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Did Bitget’s Hack Expose the Fatal Limits of CEX: Security incident

The crypto industry has spent years trying to reassure users that the security failures of the past are behind us. Better custody systems, larger insurance funds, sophisticated monitoring tools, and institutional-grade infrastructure were supposed to make major exchange breaches increasingly rare. Yet the alleged $387.5 million Bitget hack shows a far less comfortable reality: centralized ... Read more

StatusUnder review
Reported loss$387.5M
ChainNot specified
Confidence55%

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First seen: 2026-10-04T07:00:00.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-04T17:16:17.520Z. Revision: 1.