Who recovered Balancer hack funds?

TLDR

StakeWise recovered 5,041 osETH, roughly $19.3M, from the Balancer exploit via a contract call, reducing net losses (report).

1. Balancer coordinated a white-hat recovery, moving about $4.1M into escrow for return (update).
2. Media reports note white hats recovered over $20M so far (summary).
3. Networks like Berachain executed emergency interventions to recover or freeze funds (daily digest).

Deep Dive

1. StakeWise Recovery

StakeWise recovered 5,041 osETH, about $19.3M, from assets affected by the Balancer incident, using a contract call to reclaim the tokens (coverage). Additional reporting cites the same osETH tranche among the first concrete recoveries identified after the exploit (analysis).

2. White-Hat and Escrow Operations

Balancer announced a white-hat recovery effort with approximately $4.1M moved into a controlled escrow to reconcile and return funds to users, with V3 pools unaffected (update). In parallel, Balancer offered up to 20% of stolen funds as a bounty to incentivize returns from the attacker (policy note).

3. Chain-Level Interventions

Ecosystem partners and affected networks took emergency steps. Reporting notes that networks such as Berachain and Sonic executed interventions to recover or freeze portions of the stolen assets during incident response (daily digest). Separate media also highlighted Berachains halt and attempts at a hard fork in the immediate aftermath (overview).

Conclusion

Recovery has been multi-pronged. StakeWises contract-level reclaim of $19.3M, Balancers white-hat escrow effort, and network interventions together have clawed back meaningful amounts, though not all losses. If you are affected, monitoring official recovery posts and claims processes is the practical next step as reconciliations proceed.