Hacker FTX suddenly returned to action after a few days of "silence" when moving a part of stolen assets to the OKX exchange.
Analyst cryptocurrency ZachXBT On Twitter, it was shared that the hacker FTX just transferred part of the stolen funds to OKX exchange, after using mixer Bitcoin ChipMixer. ZachXBT reported at least 225 BTC, worth about 4.1 million USD sent to OKX so far.
1/ Myself and @bax1337 spent this past weekend looking into the FTX attacker's deposits to ChipMixer.
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 29, 2022
It appears they've likely been transferred a portion of the stolen FTX funds to OKX after withdrawing from CM
So far we've accounted for at least $4.1m (255 BTC) sent to OKX pic.twitter.com/C46JZWtktn
According to ZachXBT, FTX hacker first started sending BTC into ChipMixer on 11/23, after using the RenBridge cross-chain bridge. In his analysis, ZachXBT shared he observed a pattern with addresses receiving funds from ChipMixer, each following a similar pattern; withdraw from ChipMixer, 50% disbursed and then 50% deposited in OKX.
2/ Here is an example of one of the deposit addresses that received funds from ChipMixer on 11/23.
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 29, 2022
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Each of the addresses follow a similar pattern:
-withdrawal from CM
-50% peels off
-50% Turning to OKX pic.twitter.com/MSOEiR5fQt
After discovering the deposits were transferred to the OKX exchange, OKX Director Lennix Lai quickly shared on Twitter that OKX is aware of the situation and the exchange team is investigating the wallet sources. related to the case.
#OKX is aware of the situation, and the team is investigating the wallet flow.
— lennixlai.eth (OKX) (@LennixOKX) November 29, 2022
This is the latest change in the chain of actions of FTX hackers starting on November 12, when FTX declared bankruptcy, the hacker transferred a large amount of assets off the exchange, the loss value was estimated at that time. estimated at $663 million.
Then on November 20, the hacker started transferring numbers ETH holding to a new wallet address, allowing this hacker to "accidentally" become a whale ETH 34th largest in the world before mass conversion ETH to BTC, push the price ETH down to 1,100 USD.
The process of hackers trying to withdraw assets from FTX is quite "easy", shaking the whole market has become a hot topic of discussion in the community. cryptocurrency, especially in the context of FTX's recent bankruptcy has raised speculations that this could be an internal "play".
After all, the most damaged side is still the user, because so far the number of investors' assets stuck on FTX is an unpredictable unknown because of the trouble between the parties involved in the case.