The AscendEX cryptocurrency exchange (formerly Bitmax) was subjected to a hacker attack, as a result of which $77 million worth of assets were stolen from its hot wallets.
"We have discovered that ERC20, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon tokens have been withdrawn from our hot wallet. Cold wallets are not affected. The investigation is ongoing. All assets lost by users will be fully compensated by AscendEX," the company said on Twitter.
According to the observations of the analytical firm PeckShield, approximately $9 million was stolen in the tokens of the Binance Smart Chain and Polygon networks, the remainder in the Ethereum blockchain. The largest amounts of assets were stolen in USDT and USDC stablecoins. The platform itself does not specify the amount of damage and the affected tokens yet.
The Huobi exchange has already volunteered to support AscendEX in eliminating the consequences of the attack:
"Huobi will do everything possible to help AscendEX with solving this problem. As part of our security protocol, we have added related assets to the blacklist and will promptly report the receipt of such assets."
A week ago, the BitMart exchange suffered from hacking, from which $200 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen.
According to CoinMarketCap, the day before the incident, AscendEX's trading volume was $150 million.