**🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Thursday, 1 October 2026**
**Bitget hacker pivots to Zcash**
After NEAR Intents and Chainflip blocked roughly $50 million in swaps as reported yesterday, the Bitget attacker moved about 2,746 ZEC (~$3.9 million), 15% of the 18,900 ZEC stolen, into Zcash's Ironwood shielded pool, a privacy tool that hides sender, recipient and amount and complicates tracing.
**Previously:**
CryptoSlate
Bitget’s hackers turn to Zcash after $50 million laundering route gets blocked
Bitget attackers pushed stolen funds into Zcash's shielded pool as NEAR rejected swaps and THORChain volume surged past $1.5 billion.