{"id":30247,"date":"2020-10-18T09:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30247"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:21:06","slug":"okex-refutes-reports-of-large-transfers-after-withdrawal-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/okex-refutes-reports-of-large-transfers-after-withdrawal-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"OKEx refutes reports of large transfers after withdrawal halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that large Bitcoin transfers were carried out after withdrawals from OKEx wallets were halted do not reflect reality. This is stated in the exchange&#8217;s latest <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.okex.com\/academy\/en\/okex-confirms-all-user-funds-safe-non-withdrawal-platform-ops-functioning-as-usual\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">statement<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRegarding claims that funds were moved from OKEx to a competing exchange that operates the wallets, the team confirmed that the addresses in the cited transactions do not belong to OKEx,&#8221; the statement notes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, the Whale Alert <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/22-million-in-bitcoin-moved-from-huobi-to-okex-despite-withdrawal-suspension\">stated<\/a> that 5000 BTC and 3500 BTC were moved from OKEx to Binance addresses. In addition, it was claimed that an unknown user transferred 1995 BTC from the Huobi exchange to OKEx.<\/p>\n<p>This information was disputed by OKEx CEO Jay Hao, who urged users to rely on information exclusively from the exchange&#8217;s official channels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">These are not <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OKEx?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#OKEx<\/a> addresses; <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@whale_alert<\/a> and other third parties have mislabeled these addresses. Please only rely on official OKEx channels for up to date information. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgULVjkWPK\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/VgULVjkWPK<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5W6cu0svu\\\">pic.twitter.com\/J5W6cu0svu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay_OKEX_CEO (@JayHao8) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayHao8\/status\/1317132370567327744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>OKEx <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/okex-suspends-withdrawals-media-report-founder-detained\">halted<\/a> withdrawals on Thursday, October 16, after one of the private key holders stopped responding.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest statement, the platform&#8217;s representatives reiterated that other functions are operating normally and client funds are secure. The exchange did not say when withdrawals would resume.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that large Bitcoin transfers were carried out after withdrawals from OKEx wallets were halted do not reflect reality. This is stated in the exchange&#8217;s latest statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,1291],"class_list":["post-30247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-okx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"33","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30249,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30247\/revisions\/30249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}