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Today in crypto: South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit halted deposits and withdrawals on Thursday after spotting about $36 million in unauthorized transfers from a Solana hot wallet, BitMine chair Tom Lee appears to have quietly backed away from his $250,000 year-end Bitcoin prediction, and Bolivia has moved to integrate crypto and stablecoins into its financial system.
South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange, Upbit, temporarily froze deposits and withdrawals on Thursday after detecting about $36 million in unauthorized outflows from a Solana-network hot wallet.
In an announcement, the exchange said the suspicious transfers were flagged around 4:42 am local time (7:42 pm UTC), prompting a shutdown of transfer services and a full security review of its supported crypto assets.
