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Crypto transaction tracker Whale Alert tweeted on April 14 that a large amount of Bitcoin linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack is now on the move. The total sum amounts to over $750 million, though the figure could be larger. origin »
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a website to collect information from individuals affected by the 2016 Bitfinex hack, according to a Nov. 7 statement. The DOJ announced it was inviting statements from those impacted by the hack, including affected Bitfinex account holders.
2024-11-9 22:00 | |
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The Bitfinex crypto hack resulted in the theft of 120,000 Bitcoin Ilya Lichtenstein used a series of sophisticated methods to hide the stolen funds between 2016 and 2022 He told his wife and co-conspirator about the hack in 2020 who then helped him to hide the stolen assets US prosecutors have told a judge that […] The post US prosecutors urge judge to hand Bitfinex hack mastermind five-year sentence appeared first on CoinJournal.
2024-10-17 15:28 | |
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The $5-billion estimation is based on three major seizures linked to the Bitfinex hack and Silk Road, meaning the actual holdings could be much larger.
2023-10-16 11:19 | |
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Bitfinex lost 119,754 bitcoins in the August 2016 hack The US Justice Department announced… The post FBI arrests two over 2016 Bitfinex hack, $3.6B in Bitcoin seized appeared first on Coin Journal.
2022-2-9 22:55 | |
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Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has studied the flow of funds taken from the $7 billion Bitfinex hack, revealing that only 21% of the total have been moved. The post 21% of Bitcoins From Bitfinex Hack Have Been Transferred appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-5-14 14:09 | |
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On Wednesday, after bitcoin prices touched a new all-time high, thousands of bitcoins from the August 2, 2016, Bitfinex hack were transferred to unknown wallets. The exact count of BTC moved from the hack is not entirely clear, but one blockchain parser shows that over 12,208 BTC from the 2016 Bitfinex breach worth $754 million […]
2021-4-15 22:35 | |
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Over 170 Bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex hack have been moved today over to another unknown wallet. Is the hacker attempting to wash the stolen funds, and if so, why now? Let’s take a look. The 2016 Bitfinex Hack On August 3, 2016, leading crypto exchange, Bitfinex, suffered a devastating security breach which resulted in the loss of over 119,756 Bitcoins (approx $953 Million).
2019-6-7 16:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced on Feb. 25 via a blog post that the U. S. government has handed over 27 BTC believed to be the proceeds of a hack in which the exchange lost almost 120,000 Bitcoins in a security breach in August 2016.
2019-2-26 19:29 | |
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Bitfinex has announced that they will be compensating 5,000 victims of its 2016 hack as it was reported by Reuters on February 25, 2019, that US authorities have recovered some of the bitcoin that was stolen during the hack.
2019-2-26 14:00 | |
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According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.
2019-2-26 02:39 | |
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The U. S Government, through its law enforcement agencies, has returned 27. 66270285 Bitcoins to Bitfinex. This amount of is part of the 119,756 BTC stolen from the exchange back in August, 2016.
2019-2-26 23:38 | |
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Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange has revealed that 27. 66270285 BTC, a portion of the stolen funds from the 2016 hack, was successfully recovered by law enforcement of the U. S. government. Recovered BTC to Reimburse Recovery Right Token Holders Following the hacking event, Bitfinex launched an investigation with the assistance of enforcement agencies internationally, to trace the 119,756 BTC that vanished from the exchange’s premises.
2019-2-26 21:40 | |
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Better late than never. Bitfinex, a major crypto exchange registered in the British Virgin Islands, has announced that U. S. authorities have recovered nearly 28 BTC from an August 2016 security breach and returned the funds to the exchange.
2019-2-26 21:11 | |
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The exchange reported that the US government had managed to seize some of the assets from the 2016 hack, returning 27.66 BTC to its users.
2019-2-26 14:41 | |
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Bitfinex has announced that 27 of the bitcoin stolen in a major 2016 hack have been returned after they were retrieved by the U.S. government.
2019-2-25 14:30 | |
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Bitfinex has received roughly 28 BTC from U. S. federal law enforcement agencies in a rare example of the U. S. government returning stolen bitcoin that were retrieved from the criminals. $110,000 Retrieved Out of $72 Million The amount totals about $110,000 at today’s prices, which law enforcement managed to retrieve in November 2018.
2019-2-25 13:00 | |
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Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations, concludes a report published by blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis this week.
2019-2-2 01:45 | |
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It has been a very interesting year for cryptocurrency. Wild price fluctuations and regulatory developments have put a brand-new perspective on things. One would almost forget Bitfinex was hacked just over a year ago, forcing the company to issue IOU tokens and reduce user balances.
2018-8-6 16:00 | |
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Bitcoin rose to a six-day high of $6,580 on Monday on Bitfinex, adding credence to indications that the cryptocurrency could be in for a relief rally. Furthermore, bitcoin refused to embrace the negative narrative on Wednesday after the $31 million hack of South Korea’s Bithumb exchange, indicating that the sellers are likely running dry. Despite all this,
2018-6-21 16:19 | |
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It’s been a turbulent time for the cryptocurrency markets, so now is a good time to reflect on how and why we got here in the first place. First, an op ed makes the ideological case for Bitcoin.
2018-6-16 04:35 | |
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The DEX has been taken offline due to the discovery of the bug, and the team has implemented an “emergency fix” and update.
Bitmart chief executive officer Sheldon Xia said on Dec 6 that the exchange will use its own money to refund the $196 million worth of crypto assets lost in an attack over the weekend. The post BitMart CEO Promises Ouf-of-Pocket Refunds After $196M Crypto Theft appeared first on BeInCrypto.