Use only the official links below. No real recovery asks for your seed phrase or private key. If anyone offers to recover funds for you, it is a scam.

1. USDC burned but not minted

   Circle CCTP

   $130 · 1 position

   USDC was burned on one chain through Circle CCTP but the matching USDC was never minted on the destination chain. Circle can still sign it, so it can be completed.

   1. Find the burn transaction hash on the source chain.
   2. Get the signed attestation for it from Circle's attestation API (see the Circle CCTP docs).
   3. On the destination chain, call receiveMessage(message, attestation) on the MessageTransmitter contract. You pay the gas fee. USDC goes to the recipient.

   Circle CCTP docs (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

2. Unclaimed Starknet withdrawal

   StarkGate (Starknet)

   $32 · 2 positions

   You withdrew from Starknet to Ethereum but never ran the last step on Ethereum. The funds wait in the StarkGate bridge.

   1. Open StarkGate and connect the receiving wallet.
   2. Open Withdraw history and find the withdrawal ready to claim.
   3. Press Complete or Claim and pay the Ethereum gas fee.

   StarkGate (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

3. Unclaimed Linea withdrawal

   $27 · 1 position

   You withdrew ETH or tokens from Linea to Ethereum but never claimed them on Ethereum. They wait in the bridge.

   1. Open the Linea bridge and connect the receiving wallet.
   2. Open your transaction history and find the withdrawal marked ready to claim.
   3. Press Claim and pay the Ethereum gas fee.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Linea Bridge (opens in a new tab)

   Linea bridge (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

4. Archived L2 bridge funds

   Archived L2s

   $25 · 3 positionsMay not work

   This chain shut down and its state is gone, so no one can prove a withdrawal now. The Ethereum bridge still holds the money; only the chain team can release it.

   1. Use the official bridge of the chain you withdrew from (linked next to each of your positions).
   2. Check that chain's official site for a refund or recovery notice.
   3. Without the chain's final state nobody can prove a withdrawal. Only the chain team can release the bridge funds.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Redstone balance claim (opens in a new tab)

5. zkSync Lite balance not claimed

   $4 · 5 positions

   zkSync Lite was shut down on 2026-05-04. Remaining balances are claimable on Ethereum through a claim contract and a withdrawal portal. Your account is on that list and has not claimed.

   1. Open the zkSync Lite withdrawal portal and connect the wallet that owned the account.
   2. The portal finds your address in the final state, builds the proof and sends the claim. Follow its prompts.
   3. Confirm the Ethereum transaction. Tokens go to your L1 address. Matter Labs sponsors gas for the first 100,000 withdrawals.

   zkSync Lite withdrawal portal (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

6. Polygon zkEVM balance

   $3 · 2 positions

   Polygon zkEVM's sequencer stopped on 1 July 2026. Wallet-held funds not bridged before then can be claimed on Ethereum in a claim UI. Polygon treats unclaimed assets as abandoned after 2027-12-31.

   1. Open the Polygon zkEVM claims site and connect the wallet that held the funds.
   2. Pick your balances and send the claim transaction on Ethereum.
   3. Funds locked inside DeFi contracts are not auto-migrated. Ask Polygon through the forum post.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Agglayer bridge UI (opens in a new tab)

   zkEVM claims site (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

7. Lisk L2 balance (closing)

   $2 · 1 position

   Lisk's own chain closes on 2026-10-31. Lisk says withdrawing to Ethereum takes about 8 days, and unstaking LSK adds 3 days. Start now.

   1. Open the Lisk bridge (type bridge.lisk.com yourself) and connect your wallet.
   2. Withdraw your assets to Ethereum. If you staked LSK, unlock it first and wait 3 days.
   3. After the wait, prove and finalize the withdrawal on Ethereum. You pay gas on both chains.

   Official bridges for the chains your positions are on:

   • Lisk Bridge (opens in a new tab)

   Lisk bridge (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

8. Balancer v2 pool share

   $1 · 2 positions

   You hold Balancer v2 pool tokens, in your wallet or staked. You can exit the pool. Balancer has proposed a wind-down: if it passes, pools become withdraw-only on 30 Oct 2026.

   1. Open the Balancer app, find your pool and use Remove liquidity. Do this before 30 Oct 2026.
   2. If the app does not work, call exitPool on the Balancer v2 Vault 0xBA12222222228d8Ba445958a75a0704d566BF2C8 (Etherscan, Write tab).
   3. If your tokens are staked in Aura, Beefy or a gauge, unstake there first.

   Balancer app (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

9. Thruster v3 position on Blast

   <$1 · 1 position

   You hold a Thruster v3 liquidity position (an NFT) on Blast. Thruster has shut down, but the position contract still works.

   1. Open the position contract 0x434575EaEa081b735C985FA9bf63CD7b87e227F9 on Blastscan, Write tab, and connect the wallet that owns the NFT.
   2. Call decreaseLiquidity with your tokenId, the liquidity amount, amount0Min, amount1Min and a deadline. Thruster's old guide explains each field.
   3. Then call collect(tokenId, recipient, max, max) to receive the tokens. You can call burn(tokenId) afterwards to delete the empty NFT.
   4. If the NFT is not in your wallet, it may be locked in another contract such as Hyperlock. Withdraw it from there first.

   Thruster position manager (opens in a new tab)

10. Expired Pendle position

    <$1 · 1 position

    You hold Pendle PT or LP tokens from a market that has expired. They can be redeemed for the underlying asset at any time.

    1. Open the Pendle app, connect your wallet, and go to Portfolio.
    2. Find the expired position and press Redeem (for PT) or Remove liquidity (for LP).
    3. For LP, redeem the PT you receive afterwards. Confirm and pay gas.

    Pendle app (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

11. Orbit Lending deposit on Blast

    <$1 · 1 position

    You supplied funds to Orbit Lending on Blast, which was exploited. You can still withdraw, but some markets hold less cash than is owed, so first come, first served.

    1. Open your cToken contract (listed in the row) on Blast's block explorer, Write tab, connect wallet.
    2. Call redeem(cTokenBalance) or redeemUnderlying(amount).
    3. If you have a borrow in the same market, repay it first; your collateral is locked until then.

    Compound v2 docs (same contract code) (opens in a new tab)

12. MKR never converted to SKY

    Maker / Sky

    <$1 · 1 position

    You hold MKR, or MKR in the old DSChief voting contract, that was never converted to SKY. The converter still works. Its fee is 5% now (read on-chain 2026-10-01) and rises 1 point every 3 months.

    1. Open the Sky app and connect your wallet.
    2. If your MKR is in the old DSChief voting contract, first call free(amount) on that contract.
    3. Approve MKR, then convert it to SKY. You get 24,000 SKY per MKR minus the fee.
    4. Without the app: call mkrToSky(usr, mkrAmt) on the converter 0xA1Ea1bA18E88C381C724a75F23a130420C403f9a.

    Sky app (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)