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Binance hacker spreads $1.4B in bitcoin across 19 untouchable wallets

Blockchain tracing shows the stolen funds split into 19 addresses, most holding exactly 1,000 BTC, dormant since Thursday night.

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What to know

  • A Binance hacker holds roughly $1.4 billion in bitcoin (18,270 BTC) spread across 19 wallets.
  • 17 of the 19 wallets each hold exactly 1,000 BTC, a structure that complicates tracking or freezing the funds.
  • None of the funds have moved since Thursday night, per CoinDesk's blockchain trace.

Binance hacker Unidentified perpetrator of the theftCoinDesk News outlet that traced the stolen funds

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    1. 1 outlet Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze

      first by CoinDesk, 13d ago