ZachXBT Investigator who broke the story Independent blockchain investigator. Named Crรฉdit Mutuel Arkรฉa as the victim on 3 November 2026 and puts the theft at $133M. Rules out the North Korean lead and criticises the bank for not reporting the incident to European authorities. Showed in October 2026 that most of the money that went through a competitor of Wagyu came from illicit activity.
Grรฉgory Raymond Journalist His sources pointed, on 4 November 2026, to transfers from Fortuneo to Kraken accounts opened under false identities. The bank denies any entry through its subsidiary.
Gabriel de Brosses Former head of cybersecurity at the La Poste group Speaking to Le Monde on 4 November 2026, he said โthe alarms should have gone offโ at Crรฉdit Mutuel Arkรฉa.
Paolo Ardoino CEO of Tether According to him, Tether froze more than $1.567bn in USDT on the evening of the Binance theft, on 29 October 2026. For Arkรฉa's money, Tether's first freeze came 35 hours after the first withdrawal.
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