Bitget Loses Rp5.6 Trillion in Hack, Users Urged to Stay Alert
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- Bursa kripto Bitget mengumumkan kerugian hingga USD351,6 juta akibat pembobolan dompet panas pada Kamis, dengan penarikan dana dihentikan sementara.
- CEO Gracy Chen menegaskan dana pengguna dan dompet dingin tetap aman, namun token BGB sempat merosot 2,9% sebelum pulih sebagian.
- Insiden ini menjadi peretasan terbesar sepanjang 2026 dan menimbulkan pertanyaan tentang keamanan aset kripto di Indonesia yang belum memiliki regulasi perlindungan spesifik.
Global crypto exchange Bitget fell victim to a system breach that exposed funds worth up to USD351.6 million (around Rp5.6 trillion) on Thursday (24/9/2026). Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, in a post on platform X, confirmed unauthorized transfers from several of the company's hot wallets. She stressed that cold wallets and user funds remained safe, noting that Bitget holds more than USD464 million in user protection funds as a buffer.
The incident came to light after independent blockchain researchers detected suspicious movements in wallets labeled as belonging to Bitget. Arkham Intelligence analyst Emmett Gallic reported that the transactions involved three hot wallets and one cold wallet across various networks, with assets such as ETH, BNB, AVAX, and USDT0 later consolidated into a single address. Gallic's initial estimate put the figure at USD178 million, but Bitget's official report indicated potential losses more than double that amount.
Chen explained that Bitget's wallet architecture consists of three tiers—hot, warm, and cold—and the breach touched only part of the hot and warm layers. Nevertheless, the exchange chose to temporarily halt withdrawals until a security audit is complete. "Cold wallets remain fully secure. We are temporarily pausing withdrawals," she said. Deposit and trading services continued to operate normally, and Bitget promised to release an incident report within 24 hours.
The market reaction was swift. Bitget's native token, BGB, came under immediate pressure and briefly plunged sharply before trimming part of the decline to 2.9% at 22:10 UTC. The broader crypto market was also affected, with Bitcoin and Ether both edging lower. Despite the large scale of the losses, Chen's claim that user funds are safe has helped shore up confidence—at least for now.
"Cold wallets remain fully secure. Bitget operates a three-tier wallet architecture — the breach contained only a portion of the hot wallet and warm wallet layers," said Gracy Chen.
The hack adds to a long list of security incidents in the crypto industry throughout 2026. In early September alone, Liquid Network lost USD320 million, though the perpetrator claimed to be a "white hat hacker". With Bitget's larger losses, questions about the resilience of global crypto exchange infrastructure have resurfaced. Hot wallets, which are connected to transaction processing systems, are indeed more vulnerable than cold wallets that store credentials offline.
For Indonesia, this event is a wake-up call. Although no national crypto exchange was directly involved, domestic investors using global platforms such as Bitget could be affected, especially if withdrawals are extended. The Financial Services Authority (OJK), through crypto asset regulations that took effect in 2025, has required local exchanges to segregate user funds, but cross-jurisdictional oversight remains a gap. Users in Indonesia need to monitor the development of Bitget's incident report and consider diversifying where they store their assets.
Going forward, attention is focused on Bitget's efforts to restore withdrawal operations and its credibility. If the promised incident report is not transparent, market trust could erode further. Meanwhile, regulators in various countries—including Indonesia—are being pressed to accelerate the harmonization of cybersecurity standards for crypto exchanges. Will this incident trigger a wave of tighter global regulation, or will it instead serve as a wake-up call for the industry to reform from within?
