Crypto exchange Kraken has decided to freeze all accounts related to FTX and Alameda Research after an unknown hacker drained the now-bankrupt exchange of $600 million worth of tokens, a portion of which was moved through the Kraken exchange.
“Kraken has spoken with law enforcement regarding a handful of accounts owned by the bankrupt FTX Group, Alameda Research and their executives. Those accounts have been frozen to protect their creditors,” the exchange disclosed on Twitter on Sunday, November 13th.
United States-based Kraken assured users that unrelated accounts “are not affected”, and that the exchange maintains full reserves.
Kraken’s decision to freeze FTX-related accounts has raised questions as to who is behind the FTX attack. historically, sophisticated hackers have avoided centralized exchanges so as not to reveal their identities, opting instead to use mixers such as U.S. embargoed Tornado Cash. On…
