Nearly $352M Moved From Crypto Exchange Bitget Wallets in Suspected Hack

Crypto exchange Bitget detected unauthorized transfers and has temporarily halted withdrawals. 6 million in crypto has been moved from digital asset exchange Bitget’s hot wallets in a suspected hack. The platform’s CEO said in a Thursday statement that Bitget’s security team activated an emergency response when the movements were detected.

Blockchain security firms had flagged the issue earlier in the day. “At 18:31 UTC on September 24, 2026, Bitget’s security systems detected unauthorized transfers from some of our hot wallets,” Bitget CEO Gracy Chen wrote on X. ” She added: “Bitget has navigated multiple market cycles.

We will not run from this. ” [SECURITY NOTICE] Bitget Hot Wallet Incident — September 24, 2026At 18:31 UTC on September 24, 2026, Bitget's security systems detected unauthorized transfers from some of our hot wallets. 1 billion in trading volume per day, according to CoinGecko data.

The incident comes as crypto security is in the limelight after a string of breaches this year have the community reeling. Just in July, hackers targeted a firmware bug in the popular bitcoin hardware wallet, Coldcard, to steal nearly $120 million in user funds. And this month, purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoins — worth about $320 million at the time — from Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain’s federation wallet.

Chen added that the exchange’s cold wallets remained fully secure and that user funds were safe. ” According to the statement, deposits and trading remain fully operational but withdrawals are temporarily paused until a security review is complete. Blockchain data firm Arkham Intelligence created a dashboard soon after the unauthorized transfers showing that a number of different cryptocurrencies — including stablecoins — had been moved from the Bitget hot wallet.

While Bitcoin was not on Arkham’s list, crypto security firm Hacken later said on X that the largest cryptocurrency had been moved.