HTX Says Official Accounts Were Not in the Reported Poisoning Transfers
HTX said an internal review found no official accounts in reported address-poisoning transfers. WuBlockchain cites known cases of up to about $4.2 million after Kraken freezes. That figure is not a Kraken statement.
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Aug 20, 2026 · 1mo ago
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HTX said an internal review found no official accounts in address-poisoning transfers reported by some users. That is WuBlockchain’s 20 August post. It is not a confirmed hack of HTX official wallets. It is not a Kraken statement.
crypto.news, reporting HTX on 18 August, has the exchange saying it had “not conducted any related transfers or testing activities.” HTX is examining whether address labels or attribution errors produced a misleading origin trail. No transaction list, verified victim count, or confirmed loss is on that page.
Wu cites HTX known cases of up to $4.2 million
Wu’s post says HTX-linked address-poisoning reports persist, and that HTX said some users may have acted independently after funds remained frozen at Kraken, “citing known cases involving up to about $4.2 million.”
That $4.2 million is Wu quoting HTX’s “known cases.” It is not on the crypto.news write-up. It is not a Kraken press line. It is not a confirmed Kraken freeze total.
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Who said it
What it is not
No official HTX accounts in the reported transfers
HTX, via Wu 20 August
A confirmed official-wallet hack
HTX did not initiate the disputed transfers or testing
HTX, via crypto.news 18 August
A closed investigation
Known cases of up to about $4.2 million frozen at Kraken
Wu citing HTX
A Kraken figure
Address poisoning is not a confirmed official campaign
Address poisoning, in the usual sense, plants a lookalike address in a wallet’s history so a later copy-paste sends funds to the wrong place. Small unsolicited USDT deposits from explorer-tagged “HTX” addresses are what users have been circulating. crypto.news says neither the poisoning label nor the freeze reports have been independently confirmed through transaction records, platform notices, or a blockchain-security finding.
A domain-phishing drain is already live: 1,010 ETH after a bookmark hit expired tornado.cash.
A request for source-of-funds is not the same as a freeze. Coinbase has not publicly addressed the 7.5 USDT case on that page. Kraken has not posted a notice on the $4.2 million line.
The next step is HTX’s review. The exchange has not set a deadline. Live crypto is on prices.
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