币圈超级“乌龙指”，交易所误发62万枚比特币

Group 1 - Bithumb mistakenly issued over $40 billion worth of Bitcoin to users due to a clerical error, where a staff member entered "Bitcoin" instead of "Korean Won" for a reward program [1][3] - The error resulted in 695 users receiving 620,000 Bitcoin, leading to a significant sell-off and a temporary price drop of Bitcoin by 17% from approximately 98.29 million KRW (about $67,188) to 81.10 million KRW (about $55,400) [6][8] - Bithumb took immediate action by suspending trading and withdrawals for affected accounts within 35 minutes of the error, and managed to recover 99.7% of the mistakenly issued Bitcoin [6][7] Group 2 - The CEO of Bithumb announced that customers who experienced losses due to panic selling would be compensated for their losses and receive an additional 10% bonus [7] - The incident raised concerns among regulatory bodies, with the Financial Services Commission of South Korea stating that it highlighted the vulnerabilities and risks associated with virtual assets [8] - Bithumb estimated customer losses to be around 1 billion KRW and committed to using company assets to cover any shortfalls to restore customer account balances [8]