Bitcoin now worth $14.5 billion quietly stolen from Chinese mining pool in 2020: Arkham
Security
• August 2, 2025, 4:44PM EDT
Quick Take
Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claims to have uncovered a heist of 127,426 BTC, now worth nearly $14.5 billion, from a Chinese mining pool in 2020.
LuBian’s wallet sent messages to the attacker addresses attempting to negotiate for the return of the funds.
Arkham said the attacker may have exploited a vulnerability in the algorithm LuBian used to generate its private keys.
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