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​​Japan’s Liquid Exchange Hacked, $74M in Crypto Siphoned Off

While the total amount stolen is yet to be determined, the value taken in bitcoin, ether, XRP, and tron could be upwards of $74 million.

According to a tweet on Thursday, the exchange said its warm wallets were compromised and that it was consequently moving digital assets offline.
While the total amount stolen is yet to be determined, The Block reported Thursday the value of bitcoin, ether, XRP, and tron could be upwards of $74 million.
"We are currently investigating and will provide regular updates," the exchange said in the tweet. "In the meantime, deposits and withdrawals will be suspended."
In a later tweet, Liquid Global said it's working with other exchanges to freeze the funds.
Crypto exchange KuCoin's CEO, Johnny Lyu, said his platform was aware of the incident and had blacklisted the hacker's wallet addresses. Other exchanges are likely to follow suit.
So far, it has revealed nine wallet addresses where the hacker is depositing heisted funds.
One of the addresses Liquid Global revealed was still receiving bitcoin at 7:20 UTC
According to the Ethereum block explorer, millions of ERC20 altcoins have also been taken including uniswap, rfox, and enjincoin, among others.