Case Study: Recovering $22,500 from an Abandoned Yield Farm

Date: August 2025

The Challenge

A client contacted us in distress. They had staked approximately $22,500 worth of CAKE-BNB LP tokens in a popular yield farm on the BNB Smart Chain. The project, which had been operating for several months, suddenly went offline. The website was inaccessible, and the project's social media accounts were deleted.

Our Analysis

Our first step was to analyze the MasterChef contract on BscScan. We confirmed the client's funds were still held by the contract. While the standard `withdraw` and `deposit` functions were tied to project-specific logic, we identified a crucial function common in many MasterChef forks: `emergencyWithdraw`.

This function is designed as a fail-safe, allowing users to retrieve their staked tokens without receiving any rewards. In this scenario, where the project was dead and rewards were worthless, it was the perfect solution.

The Solution

We guided the client through the process of interacting with the contract directly via BscScan's "Write Contract" feature. We provided them with the correct Pool ID (PID) for their specific LP stake and instructed them on how to connect their wallet and execute the `emergencyWithdraw` function.

The Result

Within minutes of signing the transaction, the client's full balance of CAKE-BNB LP tokens was returned directly to their wallet. They were then able to successfully remove the liquidity on PancakeSwap, fully recovering their initial capital of $22,500.

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