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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

BitForex Goes Offline, Unresponsive After Nearly $57M Hot Wallets Withdrawal

A screenshot of the error message on BitForex's landing page. (Credit: Bitforex)

KEY POINTS

  • ZachXBT said withdrawals stopped processing "shortly" after $56.6 million in outflows on Feb. 23
  • Users have since taken to X to raise their concerns about the BitForex site's server being down
  • Japan's financial regulator flagged BitForex as operating without a license in the country in 2023
  • Chainalysis said in a 2019 report that BitForex may have faked its trading volume numbers

Cryptocurrency exchange BitForex has gone dark after over $56 million was reportedly taken out of the exchange's hot wallets last week.

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