Onchain investigator ZachXBT has identified French banking group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as the alleged victim of a crypto theft exceeding $133 million, and warned the total could be higher because some OTC transactions may not be counted. The bank's involvement has not been independently verified or confirmed by the bank, which did not respond to Cointelegraph's request for comment. ZachXBT first flagged over $106 million in suspicious withdrawals from centralized exchanges on Monday, then raised the estimate after another $27 million surfaced on Tuesday. Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery traced about $63 million in stablecoins converted into Ether within four hours, and Kraken and Crypto.com said they had restricted accounts or blocked related funds, stating their platforms remained secure.
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