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$83 Million In Stolen XRP From Bitget Hack Moving On-Chain
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Fusion42 · 28 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
$83 million worth of XRP stolen in the Bitget hack is being moved on-chain by the attacker, with about $75 million still remaining in the original wallets. Ripple cannot freeze wallets on the XRP Ledger, leaving exchanges as the main point to potentially intercept stolen funds before cash out.
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You must strengthen your exchange partnerships to intercept stolen crypto before it hits cash out. Funds moving on XRP Ledger expose the limits of asset freezing, turning exchanges into critical security bottlenecks.
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