Bridge entity
SOCKET Protocol
SOCKET Protocol provides cross-chain routing and interoperability infrastructure, including the Bungee interface and Socket Gateway contracts. It is included because a January 2024 approval-related exploit caused approximately $3.3 million in reported losses, followed by rapid restoration and recovery of 1,032 ETH.
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Bridge facts
- Canonical name
- SOCKET Protocol
- Type
- Bridge Aggregator
- Status
- Active
- Confidence
- High
- Primary chains
- Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, Unknown
- Primary assets
- USDC, USDT, DAI, WETH, Unknown
- Operator
- SOCKET Protocol
- Ecosystem
- SOCKET
- Launch date
- Unknown
- End date
- Unknown
- Terminal reason
- Not applicable / unknown
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-15
- Last verified
- 2026-06-15
Incident cases
SOCKET 2024 Gateway approval exploit2024-01-16
An attacker used an incomplete input-validation path in the Socket Gateway contract to drain assets from Ethereum wallets that had granted approvals to the affected route. SOCKET paused the contracts, removed the route, restored service, and later reported recovering 1,032 ETH.
Evidence records
- SOCKET acknowledged the January 16 incidentSOCKET · Tier 1 · 2024-01-16
- SOCKET incident-response updateSOCKET · Tier 1 · 2024-01-17
- Socket Tech Incident AnalysisCertiK · Tier 2 · 2024-01-16
- Socket recovered 1,032 ETH following bridge protocol exploitcrypto.news · Tier 2 · 2024-01-23
- SOCKET ProtocolSOCKET · Tier 1 · 2026-06-15
Official URL status
Official URL recorded as live: https://www.socket.tech/