⚠ 476.32 #BTC (5,147,316 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) July 27, 2020

$101,478.00
5.06%$2,050.34
13.67%$2.25
5.86%$620.93
3.63%$159.46
9.21%$0.999996
0.00%$0.190991
11.64%$0.735161
11.18%$0.255166
3.06%$2,043.73
13.44%$3.93
20.47%$101,453.00
5.04%$15.30
12.43%$21.34
11.16%$0.283151
9.47%$2,463.61
13.70%$418.92
16.59%$0.00001398
10.39%$8.81
1.43%$0.191064
9.57%$1.00
0.00%$3.20
6.98%$21.99
5.18%$92.78
6.17%$4.31
10.53%$2,044.52
13.34%$294.52
5.26%$4.44
5.03%$0.99996
0.06%$2,183.21
13.38%$1.00
-0.02%$101,378.00
4.90%$0.63098
8.88%$0.00001023
25.42%$29.76
3.92%$417.15
16.70%$5.55
15.87%$5.23
10.98%$1.051
0.00%$2.61
15.50%$52.44
3.58%$0.951986
11.15%$190.96
12.62%$1.00
0.00%$0.096589
6.39%$17.70
11.10%$21.76
3.25%$4.99
10.14%$32.88
10.11%$0.097961
8.21%$12.46
15.44%$0.741002
4.79%$4.65
13.97%$0.02720995
10.74%$0.249776
14.55%$1.00
0.08%$101,296.00
5.06%$1.17
-0.01%$4.44
8.17%$0.75292
13.59%$2.85
11.98%$4.35
0.70%$0.217107
10.37%$0.314792
19.37%$0.559852
11.13%$2.71
13.91%$0.349085
15.74%$4.31
5.32%$0.999047
0.07%$0.00001932
17.54%$0.964669
14.36%$1.027
12.45%$94.57
5.65%$1,648.88
13.22%$10.96
1.86%$0.462509
11.96%$167.00
8.85%$0.848855
8.80%$0.01948033
2.29%$1.27
2.47%$2,045.61
13.53%$0.075547
4.55%$1.16
22.48%$1.78
38.32%$2,133.14
13.47%$0.221414
12.87%$101,310.00
5.31%$4.12
9.99%$0.663682
13.20%$0.598479
14.56%$0.999262
-0.04%$10.80
15.49%$202,914.00
111.17%$0.738528
12.63%$0.100201
11.88%$2,318.86
13.28%$1.00
0.08%$0.01415063
35.28%$620.73
3.62%$0.999759
0.02%$0.00008905
18.91%$14.72
1.91%$205.69
9.19%$0.01721429
12.62%$176.40
9.32%$3,311.46
-2.28%$101,231.00
5.12%$0.812087
15.33%$0.899553
18.41%$2.74
16.50%$39.78
11.83%$1.00
0.00%$0.628379
16.94%$3,316.09
-2.25%$101,375.00
5.48%$0.223022
9.53%$2,181.70
13.66%$99,697.00
4.52%$0.01706489
14.41%$0.745922
5.79%$0.305405
13.97%$0.073341
42.20%$0.00000073
5.72%$3.92
4.31%$2.19
9.97%$0.118418
9.13%$20.56
16.98%$0.673671
25.50%$40.92
4.82%$2,139.72
13.39%$0.997826
0.00%$0.399873
10.03%$0.998821
0.00%$0.01857033
11.84%$0.581709
9.39%$0.32224
10.89%$1.11
0.94%$0.728998
22.57%$3.66
15.78%$1.78
12.78%$0.618796
29.59%$2,137.46
13.15%$0.00585148
12.32%$0.148025
11.85%$0.456403
20.04%$0.00935817
15.52%$101,169.00
4.82%$0.203282
28.88%$110.97
0.01%$0.460172
7.93%$0.997086
-0.08%$0.190984
11.64%$7.45
11.08%$101,096.00
4.89%$0.999995
0.00%$1.35
9.70%$0.611717
11.26%$0.481435
17.33%$0.065788
0.01%$16.62
9.70%$0.999995
0.00%$0.00002268
9.14%$2,044.29
13.25%$95,669.00
1.16%$2,179.09
13.45%$1.59
9.65%$0.141207
11.80%$2,044.66
13.29%$0.544319
13.92%$0.00825972
15.96%$6.10
11.20%$0.00000043
2.37%$1.70
5.39%$2,040.39
13.23%$0.00608524
12.75%$2,092.03
11.73%$0.166923
7.56%$2.59
12.63%$3.46
21.31%$0.157205
4.62%$0.04278336
11.42%$0.249548
14.46%$1.086
0.05%$1.001
0.14%$0.079622
11.29%$0.087745
13.86%$2,044.52
13.42%$1.47
17.79%$0.00000098
33.29%$42.15
10.64%$0.563049
16.30%$0.389555
8.97%$0.374497
3.35%$32.80
2.27%$0.03598751
5.50%$0.00421102
5.18%$0.01840392
4.02%$1.001
-0.12%$21.57
0.69%$0.17563
3.96%$1.00
-0.02%$0.591369
33.02%$0.309641
26.66%$0.812735
6.79%$0.00006214
7.22%$0.337642
15.44%$1.39
1.71%$0.740356
15.98%$2,034.35
13.47%$0.99932
0.04%$0.718232
8.94%$101,346.00
4.95%$1.00
0.07%$1.00
-0.02%$119.88
11.07%$0.00307691
10.32%$101,699.00
5.30%$0.00000149
1.75%$1.098
-0.08%$2,166.03
13.40%$2.64
10.89%$21.31
11.10%$0.210194
12.35%$0.236605
9.10%$0.03400404
8.39%$21.98
5.29%$1.00
0.03%$3,336.59
-1.46%$22.67
7.89%$2,247.68
13.48%$3.39
11.21%$0.00308622
16.33%$0.546857
7.01%$0.990051
31.37%$2,226.46
13.26%$0.269481
8.01%$3.32
16.63%$1.26
-9.02%$16.05
11.06%$2,035.17
4.94%$2.78
4.10%$0.00350302
13.63%$2,046.42
13.49%$0.03739475
8.11%$2,202.41
13.35%$101,393.00
5.30%$1.57
2.37%$0.01303766
9.43%Reading
A little over 2,550 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $27.7 million, stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex moved yesterday, according to Whale Alert. The funds were sent as Bitcoin’s price blew up to break through the $11,000 mark.
⚠ 476.32 #BTC (5,147,316 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) July 27, 2020
The two Bitfinex hacks were some of the most-damaging Bitcoin scams and hacks of all time. In 2015, customers lost around 1,500 BTC. In 2016, a second hack netted the perpetrators around 120,000 BTC—nearly $73 million at the time and over $1.3 billion today. It’s part of that cache that has just been moved.
On Monday, 2,550 BTC was moved in a series of nine transactions—between around 90 and 480 BTC each—to several addresses, all of which are described as “unknown” by Whale Alert.
This is not the first time the funds from Bitfinex 2016 hack started moving. In May, Whale Alert tweeted that 28.3 Bitcoin (around $310,000 today), originating from one of the Bitfinex hacks, had been transferred to an unknown wallet. In June, the hackers moved another $4 million worth of Bitcoin. In 2019, they transferred 185 Bitcoin in June and 300 Bitcoin in August.
The hackers moved the funds on the same day a massive surge in the price of Bitcoin caught everyone’s attention. It’s possible they were hoping to stay under the radar during this event, or that the higher price motivated them to cash more out.
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