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Crypto disaster sends $44 billion in bitcoins to random users — exchange accidentally makes funds vanish thanks to a typo

  • [email protected] (Anton Shilov) , Anton Shilov--Tom's Hardware UK
  • published date: 2026-02-07 14:04:46 UTC

Only 0.3% of cryptocurrency exchange transaction clients got rich as a result of a major error.

When we text about currencies in everyday life, we use signs to make things shorter. When it comes to monetary transactions, banks tend to use acronyms such as USD, EUR, CAD, or GEL. While banks must… [+2399 chars]