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Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after about $320M BTC withdrawal

Liquid paused operations after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from its federation wallet. Liquid disabled bridge nodes, preventing new transactions, while exchanges halted or prepared to halt.

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Bitcoin sidechain Liquid paused operations after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from its federation wallet. On Sunday, Liquid said bridge nodes were disabled, preventing new transactions, while exchanges had halted or were preparing to halt support.