Yesterday,suspiciousactivityobservedinoneoftheBitfinexhackerwalletsseizedbytheUSbecameahottopicinthecryptocurrencyworld.
Approximately$20millionworthofstablecoinswerefirstsenttoapreviouslyunidentifiedwallet,whichwasthenconvertedtoEthereumandtransferredtoanobscurecryptoexchange.
Therewerespeculationsthattheincidentwasahack,andcryptocurrencydetectiveZachXBTalsosaidthatthetransferscouldhavebeenmalicious.
Butinterestinglyenough,todayasignificantportionofthefundswerereturnedtocryptowalletscontrolledbytheUSgovernment.With$19.3millionreachingofficialwallets,itappearedthat88%ofthefundshadbeenrecovered.
However,inthenewtransfersmademinutesago,thefundswerethistimetransferredtoadifferentcryptocurrencywallet,providingstrongevidencethatthesecouldbeinternaltransfersratherthanahack.
However,thereisnoofficialstatementyetastowhetherthetransfersinquestionwerestolenandreturnedafterahackingincidentorwhethertheyweretransferredforanotherpurpose.
*Thisisnotinvestmentadvice.
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