Bitpoint Reveals Amounts Stolen, Pledging to Reimburse Users in Crypto

Japanese exchange Bitpoint has published the breakdown of crypto assets stolen in the 3 billion yen hack of its platform earlier this month.

A document published by Bitpoint's parent firm Remix Point Inc. on July 16 reveals that five crypto assets in total were stolen by the attackers.

The breakdown provided by the company compares the proportion of stolen customer assets with assets belonging to the firm:.1,225 Bitcoin worth 15.3 billion yen - 1.28 billion yen belonging to customers and 250 million to the firm;.1,985 Bitcoin Cash worth 70 million yen - 40 million yen and 0.2 billion yen;.11,169 Ether worth 330 million yen - 240 million yen and 0.8 billion;.

5,108 Litecoin - 0.5 billion yen, of which 40 million yen and 0.0 billion yen; 28,106,323 XRP - 10.02 billion yen, of which 2.6 billion yen and 960 million yen.

Out of the 3.02 billion yen stolen in cryptocurrencies overall, 2.6 billion yen belonged to customers and 960 million yen were company assets.

XRP accounted for the highest share of total losses, with stolen XRP accounting for over 10 billion yen - roughly a third of the lost funds.

Bitpoint has moreover revealed its plans to compensate customers in cryptocurrencies rather than in their equivalent fiat value.

It confirms that no breach of its cold wallets has been detected, but states that it continues to monitor the situation and is also suspending all services until more comprehensive security measures have been undertaken and the firm has completed its tracking of the stolen funds.

The document reveals that Bitpoint is cooperating with the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association - a self-regulatory crypto exchange association that formed in March 2018 to help establish industry-wide investor protection standards - and has requested that the association monitor any suspected ill-gotten funds and wallets potentially associated with the incident.

As reported yesterday, Bitpoint discovered over 250 million yen in crypto that was stolen during the hack, bringing the total sum of lost funds down to its initial estimate of 3.5 billion yen to 3.02 billion yen.