BeInCrypto • October 9th 2026, 4:29 PM
Trader Loses $6.6 Million in Bitcoin After Buying New Ledger Wallet
Key Summary
A crypto trader lost 80 Bitcoin worth $6.6 million after transferring them from a new Ledger wallet, which had been unused for 10 days. The coins were bought four months ago at a low price of $65,000 each. The incident is linked to other large transfers, with estimates of total losses reaching $80-90 million. Ledger has paused the sales of the reseller and frozen USDT tokens at affected addresses.
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A trader lost 80 BTC from a new Ledger bought via CryptoBilis as theft estimates near $90 million.