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CoinDesk reports Binance hacker split 18,270 BTC across 19 wallets

CoinDesk reports, citing its own blockchain trace, that the Binance hacker split $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze. The report states all 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each, and that none has moved since Thursday night.

Why “Unverified”

  • Reported by CoinDesk alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

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What the sources claim

  1. The Binance hacker split $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that cannot be frozen. BTC

    “Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze”
    CoinDesk
  2. All 18,270 coins are held in 19 wallets, with 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each. BTC

    “All 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each”
    CoinDesk
  3. None of the coins has moved since Thursday night, according to a CoinDesk blockchain trace. BTC

    “none has moved since Thursday night, a CoinDesk trace of the blockchain shows”
    CoinDesk

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