According to the new conclusions of Arakham Intelligence, a crypto wallet is bound by a slital-covered Chinese mind which is the son of the biggest bitcoin theft ever.
In August 1. 2 Thread on X, Onchen Analytics firm said that it has highlighted the evidence that 127,426 BTC ($ 112,485.00) – Price of $ 3.5 billion at that time – Lubian mining was stolen in late December 2020. Lubian nor suspected hacker has ever accepted the brake, and Archham said that there is a first report.
Lubian was one of the largest bitcoin mining pools globally in 2020, allegedly near 6% of the total hash rate of bitcoin as May. Hack, if confirmed, will accept the scale of other high-profile adventures like MT. Gox and Bitfinex by nominal value at the time of loss.
The analysis of Arkham indicates that on December. BTC holdings of more than 28, 2020, 90% lubian were dried. Two days later, another theft in which BTC and USDT ($ 1.00) were worth about $ 6 million, the company has transferred the remaining 11,886 BTC to its remaining 11,886 BTC – then millions of Hunteds – 31 December, 2020 to Recovery Wallet.
A remarkable details in the Arakham report are neglect of the OP_RETURN messages – special transactions that allow to be embedded in bitcoin blockchain – sent to the hacker from lubians. Kacharis for Arkham, the mining pool spent a thief to return the stolen funds, spend 1.4 BTC average in more than 1,500 transactions in Urdu. This effort shows that the messages were real and originated from the owner of the right wallet.
Arkham admits that the theft BTC is apparently dormant to a large extent, with the previous major movement in July 2024, a wallet consolidation.
Due to the price of bitcoin from 2020, the current value of stolen assets is estimated to be $ 14.5 billion. The wallet is connected to the lubian hacker, which is tracked by Arkham, the 13th largest BTC holder – crosses the holdings associated with the MT. Gox Breach.
To date, both hackers and Lubian still believe to control their responsibilities. Arkham has published wallet trackers for both sides, but no additional details have been given about the identity included in it.
