{"id":32603,"date":"2020-12-01T09:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T07:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32603"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:30:39","slug":"bitfinex-stolen-bitcoins-move-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitfinex-stolen-bitcoins-move-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex-stolen bitcoins move again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Against the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-hits-all-time-high-near-20000\">achievement<\/a> Bitcoin&#8217;s new all-time high, funds stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange began moving. Whale Alert recorded 15 transactions totaling more than $135 million.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0 469.9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (8,998,318 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet<\/p>\n<p>Tx: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/guzCpmF65U\">https:\/\/t.co\/guzCpmF65U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1333486644033368065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In total, unknown parties transferred 7,045.48 BTC. The largest was the last transaction of 2,000 BTC ($38.8 million at the time).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud83d\udea8 \ud83d\udea8 2,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (38,807,185 USD) transferred from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitfinex?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitfinex<\/a> to unknown wallet<\/p>\n<p>Tx: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4F90xqN5Lv\">https:\/\/t.co\/4F90xqN5Lv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1333516287721476096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bitfinex&#8217;s trading platform was hacked on August 2, 2016. In total, the attackers stole 119,756 BTC ($71.8 million at the rate at the time, more than $2 billion at the current rate).<\/p>\n<p>In May, Whale Alert recorded the first movement of stolen funds in 2020. The attackers sent 30.667192 BTC to anonymous addresses.<\/p>\n<p>In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hackers-again-move-bitcoins-stolen-from-bitfinex\">transferred<\/a> to unknown wallets 4,571 BTC and 473.3183 BTC in separate transactions.<\/p>\n<p>In October, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitfinex-hacked-bitcoins-move-again\">moved<\/a> more than $30 million in bitcoins.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against the {{AOPEN_1}}achievement{{ACLOSE_1}} Bitcoin&#8217;s new all-time high, funds stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange began moving. 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