Liquid’s bitcoin IOUs are fully backed again after a $320 million exploit
What CoinDesk reports, why it matters and what remains unconfirmed.

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What CoinDesk reports
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole left by September’s bug, but the federation behind the network still hasn’t said who paid to fill it.
The immediate significance
The report describes direct security exposure for users, funds or software. The immediate significance is the potential harm; the confirmed scale and any protective action require technical or primary evidence beyond the publisher summary.
Decrypt has also published a related report, providing another attributed account to compare without treating repetition as proof.
What remains unknown
- The publisher summary does not contain the complete victim, transaction or technical evidence.
- The report does not establish the final loss or exposure, or whether remediation is complete.
- No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
The named assets, right now
Spot quotes from Kraken, checked .
How the story developed
CoinDesk and Decrypt are reporting related developments. Reports are shown in publication order; separate coverage is not independent confirmation.
CoinDeskCurrent briefing Liquid’s bitcoin IOUs are fully backed again after a $320 million exploit
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole left by September’s bug, but the federation behind the network still hasn’t said who paid to fill it.
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