The price of the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, Ethher (ETH), has increased by more than 2.3% in the last 24 hours, while the broader Coindesk 20 index has increased by only 0.76% during the same during the same period. Bitcoin has dropped around 0.3%.
The ascent occurs in the midst of reports that Bybit, the exchange of cryptocurrencies that was pirate for $ 1.5 billion in ether and ether is Half of that to the addresses to buy 36,900 eth over -tre the counters.
The funds, for a value of around $ 101 million, moved to addresses labeled as belonging to the exchange of cryptocurrencies, the cryptographic journalist Colin Wu reported, citing, Arkham intelligence data.
According to the reports, the CEO of Bybit, Ben Zhou, said in a session of “ask me anything” that the company’s assets are “much greater than $ 1.5 billion”, and added that “there is a safe cold wallet with almost 3 billion dollars in USDT, “according to the same source.
The Bybit hacker is now an estimated possession of 489,000 ETH valued at approximately $ 1.34 billion, about 0.4% of Ether’s total supply, which makes it the largest owner of the cryptocurrency.
The directions associated with the hacker are now closely monitored in space and are on the blacklist for the main cryptocurrency exchanges.
“The stolen funds have already been marked, which makes it extremely difficult for the hacker to use them. Any attempt to transfer these funds to an important exchange would result in an immediate blockade, ”said the CEO of Stealthex, Maria Carola, to Coindesk.
Since the hacker may not be able to use funds in any way, some analysts suggest that 0.4% of the ETH supply that it has has “gone essentially.”
