2024-10-26
UPDATE: US Government linked address appears to have been compromised for $20M.
Decrypt
Arkham Intelligence: hackers returned $19.3M of $20M+ worth of crypto they stole from US government-controlled wallet on Thursday
Attacker Reportedly Laundering Funds Eddie Mitchell / CCN.com : US Government-Linked Crypto Wallet Hacked: Over $20M Swiped Sahana Kiran / Watcher Guru : US Government's Cryptocurr...
2024-08-03
BREAKING: GENESIS MOVING $1.5B BTC + ETH FOR CREDITOR REPAYMENTS Wallets linked with Genesis Trading have moved 16.6K BTC ($1.1B) and 166.3K ETH ($521.1M) in the past hour - likely for in-kind repayments to creditors. BTC: bc1qmetf6pu6ghr6fv92209sw5x9t5999562t8w mux ETH: [image]
Bloomberg
Crypto lender Genesis and related companies complete their bankruptcy restructuring and begin distributing ~$4B in digital assets and cash to creditors
I feel pretty taken advantage of here and down more money than I care to admit through this FTX
2024-07-19
This bounty has been solved by ZachXBT @ZachXBT submitted definitive evidence of a KYC-linked deposit address used by the exploiter to receive funds from the WazirX exploit. This fulfills one of the criteria of the bounty - ‘Identifying a KYC centralized exchange deposit’. This
CoinDesk
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk :
New Intel Exchange Bounty: $235M WazirX Hack This morning, WazirX experienced a security breach in one of their holding wallets. The incident resulted in over $235 million in funds lost. Addresses associated with the hacker include: 0x6EeDF92Fb92Dd68a270c3205e96DCCc527728 066 [image]
CoinDesk
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk :
2024-07-18
This bounty has been solved by ZachXBT @ZachXBT submitted definitive evidence of a KYC-linked deposit address used by the exploiter to receive funds from the WazirX exploit. This fulfills one of the criteria of the bounty - ‘Identifying a KYC centralized exchange deposit’. This
CoinDesk
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June
One of the exchange's multisig wallets experienced a security breach, the exchange confirmed in an X post.
New Intel Exchange Bounty: $235M WazirX Hack This morning, WazirX experienced a security breach in one of their holding wallets. The incident resulted in over $235 million in funds lost. Addresses associated with the hacker include: 0x6EeDF92Fb92Dd68a270c3205e96DCCc527728 066 [image]
CoinDesk
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June
One of the exchange's multisig wallets experienced a security breach, the exchange confirmed in an X post.
2024-07-13
BREAKING: The German Government is now out of Bitcoin. The German Government just sent 3846.05 BTC ($223.81M) to Flow Traders and 139Po (likely institutional deposit/OTC service). The German Government has 0 BTC ($0.00M) remaining. [image]
Bloomberg
Arkham: the German government appears to have sold its last bitcoin on July 12, after authorities seized ~50K bitcoin, worth $2B+, in January 2024 from suspects
- The German government had received 50,000 Bitcoin in January — Bitcoin's price has been choppy in recent weeks on worries
2024-06-27
Update: US Government Sends $240M BTC to Coinbase Prime The US Government just moved 3,940 BTC ($240M) to Coinbase Prime. This BTC was originally seized from narcotics trafficker Banmeet Singh, and forfeited at trial in January 2024. Transaction: https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com / ... [image]
CoinDesk
Arkham: a wallet tagged to the US government moved ~3,940 BTC, worth ~$240M and originally seized from a Silk Road narcotics vendor, to a Coinbase Prime address
About 4k bitcoin had been seized from narcotics trafficker Banmeet Singh at his January 2024 trial.
2023-11-23
New Intel Exchange Bounty: HTX (f.k.a Huobi) / Heco Bridge Hack We've created and funded a bounty to help identify the person or organization behind today's @HTX_Global heco bridge attack. Bounty Link: https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com / ... Entity on Arkham: https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com / ...... [image]
Bloomberg
Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange HTX and Heco bridge are hacked in separate exploits that may have drained more than a combined $110M worth of crypto
Bloomberg :
2023-01-13
Floods of outflows seen from @Nexo wallet addresses on-chain. This follows news that Nexo Bulgarian offices were raided by special police this morning. Stay safe. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Bulgarian police raided London-based crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia on January 12, seeking information on suspected money laundering and tax crimes
Bloomberg :
2023-01-12
Floods of outflows seen from @Nexo wallet addresses on-chain. This follows news that Nexo Bulgarian offices were raided by special police this morning. Stay safe. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Bulgarian police say London-based crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided on Thursday, seeking information on suspected money laundering and tax crimes
Crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided by Bulgarian police on Thursday as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering and tax crimes.
