02-01

Asset phishing attack via fake Balancer pool smart contract results in ~$30,000 loss for one user. Zerion publishes post-mortem and patches verification logic.

2022-08-17

Zerion closes $12.3 million Series B funding round led by Wintermute Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Placeholder, Alchemy Ventures, and others.

2023-06-14

Official Zerion Twitter/X account compromised via employee social engineering attack. Phishing tweets promote fake airdrop, resulting in ~$24,825 stolen from victims. Employee's internal wallet additionally drained for ~$53,000.

2024-12-01

ZERO Network Layer-2 mainnet active approximately 1.5 years after launch, marketed as first fully gasless EVM rollup.

2026-04-11

Zerion detects abnormal activity and disables its web application. An employee device was compromised via an AI-driven social engineering campaign attributed to North Korean threat actors.

2026-04-15

Zerion publicly confirms approximately $100,000 in internal company hot wallet losses from the North Korean social engineering attack. States no user funds were affected. Web app taken offline for up to 48 hours.

2026-05-21

Zerion announces permanent shutdown of ZERO Network Layer-2. Bridging in disabled immediately; bridging out available until July 31, 2026.

2026-07-31

ZERO Network block production scheduled to cease. Users must bridge all assets off ZERO before this date.