Disaster! A Solana Genesis whale was hacked and had 180,000 SOL stolen. ZachXBT: the hacker has bridged to Ethereum to launder the funds.

Solana’s early whale is tragically emptied! On today (10th), blockchain sleuth ZachXBT reveals that a large holder closely linked to the allocation of Solana’s genesis block is apparently targeted by hackers, losing as much as 180.9k SOL (worth about $14.2 million). At present, the hackers are transferring funds in large amounts to the Ethereum ecosystem via cross-chain bridges.
(Background recap: Immunefi: In the first half of 2026, the number of crypto hacking attacks hit a record high, with total losses under $1 billion)
(Background add-on: Gate exchange whale theft—claims of $1.7 million—point to a platform system vulnerability! Official response: “The hacker even recorded Alipay footage,” alleging users’ devices were compromised)

The crypto market is seeing another major theft case again—this time the victim is an early whale holding a large amount of tokens.

On July 10, 2026, Taiwan time, well-known blockchain sleuth ZachXBT posted an emergency update disclosing that an early whale closely associated with the initial Solana genesis block allocation was apparently hacked a few hours ago, losing as much as 180,900 SOL. Based on the current market price, the total value is about $14.2 million (equivalent to about NT$460 million).

Unstaking is lifted, and funds flow heavily to Ethereum

This massive hacking incident was first spotted by security researcher @specterinvestigation. He was the first to observe on-chain that the whale address carried out highly unusual “Unstaking” activity, and found that the enormous funds unlocked from those actions are rapidly being transferred from the Solana network through a cross-chain bridge to the Ethereum ecosystem.

ZachXBT said that he has already stepped in and is working with @specterinvestigation to review the abnormal fund traces. To help the community and major exchanges with interception, ZachXBT also fully公開 the relevant addresses in the post, including the victim’s Solana wallet (HwtbQBNnLERakdUDuCCLWmUs2oETLFQZeHUWeQdPads) and up to 5 hacker withdrawal addresses involved (covering both Solana and Ethereum networks).

The incident once again highlights that even early whales who have held funds for years can still end up wiped out overnight if they neglect private key and device security protections. As on-chain tracking goes deeper, whether these stolen funds worth tens of millions of dollars can be frozen in time by major centralized institutions, stablecoin issuers, will be a key focus for the market next.