Liquid Network Pauses After 4,000 BTC Worth $320M Pulled in White-Hat Incident

1 month ago 9

Rommie Analytics

Key Takeaways:

  • Around 4,000 BTC valued at approximately $320 million was removed from Liquid’s Federation wallet.
  • Liquid says the funds were created through an Elements software bug, not a compromised SideSwap key.
  • The actors say they will return most of the Bitcoin after the vulnerability is patched across Liquid nodes.