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

Tom's Hardware
Feb 7, 2026, 9:04 am181 ptsTrendingTop
Only 0.3% of cryptocurrency exchange transaction clients got rich as a result of a major error.

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