DMM Bitcoin to Shut Down After $305M Hack; Will Transfer Accounts to SBI VC
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Japanese Crypto Exchange DMM Bitcoin to Shut Down After $305M Hack
Its accounts and assets will be transferred to SBI VC Trade.
What to know:
- Japan’s DMM Bitcoin will shutter after striking a deal with SBI VC Trade to take over its assets.
- The exchange has operated with restricted services since a $305 million hack in May.
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin will shut down and transfer its accounts and assets to trading platform SBI VC Trade in March next year, it said in a statement on Dec. 2.
The decision was made after the exchange suffered a hack in May. Hackers siphoned off over 4502.9 bitcoin (BTC), worth nearly $305 million at the time.
DMM Bitcoin had restricted its services such as withdrawals and the acceptance of purchase orders for spot crypto assets since the loss of the funds, but acknowledged that allowing the situation to continue would impair its customers. “We sincerely apologize …
Its accounts and assets will be transferred to SBI VC Trade.
What to know:
- Japan’s DMM Bitcoin will shutter after striking a deal with SBI VC Trade to take over its assets.
- The exchange has operated with restricted services since a $305 million hack in May.
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin will shut down and transfer its accounts and assets to trading platform SBI VC Trade in March next year, it said in a statement on Dec. 2.
The decision was made after the exchange suffered a hack in May. Hackers siphoned off over 4502.9 bitcoin (BTC), worth nearly $305 million at the time.
DMM Bitcoin had restricted its services such as withdrawals and the acceptance of purchase orders for spot crypto assets since the loss of the funds, but acknowledged that allowing the situation to continue would impair its customers. “We sincerely apologize …