Rubic
Rubic is a cross-chain swap and bridge aggregator. It is included because a November 2022 private-key compromise affected the wallet used by its former RBC/BRBC bridge and a separate December 2022 RubicProxy flaw exposed approved user USDC, followed by contract suspension, replacement, audits, and continuing operation.
Bridge facts
- Canonical name
- Rubic
- Type
- Bridge Aggregator
- Status
- Active
- Confidence
- High
- Primary chains
- Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, Fantom, Unknown
- Primary assets
- ETH, WETH, USDC, USDT, RBC, BRBC, Unknown
- Operator
- Rubic team
- Ecosystem
- Rubic
- Launch date
- 2020-09
- End date
- Unknown
- Terminal reason
- Not applicable / unknown
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-28
- Last verified
- 2026-07-28
Incident cases
Rubic 2022 RubicProxy approval exploit2022-12-25
A RubicProxy routing flaw allowed arbitrary calls through a whitelisted USDC address and exposed user allowances. Security reports placed the stolen user funds around USD 1.4–1.5 million, after which affected contracts were stopped and later replaced with rewritten and audited contracts.
Rubic 2022 RBC/BRBC bridge wallet compromise2022-11-02
A private key for an administrative wallet used by Rubic's former RBC/BRBC bridge and staking rewards was compromised. Rubic reported that approximately 35 million RBC/BRBC were sold and that the former native bridge had already been disabled and replaced by an external bridge.
Evidence records
- Rubic Weekly Report 11/04/2022Rubic · Tier 1 · 2022-11-04
- Introducing the New Rubic Tokenomics — The Way ForwardRubic · Tier 1 · 2022-11-29
- Cross-chain bridge RBC — BRBC and BRBC tutorialRubic · Tier 1 · 2021-03
- November 2022 Kickstart with USD 32+ Million in DeFi HacksQuillAudits · Tier 2 · 2022-11
- Rubic incident announcementRubic · Tier 1 · 2022-12-25
- Decoding Rubic Exchange ExploitQuillAudits · Tier 2 · 2022-12-27
- Dcentralab Diligence Analysis: Rubic DEX Aggregator HackDcentralab Diligence · Tier 2 · 2022-12-26
- How Was Rubic Protocol Hacked?Neptune Mutual · Tier 2 · 2023-01-02
- Rubic’s New Security ArchitectureRubic · Tier 1 · 2024-02-16
- How to Swap Using Rubic’s ContractsRubic · Tier 1 · 2023-12-07
- Rubic cross-chain swap aggregatorRubic · Tier 1 · 2026
Official URL status
Official URL recorded as live_verified: https://rubic.exchange/