Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Hackers stole about $1.5bn in crypto tokens from Bybit, in a heist the digital asset exchange described as the biggest theft to hit the industry.Ethereum coins were been taken from Bybit\u2019s offline or \u201ccold\u201d wallet, the exchange\u2019s chief executive Ben Zhou said in a post on X.\u201cAs far as we know this could be the largest hack in the history of our industry,\u201d Zhou added later in a live-stream update. \u00a0Zhou said there had been a rush to withdraw from the exchange but the flow had slowed. He said the site was getting a bridge loan from its partners and it would make users whole for any coins it could not reclaim. The hack marks a blow to the crypto industry, which has been resurgent in the past few months on expectations the Trump administration will take a more friendly approach to digital assets.Large-scale thefts have been a long-running issue for the crypto industry from its earliest years and have highlighted security concerns\u00a0In 2011, Mt Gox, then the go-to venue for the majority of bitcoin transactions, lost about 25,000 coins worth $470mn at the time.\u00a0About $570mn was taken from the Binance exchange in October 2022 that was later traced to a bug in a smart contract, a computer program that executes actions automatically when certain conditions are met.\u00a0Zhou confirmed on Friday that some 400,000 coins were taken, which he said were worth about $1.5bn.\u00a0Ethereum is the third most-traded crypto coin, behind Bitcoin and Tether, a so-called stablecoin whose value is linked to the US dollar.\u00a0Cold wallets are considered to be safer than online \u201chot\u201d wallets, and Bybit\u2019s required multiple signers before coins could be transferred, according to the company. Zhou said he did not know how the wallet was hacked but that it was being investigated.\u00a0Research group Arkham Intelligence said in a post on X that it had tracked $1.36bn of ethereum leaving Bybit for multiple other accounts where it was rapidly being sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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