Big mistake by a crypto exchange: transferred Bitcoins worth over $4 billion to users.
Details:South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb made a serious internal error during a promotional event and mistakenly credited users with huge amounts of Bitcoin, worth over $40 billion (estimated up to ~$44 billion) at current prices. �
🔹 The mistake involved sending the equivalent of roughly 620,000 BTC to users instead of the small reward that was intended. �
🔹 This caused a brief sell‑off and price volatility on the platform. �