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TRX THORChain rejects Bitget request to block hacker addresses
CoinDesk reports THORChain rejected Bitget's request to block addresses tied to a $387.5 million theft, with funds swapped into bitcoin. The Defiant reports an address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request.
Why “Unverified”
- 2 independent sources (The Defiant, CoinDesk), but no primary confirmation
2 independent source groups across 2 posts · evidence score 81/100. How labels work
Market around the story
| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | $84,999 | +0.30% | +0.26% | −0.55% | −0.33% | 1.5σ | 0.7× |
| ETH | $2,709 | −0.29% | +0.08% | −0.78% | −0.65% | 1.6σ | 0.6× |
| XRP | $1.53 | −0.35% | −0.14% | −1.1% | −0.09% | 1.5σ | 1.0× |
Returns are measured from the moment the story first appeared. “vs normal” compares the move with the asset's typical hourly move over the previous 30 days.
What the sources claim
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THORChain rejected Bitget's request to block the hacker, as about $6 million moved to bitcoin. BTC
“THORChain rejects Bitget request to block hacker as $6 million moves to bitcoin”
CoinDesk -
CoinDesk found 27 successful swaps moving about 2,390 ETH into 75.2 BTC. ETH
“CoinDesk found 27 successful swaps moving about 2,390 ETH into 75.2 BTC”
CoinDesk -
Bitget urged THORChain to stop serving addresses tied to the $387.5 million theft.
“Bitget urged THORChain to stop serving addresses tied to the $387.5 million theft”
CoinDesk -
An address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request. XRP
“An address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request”
The Defiant -
OKX's Star Xu challenged THORChain's comparison with Bitcoin. BTC
“OKX’s Star Xu challenged THORChain’s comparison with Bitcoin”
The Defiant
Sources
Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-09-29 17:56 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.