Bybit CEO Says 68% of Stolen Crypto Still Traceable

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Bybit CEO Says Hack Trail Is Not Cold—68% of Stolen Crypto Still Traceable

Written by Aaron S.,

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Last Updated: April 24, 2025

Key Takeaways

Bybit CEO said that 68.6% of crypto stolen by the Lazarus Group remains traceable despite laundering attempts;
Hackers converted 432,748 ETH into 10,003 BTC, spreading funds across over 35,000 wallets;
Out of 5,443 bounty tips, only 70 were valid—Bybit urges more help to track crypto through mixers.

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Bybit CEO Says Hack Trail Is Not Cold—68% of Stolen Crypto Still Traceable

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Bybit’s $2.45B CEO Ben Zhou shared new details in an April 21 post on X about the digital asset theft linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group that hit the platform in February.

According to Zhou, about 68.6% of those stolen funds are still traceable on the blockchain. Meanwhile, 27.6% of the assets have gone off the radar, and 3.8% have been locked or frozen.

Most of the untraceable funds appear to have passed through crypto mixers. Zhou noted that one commonly used service was Wasabi, a platform that mixes Bitcoin BTC $90,296.34 to hide its source. After going through Wasabi, some of the funds also ended up in other similar tools, such as CryptoMixer, Tornado Cash TORN $11.19 , and Railgun RAIL $2.22 .

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Zhou reported that 944 Bitcoin, worth around $90 million, went through Wasabi. After that, the stolen crypto was transferred through various platforms that allow users to swap and bridge assets between blockchains, including THORChain RUNE $0.6459 , eXch, Stargate, Lombard, SunSwap, and LI.FI. From there, the assets were sent to peer-to-peer and over-the-counter services.

The hackers also converted a large amount of Ethereum ETH $3,088.05 to Bitcoin. Out of the 432,748 ETH stolen—about 84% of the total—roughly $960 million worth was converted into 10,003 Bitcoin. These were spread across 35,772 different wallets. About $17 million in ETH is still held on the Ethereum blockchain in over 12,000 wallets.

Zhou also talked about the bounty program that was launched to help track the funds. In the past two months, Bybit received 5,443 tips from the public, but only 70 were found to be reliable.

Furthermore, Zhou encouraged more researchers to get involved, especially those who understand how these mixing services work.

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