FTX Says It Moved Remaining Funds to Cold Wallets to ‘Mitigate Damage’ After ‘Unauthorized Transactions’
FTX United States General Counsel Ryne Miller stated the crypto exchange moved funds following a series of “unapproved deals.”
” Following the Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy filings – FTX United States and FTX [dot] com started preventive actions to move all digital properties to freezer,” Miller stated. “Process was accelerated this night – to alleviate damage upon observing unapproved deals.”
This came hours after over $600 million in crypto left insolvent crypto business FTX’s wallets late Friday, with little clear description regarding why. Numerous FTX wallet holders likewise reported that they were seeing $0 balances in their FTX.com and FTX United States wallets.
This is an establishing story and will be upgraded.
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