About 48 million dollars of cryptocurrency were moved to portfolios linked to the BTCTURK Turkish exchange, which raised concerns that he could hacked.
The incident involved large transfers of ether (Eth)Avan Avalanche (Avax)Arbitrum of arb (ARB)Base (BASE)Op optimism (Op)Coat
And polygon matic (MATIC)With most of the funds consolidating in two beneficiary addresses.
BTCURK declared in an update on X that “an unusual activity had been detected” in the hot portfolios of the exchange.
“As a precaution, cryptocurrency and withdrawal transactions have been temporarily suspended. They will be reopened once the work is finished,” he said.
“The vast majority of assets are preserved in secure cold portfolios. Thanks to the strong financial structure of BTCTURK, user assets will not be affected by this situation.”
The alleged feat or hack marks another burned on the cryptography industry after cryptographic investors have lost $ 3.1 billion due to pirates and scams in the first half of this year, the largest of which was the violation of 1.46 billion dollars of rival stock market.
Surveillance system for the Cyvers Blockchain reported the activity, triggering alerts that suggest a targeted feat rather than operational routine movements.
Cyvers added that he was in contact with Btcturk, which takes an “immediate action”.
UPDATE (August 14, 15:26 UTC):: Add the quote from BTCTURK page X, paragraph on cryptographic hacks in 2025.
