If anyone thinks that a hacker can easily make off with $1.5 billion, they are completely wrong.
If a hacker tries to convert these funds into stablecoins, Tether and Circle can freeze the related accounts immediately.
If you try to withdraw through an exchange, the exchange will find out and freeze your account during the KYC verification process.
In fact, most bridge protocols do not have enough funds to handle transactions of such magnitude, making it nearly impossible to make trades through methods like Jumper and Odex.
Relying solely on P2P transactions will also not allow you to quickly get $1.5 billion. Both Bybit, Binance, as well as institutions like ZachXBT, FBI, SEC, would immediately conduct an investigation and take action.
In short, that money will eventually go back to Bybit. In the worst case, Bybit will pay a 10% bounty to recover the funds.
The cryptocurrency market today is no longer as chaotic as it was in 2010. Believing in such rumors is not worth it.
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