Overview
- An operational mistake during a Friday promotion credited about 620,000 BTC to users, an amount media valued near €35.7 billion.
- Local reports say an employee entered “BTC” instead of Korean won, sending thousands of bitcoins per account instead of small cash rewards.
- Bithumb suspended transactions for affected customers and recovered assets, including roughly 1,663 BTC that recipients had already sold.
- The exchange reports a small remainder still under recovery, with some coverage citing around 125 BTC outstanding.
- Regulators warned of control weaknesses and signaled possible on-site checks, as reports differed on how many accounts were impacted.