Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX said Saturday it was moving funds into offline storage after reporting “unauthorized transactions.”
Analysts said millions of dollars worth of assets had been withdrawn from the platform.
“Following the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings – FTX US and FTX [dot] com initiated precautionary steps to move all digital assets to cold storage. Process was expedited this evening – to mitigate damage upon observing unauthorized transactions,” FTX U.S. general counsel Ryne Miller tweeted.
Cold storage refers to crypto wallets that are not connected to the internet to guard against hackers.
УНУТРА КОЛАПСА КРИПТО РАЗМЈЕНЕ ФТКС: СВЕ ШТО ТРЕБА ЗНАТИ
Miller had previously written that FTX was “investigating abnormalities with wallet movements related to consolidation of FTX balances across exchanges,” although noting that facts were unclear “as other movements [were] not clear.”
ПРОЧИТАЈТЕ У ФОКС БУСИНЕСС АПЛИКАЦИЈИ
An administrator in the official FTX Telegram channel wrote that “Ftx has been hacked.”
That administrator told users not to visit the FTX site “as it might download Trojans.”
“Some funds were retrieved,” the FTX administrator wrote. Coindesk reports that the message was pinned by Miller.
FTX did not immediately return FOX Business’ request for comment on the matter.
Figures from the Singapore-based analytics firm Nansen showed a one-day net outflow from FTX of about $266 million, with $73 million withdrawn from FTX U.S.
Ројтерс је, позивајући се на двоје људи упознатих са тим, известио да је нестало најмање милијарду долара средстава клијената и да су људи рекли новинама да Банкман-Фриед је тајно пребацио 10 милијарди долара средстава клијената од ФТКС-а његовој трговачкој компанији Аламеда Ресеарцх.
Two sources told Reuters that Bankman-Fried — in a meeting he confirmed took place — shared records with other senior executives that revealed the financial hole.
Наводно су то показале табеле између 1 и 2 милијарде долара да средства нису била урачуната у Аламедину имовину и да табеле не показују где је новац премештен.
ДОБИТЕ ФОКС ПОСЛОВАЊЕ У КЛИКУ КЛИКНИТЕ ОВДЕ
In text messages to Reuters, Bankman-Fried said he “disagreed with the characterization” of the $10 billion transfer.
“We didn’t secretly transfer,” he said. “We had confusing internal labeling and misread it.”
When asked about the missing funds, Bankman-Fried responded: “???”
Upon additional examination, FTX legal and financial teams purportedly learned that Bankman-Fried implemented what two people described as a “backdoor” in FTX’s bookkeeping system, allowing him to execute commands to alter the company’s financial records without alerting others.
Bankman-Fried denied implementing a “backdoor.”
FOX Business’ request for further comment from Bankman-Fried was not immediately returned.
КЛИКНИТЕ ОВДЕ ДА ПРОЧИТАТЕ ВИШЕ О ФОКС БУСИНЕСС-у
This all comes after the Bahamas-based FTX поднесен за заштиту од стечаја из Поглавља 11.
A rescue deal with rival exchange Binance fell through.
Reuters said that the Америчка Комисија за хартије од вредности and the Department of Justice are investigating FTX.com’s handling of customer funds and its crypto-lending activities.
Реутерс је допринео овом извештају.
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftx-confirms-unauthorized-transactions-1b-141136145.html