Bithumb Mistakenly Airdropped 620,000 BTC Last Night, Has Recovered 99.7% of It

Odaily News Bithumb has issued a follow-up announcement regarding the "Bitcoin mistaken airdrop" incident. The platform stated that during the distribution of activity rewards yesterday, an input error regarding the Bitcoin quantity led to a large amount of Bitcoin being airdropped to some customers. Within 35 minutes of the erroneous payment, Bithumb restricted transactions and withdrawals for 695 customers, and over 99% of the mistakenly paid amount has been recovered. The specific details are as follows:

1. Erroneously transferred quantity: 620,000 BTC (accounting for 2.95% of the total BTC supply);

2. Quantity recovered: 618,212 BTC (approximately 99.7% of the total amount);

3. Assets equivalent to the 1,788 BTC that had been sold (in Korean Won and other virtual assets) have also been 93% recovered (It has been confirmed that none of the mistakenly transferred Bitcoin was sent to external addresses);

It is worth mentioning that Bithumb's platform only holds approximately 460,000 BTC in reserves.