
Bithumb's $44 billion bitcoin mistake, explained
A promotional payout gone wrong credited Bithumb customers with about $44 billion in bitcoin on February 6, 2026 — and revived an old lesson: money sent to you…

Tomás Ferreira covers crypto markets and digital assets. He came to crypto through payments infrastructure and still finds the plumbing more interesting than the price — his reporting spans consensus, settlement and custody, the fintech layer above banking, index flows and single-company results, and the cash reserves and savings timelines on the household side.