StealthGate achieved a significant success by recovering over $5.4 million of digital assets for a victim of blocked swaps on the Changelly platform.
The Blocked Swap Case
The victim, a long-time user of Ledger Live, initiated four separate USDT-to-BTC swaps in March 2025 using Changelly's built-in integration. Each transaction, totaling $5.4 million, was correctly submitted, confirmed on-chain, and routed to the appropriate wallet. However, Bitcoin was never delivered, and the funds vanished.
Services of StealthGate
In search of a solution, the victim turned to StealthGate, an incident handling service operating under the SEAL 911 team. The team conducted a focused investigation, combining technical analysis of blockchain data with platform-side escalation and routing tracebacks. Their audit identified where the swaps were blocked and who had control.
Practical Significance of Recovery
Within weeks of StealthGate’s involvement, the full $5.4 million was returned to the user’s wallet. This case sets an important precedent, demonstrating that high-value cases are not dead ends and that frozen funds can be recovered with the right support.
The recovery underscores the importance of users engaging with professional services in the cryptocurrency space and offers hope to those facing similar issues.
