Balancer – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Balancer's history.
Showing 30 milestones for Balancer
BIP-936 On-chain Wind-down Specification Published
Published on October 20, 2026, BIP-936 specifies proposed staged on-chain wind-down actions, including pool and Vault pauses and fee changes.
forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-936-onchain-wind-down-of-protocol-specs/7144BIP-930 Approves Recovered-Funds Distribution
BIP-930 passed on October 6, 2026, approving a framework to distribute 296.401711 ETH recovered after the V1 exploit to eligible liquidity providers.
caper.network/wiki/daos/dexs/balancer-daoBalancer DAO Approves Orderly Wind-Down
BAL holders approved BIP-928 and an orderly wind-down of Balancer on September 29, 2026.
forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-928-orderly-winddown-of-balancer-and-distribution-of-the-treasury/7107?page=2Balancer V1 Exploit
On August 31, 2026, a rounding deficiency in the immutable V1 single-sided join flow enabled attacks across 120 pools, draining about $1.39 million at attack-time prices. BIP-930 later approved a framework to distribute recovered funds.
forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-930-distribution-of-recovered-funds-from-balancer-v1-august-31st-2026-exploit/7111BAL Tokenomics Revamp and veBAL Discontinuation
In April 2026, governance halted BAL emissions, discontinued veBAL’s economic benefits, and routed all protocol fees to the DAO Treasury.
forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-919-bal-tokenomics-revamp/7001Balancer Labs Ceases Operations
Balancer Labs announced that it was ceasing operations on March 24, 2026.
cointelegraph.com/news/balancer-labs-shuts-down-protocol-continuesBalancer V2 Composable Stable Pools Exploit
Balancer acknowledged an exploit affecting V2 pools on November 3, 2025; reports described more than $116 million in transfers.
cointelegraph.com/news/balancer-suspected-70m-exploit-staked-ether-new-walletBalancer Front-End Phishing Attack
Balancer experienced a DNS-related front-end phishing attack in September 2023.
cointelegraph.com/news/balancer-labs-shuts-down-protocol-continuesBalancer V2 Vulnerability Response
On August 22–23, 2023, Balancer disclosed a critical V2-pool vulnerability and emergency mitigations. Over 97% of vulnerable liquidity was secured; 0.89% of TVL (about $5.6 million) remained at risk, and the vulnerability had not been exploited.
twitter.com/Balancer/status/1694014645378724280?s=20Balancer x Avalanche & Base
Balancer protocol went live on both Base and Avalanche!
medium.com/balancer-protocol/the-balancer-report-base-or-avalanche-how-about-both-5c4b7d7e8bc18020 Initiative
The 8020 Initiative was introduced on July 6, 2023
medium.com/balancer-protocol/the-8020-initiative-64a7a6cab976Balancer x Polygon zkEVM
In June 2023, Balancer deployed its technology onto the polygon network to bootstrap liquidity growth
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-is-fuelling-growth-on-polygon-zkevm-424f209a6be4Boosted Pools
Introduced on April 26, 2023, Boosted Pools combine the benefits of Liquidity Pools and single-sided yield markets, creating a dynamic position
twitter.com/Balancer/status/1651269967118225408Balancer x Certora
In October 2022, Balancer partnered with security auditor Certora by launching the Balancer Certora Security Accelerator
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-and-certora-launch-security-accelerator-420d3b839a37Balancer Live on Optimism
On June 2, 2022, Balancer launched on Optimism blockchain in collaboration with Beethoven X
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-is-now-on-optimism-671d55e489bveBAL Goes Live
veBAL went live in March 28, 2022
medium.com/balancer-protocol/vebal-is-live-aeda1ae13e20Balancer Launches on Arbitrum
Balancer launched on Arbitrum on August 31, 2021.
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-protocol-live-on-arbitrum-to-scale-defi-liquidity-c94c16ba9a43MetaStable Pools Launch | Lido Partnership
On August 16, 2021, Balancer announced the launch of MetaStable Pools alongside a partnership with Lido with joint pool incentives
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8Balancer Launches Stable Pools
In July 2021, Balancer launched Stable Pools on Balancer V2
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-stable-pools-1419b5b9a7e7Venture Round Funding
In May 2021, Balancer Labs raised $24.3 million in a Venture Round
www.crunchbase.com/organization/balancer-labs/company_financialsBalancer x Gnosis
In April 2021, Balancer partnered with Gnosis to develop a new decentralized exchange (DEX)
www.newsbtc.com/news/ethereum/how-balancer-and-gnosis-will-make-ethereum-trades-more-cost-efficient/Balancer Partners with Aave on V2 Asset Manager
Balancer announced its partnership with Aave to develop the first V2 Asset Manager on February 23, 2021.
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-partners-with-aave-to-build-the-first-v2-asset-manager-d9c173330151Balancer V2 Launch
Balancer announced V2, a protocol upgrade centered on a shared Vault architecture, on February 2, 2021.
medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-v2-generalizing-amms-16343c4563ffSeries A Funding
In February 2021, Balancer Labs raised $5 million in their Series A funding
www.crunchbase.com/organization/balancer-labs/company_financialsPantera Capital and Alameda Research Invest in Balancer
On November 9, 2020, Balancer Labs announced that both Pantera Capital and Alameda Research invested in Balancer Labs
medium.com/balancer-protocol/pantera-capital-and-alameda-research-invest-in-balancer-to-accelerate-growth-of-programmable-faae530649beBalancer x NEAR Protocol
On October 26, 2020, Balancer partnered with a NEAR protocol.
near.org/blog/balancers-defi-protocol-is-bringing-programmable-liquidity-to-nearBalancer Pool Exploit
An exploit involving deflationary tokens drained assets from Balancer pools on June 28, 2020.
www.newsbtc.com/news/company/hackers-steal-450k-crypto-tokens-from-balancer/BAL Token Goes Live on Mainnet
On June 23, 2020, the Balancer protocol governance token (BAL) went live on the mainnet
medium.com/balancer-protocol/bal-is-live-104ba56e1945Fundraising - Seed Round
In March 2020, Balancer Labs secured $3 million in funding through a seed round led by Accomplice and Placeholder
www.crunchbase.com/organization/balancer-labs/company_financials