🏦 Can an exchange’s “retired wallet” cause trouble too? India’s largest exchange, CoinDCX, admits to a $15.99 million loss
India’s largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, confirmed in an official blog post on Sunday (October 25) that a problem with its legacy wallet infrastructure led to the loss of 15.99 million USDT (about $16 million). The company will cover the entire loss itself.
📌 Key points
• An anomaly was discovered on October 21: an abandoned legacy deposit wallet (decommissioned after being hacked in July 2025) had an unknown vulnerability
• The automatic “sweeping” service briefly stopped working. Deposits sent by users to old addresses weren’t transferred in time, accumulated, and were taken by an attacker
• CoinDCX says user funds are held in segregated cold wallets, and that existing wallets, trading, and withdrawals are unaffected. All deposits for affected users have been credited
• Ironically, just days earlier, the CEO had publicly called related reports “false alarms.” On-chain investigator ZachXBT and others later challenged that claim
💡 What this means for users
• Risks often lurk in old systems that are “no longer in use”—not just in main wallets
• A platform’s transparency and speed of disclosure are important indicators of its reliability
• Build good habits yourself, too: only send funds to the deposit address currently shown by the platform, and test with a small amount before making a large transfer
📊 Market snapshot: BTC is currently around $79,800. Markets are cautious ahead of this week’s FOMC meeting (October 28), with around 79,000 as short-term support and 82,000 as resistance above.
💬 Would you move your assets because a platform “only admitted the problem afterward”? Or do you think reimbursing users is enough?
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⚠️ The above does not constitute investment advice. Please be aware of the risks.