BTER Unable to Repay Customers Following Alleged Exchange Heist
Defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTER claims it doesn't have enough funds to reimburse all its users, following an alleged seven-figure hack. The Chinese exchange closed earlier this week, issuing a statement via its website that 7,170 BTC had disappeared from its offline wallet - around $1.75m at press time. Speaking to CoinDesk, a BTER spokesperson claimed CNY and USD withdrawals would resume within a week. However, the company said it is still exploring different options to make all its customers whole, including selling the platform. "Hopefully a qualified party (especially a trusted....
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Popular Chinese Bitcoin exchange Bter went offline after being struck by a 7,170 BTC theft. The incident first came to the spotlight when some of the Bter users noticed a number of elite transactions moving from Bter's cold wallet to a random Bitcoin wallet address. After their successful completion, the aforesaid amount was further transacted to another wallet, a screenshot of which can be seen below. A few hours after the suspicious Bitcoin fund transfers, Bter issued a notice describing the actuality of this event. "7,170 BTC got stolen from our cold wallet in the transaction," the....
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