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Triple-A Hot Wallets Lose More Than $9.7 Million in Suspected Multi-Chain Drain

On-chain tracing shows funds were swapped and consolidated to Ethereum and regulators and customers await the company’s account of what happened.

Overview

  • On-chain analysts traced transfers from wallets linked to Singapore-based Triple-A into multiple networks and then into a single Ethereum address holding about 5,226.66 ETH, worth more than $9.7 million.
  • The suspicious outflows touched at least Ethereum, Solana, TRON and TON and reports show possible activity on Polygon and Arbitrum as well.
  • The alerts began on July 24 and were amplified by security firms the next day as estimates rose from roughly $9.3 million to more than $9.7 million after additional tracing.
  • Triple-A has not publicly confirmed a breach or said whether customer funds were affected and researchers have not identified an attacker or traced the funds into exchanges or mixers.
  • The incident raises regulatory and counterparty questions because Triple-A holds licences in the US, Europe and Singapore and uses third-party custody tools for hot-wallet operations.