White Hats Rescue 52.37 BTC from Coldcard Exploit

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White hat hackers intercepted 52.37 BTC (~$4.4 M) from the Coldcard exploit before attackers could steal it, moving the funds to a Crypto Recovery Trust address to enable restitution to victims.

Status

Decaying

Confirmation

Confirmed

Event type

OTHER_MATERIAL_EVENT

Market scope

ASSET

Direction

1

Impact / urgency

2 / 3

Impact category

MODERATE

Risk stance

RISK ON

Promotion

CONTEXT · 50/100

Promotion reason

Authority-weighted assessment across 2 linked sources.

Duration class

SHORT

Assets

BTC

Sectors

Cryptocurrency, Hardware Wallets

First detected

2026-09-24T10:25:23 UTC

Impact started

2026-09-22T21:41:04 UTC

Scheduled for

Not published

Occurred at

2026-09-22T21:41:04 UTC

Sources