{"id":254754,"date":"2024-02-27T05:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=254754"},"modified":"2024-02-27T05:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:38:31","slug":"hong-kong-based-crypto-exchange-bitforex-halts-withdrawals-after-56-million-leaves-wallets-report-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/hong-kong-based-crypto-exchange-bitforex-halts-withdrawals-after-56-million-leaves-wallets-report-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong-based Crypto Exchange BitForex Halts Withdrawals After $56 Million Leaves Wallets: Report &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A top Hong Kong-based crypto exchange has halted withdrawals on its platform after over $56 million was taken out of its wallets last week.<\/p>\n<p>According to on-chain investigator <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1762028433574650347\">ZachXBT<\/a>, BitForex engaged in some \u201csuspicious activity\u201d last week.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSeeing some suspicious activity with the crypto exchange BitForex.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On Feb 23 their hot wallets saw outflows of ~$56.5M. Shortly after this time withdrawals stopped processing with no official announcements having been made since.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to ZachXBT, BitForex users are not having their inquiries answered by officials on BitForex\u2019s X and Telegram. Furthermore, BitForex\u2019s CEO stepped down last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to ZachXBT, BitForex holds a significant supply of two altcoins \u2013 Tellor Tributes (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/tellor\/\">TRB<\/a>) and ECOMI (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/ecomi\/\">OMI<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBitforex holds 18% of the TRB supply and 7% of the OMI supply.<\/em><em>\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tellor Tributes is a decentralized oracle and a system that miners on the Ethereum (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>) network can use to fetch external data and place it on-chain for access by smart contracts. The TRB token is used as a means of payment and in the governance of the protocol.<\/p>\n<p>OMI is the native utility token on the VeVe digital collectible platform. OMI tokens are the native medium of exchange on the ECOMI digital collectible platform.<\/p>\n<p>BitForex has yet to release a statement about the claims at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any loses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Hong Kong-based crypto exchange has halted withdrawals on its platform after over $56 million was taken out of its wallets last week. According to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, BitForex engaged in some \u201csuspicious activity\u201d last week. \u201cSeeing some suspicious activity with the crypto exchange BitForex. On Feb 23 their hot wallets saw outflows of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-254754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254757,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254754\/revisions\/254757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}