On Wednesday, April 14, as bitcoin prices hit new records, coins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange were moved. In total, the hacker moved around 12 200 BTC, according to the Telegram channel Goldfoundinshit.
The total value of these assets at the time of writing is about $770 million.
Whale Alert registered several dozen transactions, the largest of which was 1 241,37 BTC.
Goldfoundinshit noted that such news typically prompts a dump.
«Given the widespread euphoria around Coinbase listing, trimming the wings of the longs was a big temptation», the Telegram channel team argues.
Bitcoin price pulled back from the highs reached, briefly dipping below $62,000.
Bitfinex 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 $7.5 billion at current rates).
Recall, in May 2020, unknown actors sent 30.667192 BTC from the stolen funds to anonymous addresses.
In August, 4571 BTC and 473,3183 BTC moved.
In October, the attackers moved the bitcoins worth more than $30 million.
In December, the stolen coins moved again, with hackers transferred 7045,48 BTC in total.