CoinDCX Confirms $15.99M Loss From Legacy Wallets
CoinDCX confirmed a $15.99 million loss, reportedly in USDT, after an automated transfer process failed and deposits continued accumulating at deprecated wallet addresses. The exchange said users kept sending funds to old addresses after they were retired following a July 2025 security breach that caused about $44 million in losses. On-chain investigator ZachXBT highlighted activity at a disputed address, including deposits reportedly made as recently as April and May 2026, after CEO Sumit Gupta initially suggested reports of suspicious outflows could be a false alarm. CoinDCX says it will absorb the loss and that customer balances, active wallets and trading systems were unaffected. The exchange has not identified who moved the funds or disclosed all technical details, but acknowledged it could have communicated more proactively. The incident underscores legacy-wallet, deposit-monitoring and operational risks at crypto exchanges; CoinDCX says customer funds remain accounted for.
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The reported loss is linked to CoinDCX’s legacy wallet operations, not to a stated failure of USDT or a loss of customer balances. CoinDCX says it will absorb the cost and that active wallets and trading systems remain unaffected, while there is no reported USDT depeg or broader disruption to trading. These factors limit the direct price impact on USDT, so the expected view is neutral. In the short term, traders may monitor USDT’s peg, exchange flows and any further disclosures, and could briefly favor alternative venues or stablecoins if confidence in custody controls weakens. Over the longer term, a confirmed improvement in deposit monitoring and wallet controls could contain concerns; further evidence of unauthorized access, additional losses or customer-fund impact could instead increase counterparty concerns. On the information provided, however, no sustained price move in USDT is established.