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$47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'
DecryptTuesday, September 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
RedScroll Brief

The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Crypto
- Market relevance
- High
- Why it matters
- Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk. The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims. Watch liquidity and volatility around Still Missing After and Liquid Hack — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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What happened
The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
Decrypt reported on this under crypto. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
Decrypt published: $47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'
Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.
Economic impact
Watch liquidity and volatility around Still Missing After and Liquid Hack — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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Source
Decrypt
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