Summary
- More than $170 million in funds was moved from global digital-asset exchange Bitget, raising the possibility of a wallet security incident.
- More than $170 million in ETH, USDT, USDC, AVAX and BNB was moved from three hot wallets and one cold wallet believed to belong to Bitget to a single address that has not been identified as a Bitget wallet.
- Wallets suspected of being tied to the security incident still hold about $530 million in assets, while it remains unconfirmed whether a hack occurred, how large any losses may be, or whether the transfers were part of an internal fund reshuffle. Bitget has not issued an official statement.
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More than $170 million in digital assets has been moved from global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, raising the possibility of a wallet security breach. Multiple hot wallets and cold wallets may have been compromised, though it remains unclear whether a hack occurred and how large any losses may be.
Crypto Briefing and The Block reported on September 24 that more than $170 million in digital assets was transferred over the past hour from three hot wallets and one cold wallet believed to belong to Bitget to a single address.
The transferred assets included Ether, Tether's USDT, Circle's USDC, Avalanche's AVAX and BNB. The destination address has not been identified as a Bitget-owned wallet, and the incoming assets were seen being swapped multiple times on-chain. The Block reported that the fund flows were confirmed through on-chain data.
On-chain analysts have raised the possibility that the activity is tied to a wallet security incident at Bitget. Market analyst DCF GOD said three Bitget hot wallets and one cold wallet may have been compromised and that a large portion of the moved assets was being exchanged into Ether. Some estimates put the total moved at more than $180 million.
Wallets suspected of being linked to the security incident were reported to still hold about $530 million in assets. It has not been confirmed, however, whether the transfers stemmed from an external attack or an internal reshuffling of exchange funds.
The method of attack and the actual scale of losses have also not been disclosed. Bitget has yet to issue an official statement on the allegations.
