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Gracy Chen

Chief executive officer of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitget.

Known aliases

  • @GracyBitget

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

THORChain's latest fee week runs 2.1 times its pre-surge level with no reported hack flows

THORChain took in about $404,600 in swap fees from October 5 to 11, more than double the week before its September surge. Cryptopolitan's count has that 82% below the hack week, and its "no exploit money" label rests on an absence of reports.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption40
Hype gap+15
Incentives
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Confidence55
investConfirmed3 publishers

Attacker returns 15,000 of the 16,249 BNB drained through 79thVault's own operator role

79thVault's 79AU pool on PancakeSwap was drained on October 7 through a permission inside the project's own token. Cryptopolitan reported that the attacker has returned 15,000 of the 16,249 BNB, and the team plans to re-seed the pool behind burned LP tokens, the same lock Bitquery found on 79% of receipts when it was drained.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
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Builder 48%
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Operator 24%
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Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
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Hype gap+15
Incentives40
Confidence55
investConfirmed3 publishers

Issuers and protocols have frozen about 0.2% of the $387 million taken from Bitget

Chainalysis tied the $387 million Bitget hack to North Korea-linked hackers, saying it pushed their 2026 crypto theft past $1 billion. Its AI cut more than 20 hours of tracing to minutes, while the bill falls on a Bitget user fund the exchange puts above $464 million.

Perspective Coverage

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Reality

Evidence70
Adoption25
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence65
investConfirmed5 publishers

Attacker drains $3.8 million from Near Intents via bug in Omni deposit and withdrawal layer

Near Intents halted its cross-chain swap service after a bug in its Omni deposit layer let an attacker take about $3.8 million. Crypto balances carry no deposit insurance, so affected users are relying on the operator's promise to repay them in full.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
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Reality

Evidence70
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence65
investOne report1 publisher

NEAR Intents, Tether and Circle froze about 0.2% of the $387.5 million taken from Bitget

Bitget has recovered an estimated 0.2% of the $387.5 million hackers drained on September 24, through freezes by NEAR Intents, Tether and Circle. Its own User Protection Fund is covering the rest, so the protocols that cooperated cut Bitget's bill by less than $1 million.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence35
investConfirmed4 publishers

NEAR Intents turned away about $50 million of Bitget loot that the hackers routed elsewhere

NEAR Intents' SHIELD layer refused all but $166,000 of a $50 million-plus attempt by Bitget's hackers. That makes screening policy the clearest difference between NEAR and THORChain. Each protocol carries a different exposure because of it.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
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Reality

Evidence58
Adoption35
Hype gap+25
Incentives66
Confidence58
investConfirmed3 publishers

Bitget's CEO doubts the $387.5 million lost through a vendor-linked backend will come back

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen doubts much of the $387.5 million stolen via a backend tied to a third-party security vendor will come back. So far about 0.2% of the loss has been frozen, so the exchange itself is paying for an outsourced security flaw.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
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Builder 25%
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Operator 41%
Investor
Investor 34%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
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Hype gap+5
Incentives55
Confidence70
investConfirmed2 publishers

Bitget traces its $388 million loss to a flaw in a third-party security product

Bitget says attackers may have used a flaw in a third-party security product to get internal credentials and forge $388 million of withdrawals. The account puts vendor software that can reach a withdrawal system inside an exchange's counterparty risk, alongside its own wallet controls.

Publishers:bitget.com cointelegraph.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
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Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Blocking $50 million from the Bitget hack opens NEAR Intents to wider claims, a lawyer says

NEAR Intents' SHIELD blocked $50 million of Bitget hack funds while THORChain declined Bitget's request to stop the flow. Lawyer Yuriy Brisov says claimants can use that shown control against NEAR in cases far beyond this one.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption30
Hype gap+30
Incentives40
Confidence35
investConfirmed2 publishers

Bitget customers withdrew $463 million in 24 hours, more than the $388 million hack took

Bitget customers pulled about $463 million in the first 24 hours after withdrawals reopened, more than the $388 million hackers stole on September 24. The protection fund covers the theft with about $76 million to spare, so the withdrawals now test whether the $5.7 billion left in reserves matches what Bitget owes customers.

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives58
Confidence58
securityOne report1 publisher

Bitget traces its $388 million wallet theft to a flaw in a third-party security product

Bitget said a flaw in a third-party security product gave an attacker the internal credentials used to take about $388 million on September 24. With the product unnamed and no fix confirmed, other companies running it cannot yet check their own exposure.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives60
Confidence45
investConfirmed2 publishers

Bitget traces $387.5 million breach to stolen internal credentials via third-party product flaw

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said the exchange's $387.5 million breach ran through a vulnerability in a third-party security product that gave attackers internal credentials to sign off fraudulent withdrawals. The loss was about 83% of its $464 million Protection Fund.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives70
Confidence60
securityConfirmed9 publishers

Suspected North Korean attackers used Bitget's own signing process to move $351.6M

Bitget says suspected North Korean attackers took $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets by spoofing the transaction data that triggers its signing process. Its $464 million user protection fund, held in bitcoin, covers the loss.

Perspective Coverage

10 publishers
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Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 31%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives70
Confidence60
investConfirmed3 publishers

Bitget presses THORChain to cut off the wallets holding its stolen $387.5 million

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen publicly asked THORChain to refuse service to the wallets that took $387.5 million, after Circle and Tether stopped nearly $318,000. Much of the rest now depends on a no-KYC swap protocol that has declined to block stolen funds in earlier hacks, including its own.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
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Reality

Evidence57
Adoption44
Hype gap+12
Incentives68
Confidence55
investConfirmed15 publishers

Most of Bitget's $387.5 million hack loss sits untouched in attacker wallets

Bitget now puts its September breach at $387.5 million, and AMLBot estimates $343 million of it sat untouched in 13 attacker wallets on Sept. 25. The phased withdrawals due from Sept. 28 are the better guide to whether customer money is safe.

Perspective Coverage

15 publishers
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Builder 25%
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Operator 43%
Investor
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Reality

Evidence66
Adoption
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Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence62

Earlier coverage

  1. Bitget's own approval process moved out $388 million on spoofed transaction data

    Product · September 25, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers