Ari Paul alleges Coinbase lost $25M of BlockTower funds in a security cover-up
Ari Paul alleged that Coinbase lost $25 million belonging to BlockTower years ago and that the matter sits in ongoing legal proceedings. He also said more than a dozen firms were affected by a broader hacking cover-up claim that he tied to over $1 billion in losses, while Coinbase denied hiding hacks or losing $1 billion. The dispute is still unresolved.
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BlockTower and other firms named in the allegations are the ones that would notice this first, because the claim is about funds and hacks tied to their assets and records. The dispute is not described as closed, and Paul said it is still part of ongoing legal proceedings, so those firms remain in a live conflict over what happened to the money and who should account for it.
In practice, the dispute changes what can be said publicly about the missing funds and the alleged hacks, because Paul has put both the $25 million BlockTower claim and the broader $1 billion allegation on the record. What stays the same is that Coinbase has denied hiding hacks or losing $1 billion, so the public statements remain directly opposed rather than resolved.
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