A Bithumb employee mistakenly distributed 2000 bitcoins to user accounts, causing a 10% temporary dip in the platform's bitcoin holdings.

BlockBeats News, February 6th, according to Dumpster DAO core member Definalist, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb accidentally distributed 2000 BTC instead of the intended 2000 Korean won as a reward to its employees, resulting in hundreds of users unexpectedly receiving this airdrop.

Possibly affected by this incident, the price of Bitcoin on the Bithumb platform temporarily dropped 10% compared to other markets.

However, as of the time of writing, Bithumb has not yet made any response to this incident, and the veracity is yet to be confirmed.

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