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Crypto exchange hacks

Thefts of customer or treasury assets from centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, including wallet compromises and the recovery or compensation that follows.

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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
Not scored
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Grayscale's Zcash fund loses a tenth of its net inflows in a single day

Grayscale's Zcash ETF recorded a $30.25 million net outflow on Sept. 30, leaving cumulative net inflows near $268 million. With ZEC 21% below its late-September peak, the next flow prints will show whether the fund's buyers stay with the coin after its run.

Publishers:decrypt.co

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption35
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

BitMart asks 12 million frozen users to take a payout now or hold tokens tied to its 2021 hack

BitMart's court-backed repayment plan blames a 2021 hack it now puts at $319.5 million for the hole facing more than 12 million frozen users. Each user can take a share of liquid assets now or hold tokens that depend on hack recoveries or a reopening.

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives70
Confidence40
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Bitget presses Thorchain to shut out the hackers behind its $387.5 million loss

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen asked Thorchain to refuse service to the hackers behind a theft the exchange now puts at $387.5 million. After the Bybit breach, Thorchain's validators reversed a trading halt within 30 minutes, so recovery plans have little reason to count on the protocol's help.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives65
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

GoPlus says three THORChain validators could halt the swaps that moved $51.5 million of Bitget's stolen funds

GoPlus Security says THORChain validators can halt the swaps that moved about $51.5 million of Bitget's stolen bitcoin and XRP. If that power exists, each DPRK-linked transfer the network signs is a choice made by its roughly 100 node operators.

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence35