{"id":35209,"date":"2022-11-15T13:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=35209"},"modified":"2022-11-15T13:56:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:56:36","slug":"ftx-hacker-becomes-35th-largest-ethereum-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=35209","title":{"rendered":"FTX hacker becomes 35th largest Ethereum holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The address associated with the FTX hack swapped US$48.2 million worth of DAI stablecoins to 37,570 Ether on Tuesday, and became the 35th largest holder of the world\u2019s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, blockchain security firm <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1592457092392448002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1592457092392448002%7Ctwgr%5Ef109bb03ba9b47b92ad61efa220068b2c8774316%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coindesk.com%2Ftech%2F2022%2F11%2F15%2Fftx-accounts-drainer-swaps-millions-in-stolen-crypto-becomes-35th-largest-ether-holder%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PeckShield reported on Twitter<\/a>, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x59abf3837fa962d6853b4cc0a19513aa031fd32b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Etherscan<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See related article:<\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forkast.news\/video-audio\/ftx-hit-by-hack-rumor-korea-updates-crypto-death-note\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forkast.news\/video-audio\/ftx-hit-by-hack-rumor-korea-updates-crypto-death-note\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FTX hit by hack rumor; Korea updates crypto death note<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Fast facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The address held 228,523.83 Ether, as of 08:30 p.m. in Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe attacker appeared to be panicking, and lost a large amount of their token holdings to slippage,\u201d according to crypto intelligence firm <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArkhamIntel\/status\/1592236395447189504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1592236395447189504%7Ctwgr%5Efe3cb48b6f9ca512176fae629ed99801b7519ee5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coindesk.com%2Fbusiness%2F2022%2F11%2F14%2Fftx-hacker-panicked-still-holds-339m-in-ether-cryptos-arkham-intelligence%2F\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Arkham<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The suspicious address also had US$41 million in BNB, US$20 million in frozen PAXG, US$7 million in DAI on BNB Chain, US$4 million in USDT on Avalanche, and US$3.8 million in MATIC, according to Arkham.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>ETH lost 0.2% of its value in the past 24 hours, and was trading at US$1,262 at 08:30 p.m. in Hong Kong, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CoinGecko data<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>See related article:<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forkast.news\/video-audio\/why-ftx-shows-underestimate-our-risk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why FTX Shows We Underestimate Our Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiT2h0dHBzOi8vZm9ya2FzdC5uZXdzL2hlYWRsaW5lcy9mdHgtaGFja2VyLWJlY29tZXMtMzV0aC1sYXJnZXN0LWV0aGVyZXVtLWhvbGRlci_SAVNodHRwczovL2Zvcmthc3QubmV3cy9oZWFkbGluZXMvZnR4LWhhY2tlci1iZWNvbWVzLTM1dGgtbGFyZ2VzdC1ldGhlcmV1bS1ob2xkZXIvYW1wLw?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The address associated with the FTX hack swapped US$48.2 million worth of DAI stablecoins to 37,570 Ether on Tuesday, and became the 35th largest holder of the world\u2019s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported on Twitter, citing Etherscan data. 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