Security & Risk 28 Oct 2026 1 min read
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India’s CoinDCX Confirms $16 Million Loss Days After CEO Called It a ‘False Alarm’
Cointelegraph and Decrypt reported: India’s CoinDCX Confirms $16 Million Loss Days After CEO Called It a ‘False Alarm’. The verified details are set out below.
What happened
India’s CoinDCX Confirms $16 Million Loss Days After CEO Called It a. Cointelegraph and Decrypt covered the story, and 2 independent publishers are carrying it. This summary is limited to what the cited outlets reported.
Verified points
- The Mumbai-based exchange says 15.99 million USDT was drained from wallets it retired after last year’s $44 million hack, bringing its combined losses to nearly $60 million—and it’s absorbing the hit. (Decrypt)
- $44 million (Decrypt)
- $60 million (Decrypt)
Caveats
Every figure above is attributed to the outlet that reported it, and the outlets disagree on at least one figure, so both are shown. This summary does not forecast prices and is not investment advice.
Sources
- Cointelegraph Tier B 27 Oct 2026Luxor raises $16M from CMT Digital amid AI-Bitcoin miner convergence
- Decrypt Tier B 26 Oct 2026India’s CoinDCX Confirms $16 Million Loss Days After CEO Called It a ‘False Alarm’
- Decrypt Tier B 27 Oct 2026Why This Team of Ninjas Is Tripling Down on Mining Bitcoin
- Decrypt Tier B 27 Oct 2026Bitcoin Mining Firm Luxor Raises $16 Million to Scale Its AI Compute Push
Verified claims
- figure CoinDCX says 15.99 million USDT was drained from wallets it retired after last year's $44 million hack.Source: Decrypt
- figure CoinDCX says its combined losses are nearly $60 million.Source: Decrypt
- fact CoinDCX says it is absorbing the loss.Source: Decrypt
- figure Luxor raised $16 million in a CMT Digital-led funding round.Source: Decrypt
- fact The funding round included mining-hardware makers Canaan and MicroBT.Source: Decrypt
- fact Luxor plans to use the proceeds to scale its existing AI infrastructure business and expand its GPU sourcing services.Source: Cointelegraph
- fact The Mumbai-based exchange says 15.99 million USDT was drained from wallets it retired after last year’s $44 million hack, bringing its combined losses to nearly $60 million—and it’s absorbing the hit.Source: Decrypt
- figure $44 millionSource: Decrypt
- figure $60 millionSource: Decrypt