Corepound (AI yield aggregator on Core DAO) rug-pulled on 23 September 2025 when the team used privileged control over the aggregator's vaults to withdraw roughly $400,000 of deposited user funds. The Core community acknowledged the incident and organized an impacted-user response with promises of stricter ecosystem vetting.

The DeFi project Corepound, built on the Core DAO blockchain, has carried out a rug pull, making off with approximately $400,000.