Binance Hacker Disperses $1.4B in Bitcoin Across 19 Wallets
Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo
Blockchain data shows 18,270 BTC linked to a Binance hacker has been divided among 19 wallets and remains unmoved.
A Binance hacker has distributed 18,270 bitcoin, valued at roughly $1.4 billion, across 19 separate blockchain addresses, according to a CoinDesk analysis.
Seventeen of the wallets each contain exactly 1,000 BTC, while the remaining balance is held in two other addresses.
CoinDesk's blockchain trace found that none of the bitcoin in the 19 wallets had moved since Thursday night. Unlike assets held through centralized services, bitcoin in self-controlled wallets cannot simply be frozen by an exchange or other central operator.
Source: CoinDesk
