Current outcome
The roughly $16 million CoinDCX suspicious outflow has moved from Salus’s initial suspected-theft report to a public dispute: CoinDCX acknowledges operational losses from failed sweeping of old compromised wallets while denying misleading statements, and blockchain investigators contest its account of address ownership and fund movement.
Progress timeline
3 material updates- #01
【Salus CMO：CoinDCX 疑似被盗约 1599 万 USDT 及部分 TRX】
Salus's CMO reported that roughly 15.99 million USDT and 5,783.81 TRX moved out of CoinDCX hot wallets and deposit addresses to a TRON address on October 21, with the funds subsequently split and transferred toward Binance, OKX and Gate deposit addresses, in what is being described as a suspected theft.
Source evidence: foresightnews · wublockchainenglish · foresightnews · foresightnews · Cointelegraph · theblockbeats
- #02
⚡️ZachXBT质疑CoinDCX：1580万美元用户存款去向不明
ZachXBT alleged that about $15.8 million in CoinDCX user deposits remains unaccounted for and that a deposit address linked to a 2025 security incident continued collecting user funds and routing them to CoinDCX's current hot wallet, claims CoinDCX disputes.
Source evidence: theblockbeats
- #03
Crypto exchange CoinDCX ‘lying’ about $16M hack, say blockchain investigators
CoinDCX responded that the addresses were old wallets created in January 2025 and compromised in July 2025, claimed they were no longer in use, and described the roughly $16 million as “operational losses”; blockchain investigators disputed the account, citing contradictory statements and laundering routes that differed from last year’s hack.
State after update: The roughly $16 million CoinDCX suspicious outflow has moved from Salus’s initial suspected-theft report to a public dispute: CoinDCX acknowledges operational losses from failed sweeping of old compromised wallets while denying misleading statements, and blockchain investigators contest its account of address ownership and fund movement.
Source evidence: Protos