Analysts Claim CoinBene Transactions, Recent Activity ‘Consistent’ With Exchange Hack

By Marie Huillet Data scientists at blockchain infrastructure firm Elementus have published details of recent transactions from crypto exchange CoinBene that they consider to be suspect, beginning with $105 million in crypto swiftly being moved out of the exchange’s hot wallet. The findings, reportedly based on data sourced using the Elementus Query Engine, were published on March 27. Elementus also provides independently verifiable raw data that readers can download and compare against the Ethereum ( ETH ) blockchain. As previously reported, CoinBene was yesterday prompted to reassure users that a period of unforeseen maintenance was in fact not due to a hack, as some community members had suspected . In presenting its findings, Elementus emphatically states that it is not aiming “to refute what CoinBene is claiming.” It nonetheless presents several key observations based on its findings, arguing that the identified pattern of transf...