The news hit the crypto world like a thunderclap , #BtcTurk had been breached.

What started as whispers of a $23M loss quickly escalated; the real damage was over $48 million. The attacker wasted no time, moving swiftly to swap the stolen trove into $ETH , trying to cover their tracks in the tangled web of DeFi.

The blockchain trail points to these addresses:

0x0fe41fe8786329fb6bd8f2baa73aa55e770f0951

0xa041feb3a8297c5689fee180083164a061a17fd6

0x7D91D1ebeBA91257733a523409125aEdac5d8b6E

Another stark reminder: in crypto, even giants can bleed.