Hacks & Security Unverified First seen 2026-09-30 13:30 UTC

THORChain cannot block Bitget hack addresses, lawyer discusses prosecution

Cointelegraph reports that THORChain will not or cannot block addresses linked to the $387.5 million Bitget hack, and asks whether developers could be prosecuted for money laundering, citing crypto lawyer Yuriy Brisov who says it is complicated.

Why “Unverified”

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

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What the sources claim

THORChain will not or cannot block addresses linked to the $387.5 million Bitget hack.

“THORChain will not — or can not — block addresses linked to the $387.5 million Bitget hack.”
Cointelegraph
Crypto lawyer Yuriy Brisov says whether THORChain developers can be prosecuted for money laundering is complicated.

“Can the devs be prosecuted for money laundering? It’s complicated, says crypto lawyer Yuriy Brisov.”
Cointelegraph

Sources

Cointelegraph newswire 2026-09-30 13:30 UTC
Could THORChain face prosecution over stolen Bitget funds?

Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-09-30 13:40 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.