2022-12-14
Wondering who was depositing over $1B $USDC into Binance last night? We weren't. There have been no withdrawals of this size since these deposits were made. This means that amidst the volume of withdrawals, there is plenty of capital still willing to stay on @binance. https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Binance CEO addresses major USDC outflows, saying users can “withdraw any other stablecoin”; Nansen: users withdrew ~$1.6B on the Ethereum network in 24 hours
Wondering who was depositing over $1B $USDC into Binance last night? We weren't. There have been no withdrawals of this size since these deposits were made. This means that amidst the volume of withdrawals, there is plenty of capital still willing to stay on @binance. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Memo: Changpeng Zhao tells Binance staff to expect a “bumpy” several months but the exchange “will survive any crypto winter”, following massive withdrawals
Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao warned his colleagues to expect tough months ahead …
2022-11-30
Blockfi officially filed for bankruptcy yesterday, almost 3 weeks after halting user withdrawals on November 11th. Their on-chain movements show most of their assets being sent to central wallets, with a high probability of many assets still being stuck on CEX's. Lets dive in: https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
In a bankruptcy hearing, BlockFi's lawyers say the lender plans to reopen withdrawals, BlockFi lent $671M to Alameda and has $355M frozen on FTX, and more
but let's just say it *helps* when FTX & BlockFi are no longer market dumping our every BTC/ETH deposit to prop up their fraudulent schemes. Layah Heilpern / @layahheilpern : Just ...
2022-11-29
Separately, $1 Billion BUSD was moved into wallets designated as part of the Industry Recovery Fund by CZ. This supply of BUSD is intended to provide financial support to companies beleaguered by recent volatility events. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds
- The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
Binance has also been working with @Tether_to to facilitate chainswap transfers. Tether earlier: “co-ordinate with a ‘third party’” to perform the swap, with funds arriving on Ethereum from Solana. These funds were then sent to a Binance address, presumably for distribution. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds
- The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
Binance has been making some whale-sized moves recently, with a $2 Billion transfer of BTC only 2 hours ago. This past fortnight, Binance has also moved $1 Billion into its Industry Recovery Fund wallet, and also received funds from a $1B Tether Chainswap. https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds
- The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
2022-11-22
The FTX Drainer has just sold 15000 ETH to renBTC and bridged out to native BTC. This follows a pattern: 1) operating between 08:00 and 10:00 UTC 2) generating a new account for each operation The attacker is limited by the liquidity of renBTC, so cannot bridge lots at once. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin down 5%+ to under $16K and ether down ~7% to ~$1.1K, rocked by the FTX saga, hacker offloading ether, and potential contagion
Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg :
The FTX Drainer has just sold 15000 ETH to renBTC and bridged out to native BTC. This follows a pattern: 1) operating between 08:00 and 10:00 UTC 2) generating a new account for each operation The attacker is limited by the liquidity of renBTC, so cannot bridge lots at once. https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Records: FTX, its executives, and SBF's parents bought 19+ properties in the Bahamas worth ~$121M over the past two years as “residence for key personnel”
Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX, his parents and senior executives of the failed cryptocurrency exchange bought …
2022-11-21
The FTX Drainer has just sold 15000 ETH to renBTC and bridged out to native BTC. This follows a pattern: 1) operating between 08:00 and 10:00 UTC 2) generating a new account for each operation The attacker is limited by the liquidity of renBTC, so cannot bridge lots at once. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin dropping ~4% to ~$16.1K and ether ~7% to ~$1.1K, dragged down by the FTX saga, hacker offloading ether, and potential contagion
Cryptocurrency prices struggled Monday in the ongoing crisis sparked by the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried's once powerful FTX empire.