Imithombo yenethiwekhi ibika ukuthi enye yezingxoxo ezinkulu ze-cryptocurrency emhlabeni, i-Binance, ilahlekelwe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-40 (ama-bitcoins angu-7000) ngenxa yokuhlasela kwe-hacker. Umthombo uthi lesi sigameko senzeke ngenxa βyephutha elikhulu ohlelweni lwezokuphephaβ lwale nkonzo. Abaduni bakwazile ukufinyelela "isikhwama semali esishisayo" esasiqukethe cishe u-2% wazo zonke izimali ezigciniwe ze-cryptocurrency. Abasebenzisi benkonzo akufanele bakhathazeke, ngoba ukulahlekelwa kuzombozwa esikhwameni esikhethekile sokulondoloza, esakhiwe engxenyeni ethile yamakhomishini atholwe yinsiza evela ekuthengiseni.
Njengamanje, insiza ivale amandla okugcwalisa ama-wallet nokukhipha imali. Ukushintshana kuzoqala ukusebenza ngokugcwele esikhathini esingangesonto, lapho kuzoqedwa ukubuyekezwa okuphelele kwezokuphepha futhi nophenyo ngalesi sigameko luzofika esiphethweni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abasebenzisi bezohwebo bazoba nethuba lokuqhuba imisebenzi yokuhweba. Kungenzeka ukuthi amanye ama-akhawunti asengaphansi kokulawulwa ngabaduni. Angasetshenziselwa ukuthonya ukunyakaza kwentengo kukonke ngaphakathi kokushintshana.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi lesi sigameko akusona ihlazo lokuqala elikhulu elihlobene ne-cryptocurrencies. Isibonelo, umsunguli kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange, uGerald Cotten, udlule emhlabeni kungekudala. Kwavela ukuthi nguye kuphela owayekwazi ukuthola imali yenkampani, ngenxa yalokho ababolekisi nabasebenzisi benkonzo balahlekelwa kakhulu.