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💥 Big Bitcoin Wahala: $44 Billion Fly Go Users by Mistake
For February 6, 2026, one big crypto exchange for South Korea, Bithumb, make serious mistake. Dem wan do promo give users small cash reward, but instead, dem credit users Bitcoin wey value reach about $40–$44 billion.
📉 Wetin Really Happen
Bithumb plan be say dem go give users small bonus — about 2,000 won (around $1.40). Sake of unit input error, dem mistakenly credit about 620,000 BTC, wey worth roughly $44 billion, go plenty user accounts.
The mistake ketch about 695 users, wey some menners suddenly see thousands of BTC for demma accounts 😳.
As some users begin sell the free Bitcoin sharp-sharp, BTC price crash hard for inside Bithumb market.
🛠️ How Dem Take Respond
For 35 minutes inside, Bithumb block trading then withdrawals. Dem manage recover about 99.7% of the Bitcoin wey dem send by mistake.
But small part still lost — about 125 BTC (around $9 million) — because some users don already withdraw or sell am.
📊 Market & Regulator Reaction
Bitcoin price for Bithumb drop almost 17%, before e later recover.
South Korea regulators like Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service don start investigation check see Bithumb internal controls then risk systems.
🧠 Wetin This Mean
This be one of the biggest accidental Bitcoin transfers wey ever happen. E show say even big crypto platforms still get serious risk — especially human error and weak internal controls.
The incident don reopen big question for how safe centralised exchanges really be.
➡️ You think this kind wahala go reduce trust or make exchanges improve?
➡️ Say una see free BTC for your account, wetin you go do? 😅
Make I hear una thoughts 👇👇
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