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Three days ago, on Nov. 11, 2022, it was reported that FTX\u2019s wallets saw unusual activities and FTX Telegram channel admins stressed that FTX was \u201chacked.\u201d The same day, the new FTX CEO John Ray confirmed there were \u201cunauthorized transactions.\u201d A report by the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic explains that out of \u201cmore than $663 million\u201d worth of tokens moved, it is estimated that \u201c$477 million is suspected to have been stolen.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elliptic Says More Than $477 Million Siphoned from the FTX Exchange Wallet<\/h2>\n

The blockchain analysis and intelligence company Elliptic published a blog post that details that an estimated $477 million in specific crypto assets were reportedly stolen. Elliptic said that \u201cmore than $663 million\u201d moved during the event where FTX employees noticed<\/a> \u201cunauthorized transactions.\u201d After the hacker siphoned $477 million, \u201cthe remainder is believed to have been moved into secure storage by FTX itself,\u201d Elliptic\u2019s blog post details.<\/p>\n

Elliptic also said that roughly $220 million was swapped for ethereum (ETH<\/a>) or the stablecoin DAI via decentralized exchange (dex) platforms. \u201cOver $220 million of the tokens have been swapped for ETH<\/a> or DAI through decentralized exchanges \u2013 a common tactic used by thieves seeking to avoid seizure of the stolen assets,\u201d Elliptic\u2019s blog post<\/a> explains. Elliptic also details that the remaining funds were sent to the ethereum (ETH<\/a>) address \u201c0x97f<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those funds remain in the address to this day, and the funds mostly consist of ERC20-standard tokens worth an estimated $194.72 million. When Elliptic wrote about the address on Nov. 12, the company said the stash was worth \u201c$186 million across more than a hundred different tokens,\u201d as crypto exchange rates were lower that day. While FTX employees noticed odd transactions, FTX\u2019s new CEO John Ray confirmed<\/a> there were \u201cunauthorized transactions\u201d later that day.<\/p>\n

The wallet with $194 million holds \u200b\u200b45.85 million FTT, 143.88 million BOBA, 52.93 million SRM, 3.2 million LEO, 5.41 million MATIC, 50.45 million CRO, 9,381 XAUT (tether gold), 2.02 million DYDX, and dozens of other stashes of ERC20 tokens. The 0x97f address has not transacted since Nov. 12, 2022. Following Elliptic\u2019s report, onchain data<\/a> stemming from the funds not associated with the 0x97f address indicates that after mixing the stash into stablecoins like DAI, a majority of the funds were converted to ethereum (ETH<\/a>) during the last 24 hours. The original address is flagged as the \u201cFTX Accounts Drainer\u201d on the block explorer etherscan.io. Other Ethereum block explorers have tagged the ether address as the \u201cFTX Exploiter.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems the person or entity known as the \u201cFTX Accounts Drainer\u201d now holds a balance<\/a> of 228,523.83 ether. At 4:30 p.m. (ET), the wallet\u2019s ETH<\/a> balance is worth $285.15 million using current ETH<\/a> exchange rates. Besides the person or entity that filled the wallet up with over 228K ether, a number of dust transactions have been sent to the address. The account dubbed the \u201cFTX Accounts Drainer\u201d is now the 35th largest ethereum wallet today in terms of the number of ether held. The ethereum account has seen a total of 593 transactions since it was first created.<\/p>\n

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What do you think about the $477 million in stolen funds stemming from the now-defunct FTX exchange? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman <\/h6>\n

\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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