TREE NEWS update: Initia suspended its layer-1 network and rollups after security researchers identified unauthorized token minting and millions in assets transferred to Ethereum, with losses reportedly exceeding $2.6 million. The halt follows the detection of the exploit, which involved unauthorized token creation and the movement of funds to Ethereum.
Initia Halts L1 and Rollups After Exploit Drains Over $2.6M
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The decision to halt the L1 and its rollups is the more consequential detail than the dollar figure: it shows the team treating unauthorized minting as a systemic risk to the chain itself, not an isolated contract bug. That affects every project and user relying on Initia's rollup stack, whose activity is now frozen alongside the base layer. The open question is whether the pause is used to contain the minting vector and restore state cleanly, or whether the migration of funds to Ethereum complicates any recovery.
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