The proceeds of the attack on Drift Protocol are moving again. On October 20, 2026, wallets that observers attribute to the attacker forwarded a large part of the stolen ether to the Tornado Cash mixer, after the addresses had lain still for around two months. Figures for the sum diverge and range between $32 million and $61.6 million. For European investors this is no distant piece of news: laundered ether ends up on the open market, and accepting it unknowingly risks a frozen deposit.
25,700 ether in two hours: the figures on the October 20 movement
The largest value comes from the analytics service Lookonchain. According to its reading, 25,700 ether worth around $61.56 million flowed into Tornado Cash within two hours on October 20. The first report of the day came from Onchain Lens and was smaller: 13,400 ether, equivalent to roughly $32 million, out of an address that observers label "Drift Exploiter 5". The security firm Salus independently counted 19,600 ether, around $46.81 million, spread across 196 individual transactions.
To put the magnitude in context: one ether costs around $2,436, or €2,168, on October 20, 202...
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