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  • Crypto exchange CoinDCX hit by cyberattack, $44 million drained from internal operational account

    CoinDCX confirmed the same and added that no customer funds were impacted in the breach. All trading activity and INR withdrawals continue to be fully operational.

  • Singapore court extends WazirX’s moratorium, fast tracks revote

    Singapore court extends WazirX’s moratorium, fast tracks revote

    The court has also set aside its previous order from June 4 that had dismissed WazirX’s proposed restructuring scheme.

  • Singapore court declines WazirX’s restructuring plan following $230-mn hack

    Singapore court declines WazirX’s restructuring plan following $230-mn hack

    The long-awaited restructuring plan’s approval was critical to allow rebalancing of tokens that would have enabled impacted users to recover up to 85 percent of the value of tokens lost in the initial phase.

  • Creditors back WazirX’s restructuring scheme after $234 million hacking last year

    Creditors back WazirX’s restructuring scheme after $234 million hacking last year

    Those who in favour of the proposed restructuring of WazirX accounted for 94.6 percent of the assets on the exchange, in terms of value.

  • If creditors vote in favour of the recovery scheme, we may retrieve 90-145% of the lost funds in 3 years: WazirX’s Nischal Shetty

    If creditors vote in favour of the recovery scheme, we may retrieve 90-145% of the lost funds in 3 years: WazirX’s Nischal Shetty

    “We wrote to over 500 exchanges in the first two weeks after the attack, asking for help and asking for freezing,” Shetty said told Moneycontrol.

  • No possibility of WazirX takeover but talks are on to help users, says Binance executive

    No possibility of WazirX takeover but talks are on to help users, says Binance executive

    Binance is assisting WazirX track their stolen funds, head of regional markets Vishal Sacheendran has said

  • WazirX completes asset rebalancing process, now awaits majority votes to start token distribution

    WazirX completes asset rebalancing process, now awaits majority votes to start token distribution

    The exchange expects the subsequent distributions to happen over the next three years as “more assets are realized from Illiquid Asset recoveries, including the Stolen Tokens, as well as from available shared profits generated through future operations.”

  • MC Exclusive: India has always been an important market, seeing huge rise in institutional queries, says Binance’s Vishal Sacheendran

    MC Exclusive: India has always been an important market, seeing huge rise in institutional queries, says Binance’s Vishal Sacheendran

    Sacheendran also shared that while the talks for bailing out hacked exchange WazirX are still on, a takeover by Binance is unlikely

  • Budget 2025: Crypto industry seeks lower taxes, loss offsets and regulations to protect consumers

    Budget 2025: Crypto industry seeks lower taxes, loss offsets and regulations to protect consumers

    After a tumultuous year, including the WazirX cyber attack, the crypto industry will be closely tracking the budget even as bitcoin crossed $100,000 in 2024

  • N Korea responsible for WazirX's $235-mn crypto hack, say US, Japan, S Korea; issue global warning

    N Korea responsible for WazirX's $235-mn crypto hack, say US, Japan, S Korea; issue global warning

    This is the first time North Korea and its government-backed hacker community Lazarus Group have been officially held accountable for $235-million WazirX hack

  • CoinSwitch launches Rs 600-crore recovery program for impacted WazirX users

    CoinSwitch launches Rs 600-crore recovery program for impacted WazirX users

    At present, CoinSwitch is also pursuing legal action against WazirX to recover 2 percent of its funds that are stuck with WazirX, cumulatively amounting to Rs 12.4 crore in INR.

  • WazirX parent Zettai files application in Singapore High Court to present recovery scheme

    WazirX parent Zettai files application in Singapore High Court to present recovery scheme

    The application filed on December 6 outlined a structured roadmap for recovery, and if approved, will include initial distributions of available liquid assets within 10 Business Days (as defined in the proposed Scheme).

  • Bitcoin Crosses $100,000: How Can Indian Investors Ride The Wave?

    Bitcoin Crosses $100,000: How Can Indian Investors Ride The Wave?

    Bitcoin Crosses $100,000: Bitcoin has stormed past the $100,000 mark, marking a historic milestone fuelled by a mix of political and economic developments in the United States. The cryptocurrency‘s recent rally comes amid growing institutional confidence and a pro-crypto policy shift under the leadership of US President-Elect Donald Trump.

