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Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC

Cointelegraph·September 7, 2026·1 min read
Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC

Liquid Network paused after purported white hats withdrew 4,000 BTC ($320M). The actors told Blockstream they will return most of the funds once the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network. The exploit halted the Bitcoin sidechain as developers scrambled to contain the incident.

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