TL;DR
- Trust Wallet has begun reimbursing users after a $7M Chrome extension breach and has released a patched version (v2.69).
- Eligible users, particularly those with prior Binance funding, can speed up verification via a support video.
- Binance, which owns Trust Wallet, has confirmed it will cover the verified losses (users’ funds are “SAFU”).
Trust Wallet is moving ahead with reimbursements to users affected by the Chrome extension v2.68 breach that drained about $7 million in digital assets. The company says some users with prior Binance funding before December 24, 2025 may qualify for accelerated verification to speed up payouts.
The company will contact eligible users via the same support email thread and request a verification video to confirm wallet ownership. Users who do not meet that criterion will follow the standard review flow, which can take longer due to manual checks. Trust Wallet urges users to ignore messages outside official channels and beware of impersonators.
Action required for users impacted by the Browser Extension v2.68 incident:
We’re working with @binance to offer an expedited verification path that may simplify and speed up the reimbursement process for a specific group of affected users.
If you deposited funds from your… https://t.co/NypUghuGMB
— Trust Wallet (@TrustWallet) January 5, 2026
PeckShield reports that over $4 million moved through centralized services including ChangeNOW, FixedFloat, and KuCoin, while about $2.8 million remains in attacker-controlled wallets. The company shipped the patched v2.69 release on December 25, a day after ZachXBT flagged multiple drains following the update.
Verification procedure and reimbursement scope
The claims process requires compromised wallet addresses, attacker addresses, and transaction hashes. For Binance users with verifiable history, Trust Wallet enables faster validation by reducing ownership-proof steps. All communication stays in the original support email thread to mitigate phishing and fake forms.
According to CEO Eowyn Chen, the breach stemmed from an exposed Chrome Web Store API key, which allowed publishing the compromised extension without the internal release process. The impact spanned multiple networks — including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana — based on the company’s initial assessment.
On the market side, the Trust Wallet Token (TWT) shows an ~8% weekly gain and an ~9% monthly decline, trading near $0.93 at the latest check. BNB is up ~7% week-over-week, around $911.29. The relative price stability followed the reimbursement plan and the patch rollout.
Binance, which acquired Trust Wallet in 2018, backs coverage of verified losses. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) stated that Trust Wallet will cover the affected amount and underscored that user funds are “SAFU.”
