Bybit’s $1.4 billion hack, the largest in crypto history, might have unexpected implications for Ethereum. As the exchange moves to recover, could this be a bullish catalyst for ETH?

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said last week hackers had stolen digital tokens worth around $1.5 billion, in what researchers called the biggest crypto heist of all time. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said the crypto was taken from a "cold wallet" - a digital wallet usually stored offline and so supposedly more secure - that was used for ether tokens.

Bybit has returned to a 1:1 backing of client assets and has fully closed the “ETH gap” it faced after an unprecedented $1.4 billion hack hit the exchange. Address activity suggests more than $400 million were purchased through over-the-counter trading, with another $300 million brought directly from exchanges.