Cryptocurrency exchange botches airdrop, gives $5.3M to its users

Cryptocurrency exchange botches airdrop, gives $5.3M to its users
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2019-1-22 13:56

Every week we seem to read another new story about yet another cryptocurrency exchange hack or scam in which users’ funds are stolen. But this week, a South Korean exchange has flipped the narrative on its head.

In what is being called a “computer error,” CoinZest done^  goofed and gave away around $5. 4 million worth of cryptocurrency to some of its customers, Cryptonews reports. The blunder came as part of an airdrop of We Game Tokens (WGT), but instead the exchange credited accounts with Bitcoin and Ethereum, amongst other cryptocurrencies. But don’t worry, not all is lost. CoinZest was able…

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