  • Crisis at Bitbns? User funds stuck, deep discounted crypto prices, banking challenges

    Crisis at Bitbns? User funds stuck, deep discounted crypto prices, banking challenges

    Users' investments, ranging from Rs 20,000 to Rs 1.5 crore, have been stuck with the exchange for months. While Bitbns is allowing deposits and trading on the platform, users have been unable to withdraw their funds. Bitbns CEO Gaurav Dahake said that arbitrary freezes on bank accounts by LEAs has impacted its ability to process user withdrawals.

  • Decentralised exchange, profit sharing, tokenisation – WazirX chalks out fund recovery strategy after $230-million hack

    Decentralised exchange, profit sharing, tokenisation – WazirX chalks out fund recovery strategy after $230-million hack

    Nischal Shetty, founder and CEO of WazirX said he is expecting to restart the exchange platform by February 2025.

  • CoinDCX launches decentralised custody access for users after $230-mn WazirX hack

    CoinDCX launches decentralised custody access for users after $230-mn WazirX hack

    Sumit Gupta, Co-Founder, CoinDCX told Moneycontrol, that the users would have full control of the private key of the decentralised wallet that will be encrypted using user's email id authentication.

  • WazirX releases Proof of Reserves post $230 mn hack, total assets plunge over 40%

    WazirX releases Proof of Reserves post $230 mn hack, total assets plunge over 40%

    WazirX had last reported its POR in June when the total holdings stood at Rs 4,203.88 crore, which has now fallen to Rs 2,506.79 crore post the hack.

  • WazirX moved crypto worth $73.63 million to global exchanges post-cyberattack, claims CoinSwitch's Ashish Singhal

    WazirX moved crypto worth $73.63 million to global exchanges post-cyberattack, claims CoinSwitch's Ashish Singhal

    CoinSwitch cofounder Ashish Singhal claims that his platform identified the transfer of $72.13 million worth of crypto to Bybit and $1.5 million to KuCoin, originating from WazirX.

  • WazirX to set up committee of creditors by October 9 following $230-million hack

    WazirX to set up committee of creditors by October 9 following $230-million hack

    WazirX said the committee, which will have 10 users affected by the July cyberattack as its members, is aimed at giving a fair representation to such customers in the business restructuring process

  • Some respite for WazirX, Singapore court allows 4-month moratorium on legal action

    Some respite for WazirX, Singapore court allows 4-month moratorium on legal action

    The moratorium, which comes with some conditions, will allow WazirX to help it restructure its business after the $230-million hack

  • Binance hits out, accuses WazirX and Nischal Shetty of misleading customers

    Binance hits out, accuses WazirX and Nischal Shetty of misleading customers

    Never owned, controlled or operated WazirX during or after hack: Binance said in a statement

  • Life savings lost, dashed hopes, uncertain recovery: How WazirX users are coping after $230 million hack

    Life savings lost, dashed hopes, uncertain recovery: How WazirX users are coping after $230 million hack

    Hacked crypto exchange WazirX’s restructuring plans depend on the resolution of the muddled ownership dispute with Binance.

  • Hacker behind $234-million WazirX crypto theft starts washing funds

    Hacker behind $234-million WazirX crypto theft starts washing funds

    The perpetrator on September 2 moved 2,500 Ether tokens worth about $6.3 million to Tornado Cash — a sanctioned service that blurs the origin of cryptoassets.

  • Around 55-57% of crypto assets can be returned to users after restructuring: WazirX’s legal advisors

    Around 55-57% of crypto assets can be returned to users after restructuring: WazirX’s legal advisors

    WazirX’s users are unlikely to get full recovery of their crypto portfolio immediately after restructuring. The exchange is also exploring additional options to return more funds to the users.

  • Hacked crypto exchange WazirX in talks with 11 global exchanges for capital infusion; signed NDAs with three

    Hacked crypto exchange WazirX in talks with 11 global exchanges for capital infusion; signed NDAs with three

    “Three NDAs have been signed to date with prominent cryptocurrency exchanges with user bases in the range of 12 – 100 million users and between around $5 million and approximately $1.5 billion in daily trade volume,” CEO Nischal Shetty said.

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