About $196 million has been sent out of the main Tron distribution wallet to around 200 wallets, and the wallet has been topped up in batches of about $40 million. The pace picked up overnight to between $7 million and $11 million an hour. For scale, $6.43 billion was stolen from Binance, and $2.85 billion of it has been verified frozen (from Elliptic’s main analysis).
Elliptic reported that approximately $196 million was sent from the main Tron distribution wallet to around 200 wallets, with the wallet being topped up in batches of about $40 million.
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Elliptic stated that when a bridge rejected deposits, the funds were automatically re-sent to the same destination from new wallets.
The system corrects itself. When a bridge rejected deposits, the funds were re-sent to the same destination from new wallets, automatically.
Elliptic observed that transfers from the main distribution wallet are almost never less than about 30 seconds apart, and the roughly 200 wallets it pays typically pass funds on within about two minutes.
The timing looks programmed. Transfers are almost never less than about 30 seconds apart, and the roughly 200 wallets it pays typically pass funds on within about two minutes.
Elliptic said that about $6.43 billion was stolen from Binance across 11 blockchains on October 29.
On October 29, about $6.43 billion was stolen from Binance across 11 blockchains.
Elliptic said swaps into THORChain use the same amounts repeatedly, with one value appearing 19 times, which it read as evidence of software-driven laundering.
Swaps into THORChain use the same amounts again and again, with one value appearing 19 times.
Elliptic said the main Tron distribution wallet had sent funds every hour for 31 hours straight, with a longest pause of 46 minutes and no overnight break.
The main Tron distribution wallet has sent funds every hour for 31 hours straight. The longest pause was 46 minutes, and there was no overnight break.