Coincheck Halts Operations Amidst Hacking Rumors After $723 Million Withdrawn

in supply •  7 years ago 

One of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has halted all withdrawals amidst rumors of a large-scale hack. Ripple worth $123 million was withdrawn from its wallet on Friday January 26 along with a single withdrawal of 500 million NEM, with the altcoin’s foundation president Lon Wong then tweeting “It’s unfortunate that coincheck got hacked. But we are doing everything we can to help.” Upon news of the alleged hack surfacingFB_IMG_1515329318727.jpg, the price of NEM dipped sharply, leaving it down 19% in the past 24 hours.

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