TREE NEWS update: The winding-down exchange BitMart says its 2021 hack drained about $319.5 million from its reserves and has proposed a court-backed plan to compensate affected users through payouts or tokens. The exchange plans to ask courts to approve the plan by early 2027.
BitMart Proposes Court-Backed Plan for Users After $319.5M 2021 Hack
AI take
The significance lies less in the hack itself than in the mechanism: a centralized exchange seeking court approval for a compensation plan years after the fact, with payouts or tokens as the proposed remedy. That sets a precedent for how defunct venues handle legacy liabilities, and affected users now face a choice between two very different recovery routes. Whether courts accept the plan by early 2027, and how token-based compensation is valued, is the open question.
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