Featured Highlights:

1. Stake.com was suspected of being hacked, resulting in a loss of nearly US$16 million;

2. Bitfinex holds BTC on its balance sheet and reinvests in Bitcoin technology over the long term;

3. Data: The number of addresses holding 10 or more BTC has increased to approximately 157,000, continuing to hit a new high in the past three years;

4. Slow Mist Cosine: Stake.com was stolen or maliciously exploited due to private key related interfaces/services.

Recently, the encrypted gambling platform Stake.com was suspected of being hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately US$15.9 million. According to Yu Xian, the founder of SlowMist, not only the ETH hot wallet of Stake.com was hacked, but also the BSC/Polygon hot wallet. Currently, at least more than 41.3 million US dollars have been stolen. The theft is related to a problem with the private key. It may not necessarily be that the private key is stolen, but it may also be that the interface/service related to the private key is maliciously used.

Additionally, cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Bitfinex has historically kept a portion of its trading fee revenue in Bitcoin as a long-term commitment to the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency, according to people familiar with the matter. Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of Bitfinex, said that cryptocurrency trading platforms that have "benefited greatly" from Bitcoin should develop policies to reinvest part of their profits in Bitcoin. Ardoino said this is what Bitfinex has done by supporting Bitcoin Layer 2 (Lightning Network and Liquid Network) and developing the RGB protocol, which allows for cheaper and more private transactions, making it easier to issue tokens on Bitcoin.

According to Glassnode data, the number of addresses holding at least 10 Bitcoins and above has reached 157,324, continuing to hit a new high in the past three years.