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Crypto Exchange To 'Socialize' $230 Million Security Breach Loss Among Customers


An anonymous reader shares a report: Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to "socialize" the $230 million loss from its recent security breach among all its customers, a move that has sent shockwaves through the local crypto community. The Mumbai-based f...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to"socialize" the $230 million loss from its recent security breach among all its customers, a move that has sent shockwaves through the local crypto community. The Mumbai-based firm, which suspended all trading activities on its platform last week following the cyber attack that compromised nearly half of its reserves in India's largest crypto heist, has outlined a strategy to resume operations within a week or so while implementing a "fair and transparent socialized loss strategy" to distribute the impact "equitably" among its user base. WazirX will "rebalance" customer portfolios on its platform, returning only 55% of their holdings while locking the remaining 45% in USDT-equivalent tokens.

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