Hackers stole nearly 6000 BTC from the exchange Zaif. Bitcoin responded with a short drop
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The Evening of 19 September, hackers broke into the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif and derived from its hot wallets 5966 bitcoins and other coins. Amount equivalent to approximately $ 60 million. The first cryptocurrency in a short time period fell to $ 6,100, and then recovered to 6500. He writes about this .
After hacking Zaif has suspended all operations to and withdrawals from the accounts. The representative of the trading platform said that funds were stolen from the hot wallet.
theWhy fall
Zaif said that now the volume of reserves is only $ 20 million, and this amount is not enough to compensate all depositors. However, the exchange has entered into an agreement with the company Fisco, which invests in a marketplace 44.5 million dollars in exchange for a stake in the project.
The stock market has turned the police into the hacking criminal case.
This hacking has already become the second Japanese attack on the crypto currency exchange for the year, reminds the edition. In January, hackers stole with trading platform Coincheck 520 million dollars in the NEM tokens. After that, the local regulator began checking all stock exchanges in the country for compliance with safety requirements.
Why the breaking of the Japanese stock exchange so strangely affected the market? Waiting for your comments .
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