ZachXBT Exposes $3 Million XRP Heist After Hardware Wallet Breach
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has traced a $3.05 million theft of XRP from a US retail user to a laundering route that ran through Bridgers—an aggregator formerly associated with SWFT—and into over-the-counter venues linked to Huione, the Cambodian financial network that the US government moved last week to cut off from the American financial system. Publishing […]
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