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Cryptocurrency exchanges pledge to support Axie Infinity to track down the perpetrator of the $600 million hack

On March 30, cryptocurrency exchanges quickly offered to support Sky Mavis after the company said that more than 600 million USD worth of digital assets had been stolen by hackers.

Ronin, the blockchain network associated with Axie InfinitySky Mavis’ flagship crypto game, says 173,600 Ethereum coins and 25.5 million USDT, a stablecoin pegged to USD, has been hacked and withdrew from the system in 2 transactions on the last 23/3.

Cryptocurrency exchanges pledge to support Axie Infinity to track down the perpetrator of the 0 million hack

“We are working with law enforcement, cryptocurrency experts, and investors to ensure all funds are recovered and returned,” reads the blog post of the company. company.

The shocking hack has triggered efforts to find the culprit behind. On Twitter, crypto exchange Huobi announced it would support Axie Infinity. “Any stolen crypto assets found to have passed through our exchange and related networks will be promptly dealt with in an appropriate manner.”

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, said they were investigating the incident, while Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, also confirmed that he had sent a team “to contact Axie Infinity to provide investigative assistance”.

Axie Infinity is among the most popular uses of cryptocurrency to date with over 2 million daily active users joining the game, which collects so-called “axie” characters as pets, Buy, sell and use to fight other players. The game has become especially popular in countries like the Philippines, as part of a “play for money” trend, where users earn cryptocurrency through playing games.

Cryptocurrency monitoring company Elliptic says that its internal analysis shows that a hacker or a group of hackers has started the money laundering process by transferring assets to at least three major cryptocurrency exchanges. .

Vinh Ngo (according to Nikkei)

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