27.59% of Bybit’s stolen funds are untraceable, while 68.57% are still traceable

Odaily Planet Daily News Bybit CEO Ben Zhou published an article announcing the latest executive summary of the March 20 fund theft incident: the total amount of stolen funds reached 1.4 billion US dollars (about 500,000 ETH). Of which 68.57% can still be traced, 27.59% can no longer be traced, and 3.84% has been frozen. Analysis of fund flows: Untraceable funds mainly flow to the mixer, and then transfer to P2P and over-the-counter trading platforms through cross-chain bridges. Recent observations show that the North Korean hacker group (DPRK) mainly uses the Wasabi mixer. After being cleaned by Wasabi, a small amount of BTC is transferred to CryptoMixer, Tornado Cash and Railgun, and then cross-chain exchanges are carried out through platforms such as Thorchain, eXch, Lombard, LiFi, Stargate and SunSwap. Eventually enter the over-the-counter (OTC) or peer-to-peer (P2P) fiat currency exchange service. Where ETH went: 432,748 ETH (84.45%, about $1.21 billion) were transferred from Ethereum to BTC through Thorchain. 67.25% (342,975 ETH, about $960 million) were converted into 10,003 BTC and distributed to 35,772 wallets (an average of 0.28 BTC per wallet); 1.17% (5,991 ETH, about $16.77 million) remained in 12,490 wallets on the Ethereum chain (an average of 0.48 ETH per wallet). Where BTC went: 944 BTC (6.34%, about $90.62 million) entered the Wasabi mixer; 531 BTC (equivalent to 18,206 ETH, 3.57%) were transferred from the BTC chain back to Ethereum through Thorchain. 5,443 reports were received in the past 60 days, of which 70 were valid, calling for more bounty hunters who can crack the mixer to join.