{"id":71740,"date":"2026-02-10T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71740"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:01:35","slug":"bithumbs-40-billion-bitcoin-blunder-under-probe-by-south-korean-regulators-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71740","title":{"rendered":"Bithumb&#8217;s $40 Billion Bitcoin Blunder Under Probe By South Korean Regulators: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reportedly initiated a formal investigation into\u00a0<strong>Bithumb<\/strong>, a local cryptocurrency exchange, following a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50467884\/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-in-bitcoin-to-users\"> massive $40 billion accidental<\/a> <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) payout.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators have informed Bithumb of the investigation, which began three days after an on-site inspection. The FSS has stated that it will take strict legal action against any activities that disrupt the market order, Yonhap News Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20260210004100320\">reported<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday, citing sources. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation comes as lawmakers weigh new virtual asset legislation, with FSS Governor <strong>Lee Chan-jin <\/strong>saying concerns around &#8220;ghost coins&#8221; are a priority and that findings from the Bithumb probe will inform revisions to the pending bill.<\/p>\n<p>The FSS did not immediately respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/\">Benzinga<\/a>\u2018s request for comment. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bithumb Recovers Majority Of Bitcoins, Apologizes<\/h2>\n<p>This investigation comes after a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/legal\/26\/02\/50506371\/bithumbs-40-billion-bitcoin-blunder-under-probe-by-south-korean-regulators-report?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bithumb's\" billion bitcoin blunder under probe by south korean regulators: report>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reportedly initiated a formal investigation into\u00a0Bithumb, a local cryptocurrency exchange, following a massive $40 billion accidental Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) payout. Regulators have informed Bithumb of the investigation, which began three days after an on-site inspection. The FSS has stated that it will take strict legal action against any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-71740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}