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

   $14 · 2 positions

   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. Polygon zkEVM balance

   $13 · 3 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)

3. Moonbeam balance (chain halted)

   $12 · 1 positionNeeds the team

   Moonbeam's public migration to Base closed on 31 July 2026. The team reviews late claims by email, one by one. The announced late window was 60 days, so it may have closed.

   1. Read the Moonbeam team's late-claim notice (forum link).
   2. Contact [email protected] with your wallet address, token, amount, where it is held and why you missed the deadline.
   3. Expect a manual review with no set reply time. Never share your seed phrase.

   Moonbeam late-claim notice (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

4. Unclaimed Starknet withdrawal

   StarkGate (Starknet)

   $8 · 1 position

   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)

5. zkSync Lite balance not claimed

   $3 · 2 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. Splits or Zora rewards not withdrawn

   0xSplits, Zora

   $2 · 1 position

   Money was sent to you through 0xSplits, or you earned Zora creator or referral rewards, and it is still inside the contract waiting for you to withdraw.

   1. Splits: open SplitMain 0x2ed6c4B5dA6378c7897AC67Ba9e43102Feb694EE on Etherscan and call withdraw(account, withdrawETH, tokens[]) with your address. Anyone can call it.
   2. Zora: call withdraw(to, amount) on ProtocolRewards 0x7777777F279eba3d3Ad8F4E708545291A6fDBA8B (same address on Base and other Zora chains), from the account that earned the rewards.
   3. The Splits app (app.splits.org) can also help.

   Splits app (opens in a new tab)

7. Expired Pendle position

   $2 · 1 positionMay not work

   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)

8. Balancer v2 pool share

   $1 · 3 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. Archived L2 bridge funds

   Archived L2s

   <$1 · 1 positionMay 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.

10. GMX v1 GLP staked

    <$1 · 1 positionMay not work

    You hold staked GLP, the liquidity token of GMX v1 (Arbitrum or Avalanche). GMX stopped v1 trading in July 2025; you can only sell existing GLP back for the underlying assets.

    1. Open v1.app.gmx.io, connect your wallet and use the Sell GLP page. If your GLP is staked, the page unstakes it as part of the sale.
    2. If the page fails, call unstakeAndRedeemGlp(tokenOut, glpAmount, minOut, receiver) on RewardRouterV2: Arbitrum 0xB95DB5B167D75e6d04227CfFFA61069348d271F5.
    3. GMX docs also mention claims for GLP holders in their distributions section. Rows marked as contracts (vesters, vaults) are unclear.

    GMX v1 app (opens in a new tab)Official docs (opens in a new tab)

11. Alpaca staked ibTokens (FairLaunch)

    Alpaca Finance

    <$1 · 1 position

    You staked Alpaca ibTokens in the old FairLaunch farm on BNB Chain. The app is gone but the contract lets you take them out. The ibUSDC pool (pid 24) may not pay.

    1. Open FairLaunch 0xA625AB01B08ce023B2a342Dbb12a16f2C8489A8F on BscScan, Write Contract.
    2. Call withdrawAll(user, pid) with your address and the pool id, or emergencyWithdraw(pid).
    3. Then call withdraw(shares) on the ibToken vault to get the base token. Contract wallets must send from the contract.

    FairLaunch on BscScan (opens in a new tab)

12. Alpaca v1 vault tokens

    Alpaca Finance

    <$1 · 1 position

    You hold Alpaca v1 ibTokens (deposit receipts) on BNB Chain. The vault still pays out the underlying token.

    1. Open the ibToken contract (contract column) on BscScan and go to Write Contract.
    2. Connect the owner wallet and call withdraw(shares).
    3. ibBUSD, ibETH, ibBTCB and ibUSDC were migrated: withdraw may pay a different token. If it reverts, read the contract's functions on BscScan.