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Crypto Exchange FTX to provide $6 million phishing compensation to users

Digital-asset exchange FTX will provide about $6 million compensation to its account holders impacted by a phishing incident via a third-party website

Sam Bankman fried (Photo: Bloomberg)
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Sunil Jagtiani | Bloomberg
Digital-asset exchange FTX will provide about $6 million compensation to its account holders impacted by a phishing incident via a third-party website.
 
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s chief executive officer, said on Twitter on Monday that the decision was a one-off as the firm won’t be “making a habit” of compensating users caught up in phishing efforts targeting non-FTX websites.

13) But in this particular case, we will compensate the affected users.

THIS IS A ONE-TIME THING AND WE WILL NOT DO THIS GOING FORWARD.

THIS IS NOT A PRECEDENT.

We will not making a

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