Bridge entity
Nomad Bridge
Nomad Bridge suffered a message-verification exploit in August 2022 and later relaunched a restricted recovery-oriented bridge flow. New canonical-token deposits remained disabled while affected users could bridge back assets and access pro-rata recovered funds.
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Bridge facts
- Canonical name
- Nomad Bridge
- Type
- Cross Chain Messaging
- Status
- Limited
- Confidence
- High
- Primary chains
- Ethereum, Avalanche, Unknown
- Primary assets
- ETH, USDC, USDT, WBTC
- Operator
- Nomad
- Ecosystem
- Nomad
- Launch date
- Unknown
- End date
- Unknown
- Terminal reason
- Not applicable / unknown
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-15
- Last verified
- 2026-06-15
Incident cases
Nomad Bridge 2022 message verification exploit2022-08-01
In August 2022, Nomad Bridge was exploited after a message verification flaw made fraudulent withdrawals copyable by many participants. Public reporting commonly describes the loss as roughly $190 million, with partial recovery and unresolved recovery/reimbursement questions.
Evidence records
- Crypto bridge Nomad loses $190 million in 'chaotic' hackThe Verge · Tier 2 · 2022-08-02
- Nomad cross-chain bridge loses nearly $200 million in exploitCointelegraph · Tier 2 · 2022-08-02
- Nomad Network rekt database referenceRekt · Tier 3 · 2022-08-02
- SoK: A Review of Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks in 2023arXiv · Tier 2 · 2025-01-06
- Nomad Bridge Hack: Root Cause AnalysisNomad · Tier 1 · 2022-08-05
- The Road to RecoveryNomad · Tier 1 · 2022-09-22
- Nomad Bridge Relaunch GuideNomad · Tier 1 · 2022-12-20
Official URL status
Official URL recorded as live: https://www.nomad.xyz/