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💥 One Typo, Trillions at Stake Korean Exchange Accidentally Airdrops 620,000 BTC A South Korean crypto exchange intended to reward users with 2,000 KRW each as part of a promotional campaign. However, due to a critical unit typo (KRW → BTC), the system mistakenly distributed Bitcoin instead of Korean won. As a result, 695 users collectively received 620,000 BTC, worth approximately $44 billion at the time of the incident. 📉 Some recipients rushed to sell, triggering a temporary 17% price drop, with Bitcoin falling from around 104 million KRW to 81 million KRW (~$55,000) before rebounding. 🛑 The exchange acted swiftly: Accounts of all 695 users were immediately frozen 99.7% of the distributed BTC was recovered within 35 minutes The remaining 0.3% (~$132 million) is still under investigation 📣 The exchange confirmed this was not a hack, but a pure case of human error. This incident highlights how a single operational mistake can momentarily shake the entire crypto market. 💭 What do you think — should this be treated as a system failure or an unavoidable operational risk? Drop your thoughts below! 👇 $BTC $ETH $ETC #Bitcoin #ExchangeRisk #HumanError #MarketVolatility
💥 One Typo, Trillions at Stake

Korean Exchange Accidentally Airdrops 620,000 BTC

A South Korean crypto exchange intended to reward users with 2,000 KRW each as part of a promotional campaign.
However, due to a critical unit typo (KRW → BTC), the system mistakenly distributed Bitcoin instead of Korean won.

As a result, 695 users collectively received 620,000 BTC, worth approximately $44 billion at the time of the incident.

📉 Some recipients rushed to sell, triggering a temporary 17% price drop,
with Bitcoin falling from around 104 million KRW to 81 million KRW (~$55,000) before rebounding.

🛑 The exchange acted swiftly:

Accounts of all 695 users were immediately frozen

99.7% of the distributed BTC was recovered within 35 minutes

The remaining 0.3% (~$132 million) is still under investigation

📣 The exchange confirmed this was not a hack,
but a pure case of human error.

This incident highlights how a single operational mistake can momentarily shake the entire crypto market.

💭 What do you think — should this be treated as a system failure or an unavoidable operational risk? Drop your thoughts below! 👇
$BTC $ETH $ETC
#Bitcoin #ExchangeRisk #HumanError #MarketVolatility
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a school in Indonesia where students go on strike because their teacher slapped a student who was smoking,
and after that incident many company HRDs blacklisted alumni of that school.
will they choose the path of becoming traders, live Jokowi🛸🛸#humanerror
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