LuBian’s $3.5B 2020 Bitcoin Hack Now Worth $14.5B | NYGazet

Arkham says 127K BTC was stolen from LuBian in 2020 via brute-force attack, making it the largest crypto theft ever at $3.5 billion — now worth $14.5 billion.

A crypto wallet tied to a little-known Chinese mining pool may have been the victim of the largest bitcoin theft ever recorded, according to new findings from Arkham Intelligence. In an Aug. 2 thread on X, the onchain analytics firm said it had uncov... [2440 chars]