South Korea Investigates $40bn ‘Ghost Bitcoin’ Incident At Crypto Exchange

Primanews | 10-02-2026 10:33am |

South Korean regulators have launched an investigation into a major cryptocurrency exchange after a system malfunction temporarily showed users holding Bitcoin worth more than $40 billion that did not actually exist, raising fresh concerns about internal controls in the country’s digital asset market. Authorities said the incident stemmed from a technical error that caused account

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