FTX Hacker Becomes 35th Largest Ethereum (ETH) Whale – Dump Incoming?
15 Noviembre 2022 - 07:18AM
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Last Friday, the FTX drama took a new turn when it became known
that some of the remaining customer funds were stolen by a hacker.
According to current knowledge, it must have been an inexperienced
insider who gained access to FTX’s wallets. Hacken CEO and
co-founder Dyma Budorin stated that the hacker was able to steal
more than $450 million from FTX hot wallets. However, he made a
fatal mistake by using his verified personal account on crypto
exchange Kraken to send some of the stolen funds in Tether (USDT)
on the Tron blockchain. Kraken has already traced the person’s
identity, after which Tether and Paxos blacklisted some of the
assets. “We know the identity of the user,” Kraken CSO Nick Percoco
said on Friday. Related Reading: Following FTX’s Collapse, These
Exchanges Are Rumored To Be In Trouble Ryne Miller, general counsel
for FTX’s U.S. subsidiary, confirmed Saturday on Twitter that FTX
US and FTX.com had moved all of their digital assets to cold
storage, where they are better protected from attack, following
Friday’s bankruptcy. “Process was expedited this evening – to
mitigate damage upon observing unauthorized transactions,” Miller
said. In a statement, FTX Chief Restructuring Officer and CEO John
Ray said that in response to the hack, “an active fact review and
mitigation exercise was initiated immediately in response. We
have been in contact with, and are coordinating with law
enforcement and relevant regulators.” FTX Hacker Becomes A Ethereum
Whale While prosecutions have already been initiated, the hacker
nevertheless began swapping large amounts of his stolen crypto in
the European morning hours today. As reported by the security
company PeckShield Alert, several addresses associated with the
hacker have made massive movements today. Thus, the hacker made the
following transactions: Swapped 7,420 BNB on BSC into 1,500 ETH.
Converted $48 million in DAI into 37,000 ETH Exchanged 3,500 BNB
for 962,071.43 BSC USD Exchanged 3,500 BNB for 958,560.13 BSC-USD
Traded 15,000 BNB for 3,899,020.38 BSC-USD Subsequently, the hacker
bridged around 3.9 million exchanged BSC-USD to Ethereum via the
Celer Network, to cBridge and Stargate Finance, and exchanged them
for 5,564.83 ETH. In total, the hacker is now said to own
217,000 ETH, making him the 35th largest Ethereum (ETH) owner.
BREAKING:The FTX hacker is dumping tokens for $eth. The hacker
currently holds 217,000 ETH making him one of the largest holders.
— Satoshi Stacker (@StackerSatoshi) November 15, 2022 In his latest
move, the hacker has withdrawn 25.000 ETH, about $31.6 million from
Aave Protocol V2. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Near
Make-or-Break Levels, Can ETH Start Steady Recovery At press time,
ETH was unfazed by the news. ETH was trading at $1266, above the 50
and 100 SMA on the 1-hour chart. In order to initiate a further
uptrend, the resistance at $1289 needs to be surpassed. If Ethereum
fails to break above this level, it perhaps could see a further
decline. An important support is located at the $1170 mark.
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