February 22, 2025
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Crypto Exchanges Start to Fill Bybit’s $ 1.4b Hole As Hackers Move Stolen Funds

“At Bitget We Strongly Believ in Supporting The Community and Everyone Contribution Towards the Growth of Crypto,” Company Ceo Gracy Chen Told Coindesk.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

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Crypto Exchanges Start to Fill Bybit’s $ 1.4b Hole As Hackers Move Stolen Funds”At Bitget We Strongly Believ in Supporting The Community and Everyone Contribution Towards the Growth of Crypto,” Company Ceo Gracy Chen Told Coindesk.Updated Feb 22, 2025, 9:36 AM UTCPUBLISHED FEB 22, 2025, 9:24 AM UTC

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What to Know:

  • Bybit Stolen Funds Are On the Move and Being Converged to Bitcoin.
  • Bitget have moved some of it own reserves to bybit to Help Support the Exchange, CEO Gracy Chen Said.
  • Chen Added That Users’ Funds Are Securely Stored On the Platform.
Crypto Exchange Bitget Has Transferred 40,000 ETHER (ETH), WORTH $ 105 Million, To Bybit, Offering Crucial Support To ITS Industry Counterpart in The Wake of The Overr.

The Funds Transferred Are From Bitget’s Own Reserves, Not User Deposits, Which Remain Securely Stored On the Platform and Can Be Cross Checked Thorugh The Proof of Resosers Note Shared with Coindesk, While Assuring More Support if Needed.

“AT BITGET WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING The Community and Everyone Contribution Towards the Growth of Crypto,” Chen Said.

A Suspected North Korean Entity Drained Approximately $ 1.4 Billion in Ether from Bybit on Friday. The Hack Prompted an Unprecedated Wave of Withdrawal Requests from USers, with the exchange succcessible processing 99% of them, Effectiely Facing A Significant Market Stress Test Test.

Part of the Stolen Funds Started to Move During Asian Afternoon Hours on Saturday with Over 5,000 ethh moved through WHERE The STASH WAS CONVERTED TO BITCOIN (BTC).

In an x ​​post, chainflip said it couln’t block funments as it was a fully decentralized applications that relaies on autoMated smart contractions, but that it didn “TRUNTTT. Flow. ”

On the Other Hand, Bitget Has Blacklisted Wallets Tied to the Hacker That Drained Ether Worth Millions from Bybit on Friday.

“We Will Block Any Transactions Flowing in from Illicit Addresses to the Exchange on It Has Been Monitored. Our Team of Security, and Researchers, Are Currently Tracing TheSe.

Despite The Hack, Bybit Had Managed to Process Over 350,000 withdrawal Requests and Has Since Restored Normal Withdrawal Operations, Per and X Post.

Shaurya MalwaShaurya is the co-leader of the coindesk tokens and data team in asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, Defi, Market Microstructure, and Protocol Analysis. Shaurya Holds Over $ 1,000 in Btc, Eth, Sol, Avax, Sushi, Crv, Near, YFI, YFI, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, Vet, Vet, Vet , Rook, trx, snx, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, Banana, Rome, Burger, Spirit, and ORCA. He Provides Over $ 1,000 to Liquidity Pools on Compound, Curve, Sushiswap, Pancakeswap, Burgerswap, Orca, AnaSwap, Spiritswap, Roki Protocol, Yearn Finance Olympusdao, Rome, Trader Joe, and Sun.

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Omkar GodboleOmkar Godbole is a co-managing Editor on Coindesk’s Markets Team Based in Mumbai, Holds A Masters Degree in Finance and A Charted Market Technician (CMT) Member. Omkar Previoously Worked at FxStreet, Writing Research on Currency Markets and As Fundamental Analyst at Currency and Commodities Desk at Mumbai-Based Brokerage Houses. OMKAR HOLDS SMALL AMUNTS OF BITCOIN, Ether, Bittorrent, Tron and Dot.

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