Investigations by ZachXBT
1 hour ago
Bearish

Near Intents hot wallet exploit drains $3.8M and halts transactions

1 min

Near Intents may have been exploited for more than $3.8 million following irregular outflows from its BSC hot wallet.

Key facts

  • Impacted component: BSC hot wallet 0x233c stopped processing transactions.
  • Service status: Ongoing incident affecting multiple EVM chains indicated on the site status page.
  • Funds flow: Assets were sent to KuCoin and then bridged to Bitcoin.
  • Estimated loss: More than $3.8 million.

Addresses and flows

  • BSC hot wallet: 0x233c.
  • BSC theft address: 0x09fd1f5d9f185067a92493e43aa259ea4ab3ad37.
  • Destinations: Centralized exchange KuCoin, then bridged to Bitcoin.

Operational status

  • Transaction processing from the implicated hot wallet is paused.
  • Incident impacts multiple EVM chains.