It has been reported that the fate of an investor fund worth around $500,000 has been put at risk after Layer-2 Network Re.al suddenly stopped working.
Researcher Luca Donno, who said blockchain production was suspended on Friday, announced that the network has been malfunctioning due to inactivity of the platform’s Data Availability Committee (DAC).
Working with the L2Beat Research Platform, Donno brings attention to potential security vulnerabilities in X’s posts, saying, “The current state of the network allows malicious people to steal all their funds by changing their systems.
The Data Availability Committee (DAC) is a structure that seeks specific addresses and is responsible for sharing off-chain data in the Re.al project. However, if this structure is not working, the network will lose its vitality and the transaction will halt.
Donno’s warnings aren’t just about issues inherent to Re.al. It also highlights the greater vulnerability facing the world of decentralized finance (DEFI). According to data from Defilama, the total amount of funds stolen in crypto attacks in 2025 exceeded $2 billion, up 50% compared to 2024.
Re.al was developed by the tangible team behind the USDR Stablecoin project. This collapsed in 2023 due to the lack of control of the Ministry of Finance. The USDR lost 50% of the dollar peg, causing investors to suffer serious losses. After this failure, the team turned to the Re.al project, aiming tokens for physical assets.
Released in 2024, Re.al is a real estate property-asset iconic platform that quickly raised investments of up to $18 million. However, the total assets value associated with the project is below $500,000.
Donno pointed out that users can try to withdraw funds through the Ethereum Network, but the process takes 12 days. During this time, malicious actors can steal existing funds by making malicious updates to the system, as off-chain data that the DAC needs to provide is missing from the network, making transactions vulnerable.
*This is not investment advice.
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