Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze

# Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent digital asset media report
> Source: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/26/bitget-hacker-moves-usd83-million-in-stolen-xrp-that-ripple-cannot-freeze)
> Published: 2026-09-26
> Captured: 2026-09-27T01:40:25.671Z

## Source summary

CoinDesk reports that the attacker behind Bitget’s roughly $388 million exchange breach moved about $83 million in stolen XRP from three of five holding wallets, leaving about $75 million in the original accounts. The report says Ripple cannot freeze XRP in attacker-controlled XRP Ledger wallets; Circle and Tether had frozen about $320,000 in related stablecoins. Bitget said its protection fund would cover losses and withdrawals were scheduled to resume in stages from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2. These are reported incident details and company statements, not a cross-border payments outage.

## Why it matters

The report distinguishes issuer-controlled stablecoins from XRP, which Ripple cannot freeze in attacker-controlled wallets. It is a reported exchange-security incident, not a payment-network outage; the operational signal is that recovery and transaction controls differ by asset and rail.

## Key numbers

- **Stolen XRP moved from three wallets:** about $83 million
- **Reported amount remaining in original wallets:** about $75 million
- **Related stablecoins frozen:** about $320,000

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Bitget / Ripple / Circle / Tether
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

CoinDesk independently reports on-chain movements and attributes the protection-fund and withdrawal plan to Bitget. The story gives rounded incident figures and notes CoinDesk’s Bullish ownership; do not present issuer freeze controls as applying to XRP itself.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-09-26T12:56:41.054Z

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original CoinDesk report](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/26/bitget-hacker-moves-usd83-million-in-stolen-xrp-that-ripple-cannot-freeze)

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