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Over $26M Worth of Bitcoin Associated With 2016 Bitfinex Hack Is on the Move
The seven transactions involved in the movement of these funds on Wednesday were flagged by Twitter-based blockchain tracker bot Whale Alert.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:06 a.m. Published Oct 7, 2020, 9:18 p.m.
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Over $26 million worth of bitcoin associated with the massive 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex was moved around across seven transactions on Wednesday, according to Twitter-based blockchain tracker bot Whale Alert.
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- The security breach at Bitfinex in August 2016 led to the theft of over 120,000 BTC (worth approximately $1.2 billion today). Similar movements of stolen funds were also reported in July.
- Six of the transactions flagged by Whale Alert ranged between $4.1 million and $4.8 million, with one for a relatively small amount of $12,000.
Read more: Whale Alert: $27M From 2016 Bitfinex Hack Is on the Move
