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.
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’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.
| Claim | 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, 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 wrote that neither the poisoning label nor the freeze reports have been independently confirmed through transaction records, platform notices, or a blockchain-security finding.
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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