# White Hats Route 52 Bitcoin From the Coldcard Entropy Failure Into a Recovery Trust

The transfer covers 2.8 percent of an exploit that reached roughly $130 million after a firmware defect made seed generation fall back to a weak software random number generator.

- Published: 2026-09-23T11:09:57.416Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-23/white-hats-route-52-bitcoin-from-the-coldcard-entropy-failur
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/white-hats-move-bitcoins-from-coldcard), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/coinbase-traced-1-1-million-crypto-trail-behind-ai-phishing-service-eviltokens/)

White-hat researchers moved 52.37 bitcoin taken from vulnerable Coldcard hardware wallets into an address controlled by Crypto Recovery Trust, a Wyoming trust set up so victims can claim funds back, according to Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn.…

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