South Korean crypto firm mistakenly pays out $40bn in bitcoin
A major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange mistakenly transferred approximately 40 billion dollars’ worth of bitcoin to customer accounts, representing one of the largest accidental financial disbursements in digital asset history.
A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange accidentally gave away more than $40bn (£32bn) worth of bitcoin, briefly making customers multi-millionaires. The exchange had intended to issue a small reward of 2,000 won ($1.37) but mistakenly credited users with 2,000 bitcoins instead.
Bithumb, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency trading platforms, confirmed the incident occurred due to an internal error rather than external security breaches or system vulnerabilities. The…
