$387M on the Move: How AI Is Tracking Funds From the Bitget Hack
Chainalysis said the Bitget incident on 24 September 2026 involved $387 million stolen and dispersed across four blockchains. It also said artificial intelligence reduced cross-chain bridge reconciliation from more than 20 hours to under 10 minutes as the assets moved across Ethereum, the XRP Ledger, Zcash and Tron.
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The Bitget incident affects exchange users, blockchain investigators, and other teams that have to trace funds across chains. On the same day, Chainalysis described the loss as $387 million and said the funds were spread across four blockchains, which is the kind of event that shows up immediately in incident-response work. The move from more than 20 hours of bridge reconciliation to under 10 minutes changes how quickly those teams can compare transfers across networks.
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Thefts of a similar size
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9 years ago | FTX · Phishing incident | $450M |
| 5.8 years ago | OneCoin · Scam incident | $440M |
| 23 days ago | Bitget · Hot Wallet Key Compromised incident | $387M |
| 23 days ago | Bitget incident | $351.6M |
| 4.7 years ago | Portal · Signature Verification Flaw incident | $326M |
4197 incidents stored · 21 were as large as this one or larger ($387M)