Bithumb resolves Bitcoin mis-send incident and initiates user compensation process.

According to a Bithumb announcement, the platform has completed all handling of the previous Bitcoin mis-distribution incident and confirmed that as of 22:42:52 on February 7, 2026, users' Bitcoin (BTC) assets have achieved over 100% asset integrity. Bithumb stated that approximately 99.7% of the mistakenly distributed Bitcoin was recovered on the day of the incident, and the remaining 0.3% (1788 BTC) that had been sold has been replenished with the company's own assets, ensuring that users' assets are not affected. The announcement shows that Bithumb's current reserves of all crypto assets, including BTC, are completely consistent with or exceed users' existing holdings. The platform also released a timeline of the incident response and announced that it would begin phased user compensation measures starting February 8th. These measures include issuing 20,000 Korean won in compensation to users online during the incident, refunding the price difference to users who sold at a lower price and paying an additional 10% consolation money, and offering a 0% transaction fee discount on all trading instruments for 7 days starting February 9th. Previous news: Bithumb mistakenly airdropped a total of 620,000 BTC last night, and has now recovered 99.7% of them.