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Now the developers are trying to rebuild players’ trust. According to the game’s Ronin’s Newsletter, the refreshed bridge has been audited three times—once internally, once with Verichains, and once with blockchain security company CertiK. User funds are now backed 1:1 by Ethereum (ETH) and USD Coin (USDC), and Infinity says it has stuck to its commitment to recover the 173,600 ETH and 25.5M USDC lost in that March exploit.

56,000 of that ETH is wrapped Ethereum (wETH) stolen from the Axie DAO (decentralized organization) Treasury, which distributes funds to the Axie community and AXS holders. Axie Infinity says in its newsletter that it is working “with law enforcement to recover the funds,” and if “the funds are not fully recovered within two years, the Axie DAO will vote on next steps for the treasury.”

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Aside from this, Axie Infinity says its developer Sky Mavis has fully reimbursed the millions of lost coins, and users are feeling more optimistic about the game, which will introduce land staking this week after two years of dubious promises. Gameplay will not change with the Ronin bridge’s reopening, but now users can, perhaps, more safely and easily be taken advantage of.