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Business As Usual After Liquid Hack: Back

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 20 October 2026, 18:04 UTC 1 min read
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Oct 20th, 2026 Business As Usual After Liquid Hack: Back Adam Back, co-founder & CEO Blockstream, joins Scarlet Fu and James Seyffart on "Bloomberg Crypto." The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-linked blockchain started by Blockstream in 2018, was hit by a $320 million hack that drained about 4,000 Bitcoin. The hackers, who claimed to be so-called white hats exposing security flaws in the network, later returned some of the Bitcoin.

Oct 20th, 2026 Business As Usual After Liquid Hack: Back Adam Back, co-founder & CEO Blockstream, joins Scarlet Fu and James Seyffart on "Bloomberg Crypto." The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-linked blockchain started by Blockstream in 2018, was hit by a $320 million hack that drained about 4,000 Bitcoin. The hackers, who claimed to be so-called white hats exposing security flaws in the network, later returned some of the Bitcoin.
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