KuCoin cryptocurrency trade has recovered nearly all of funds misplaced in a $280 million hacking incident in September, a senior government has mentioned.

Johnny Lyu, co-founder and CEO of KuCoin, announced on Nov. 11 that the trade has now recovered 84% of stolen property. Lyu mentioned that the restoration course of concerned “on-chain monitoring, contract improve and judicial restoration.” He additionally famous that the trade will publish extra particulars on reimbursement as soon as the case is closed.

In line with Lyu, KuCoin has resumed full companies for 176 tokens buying and selling on its platform. He mentioned that companies for the remaining cash are scheduled to be reopened earlier than Nov. 22. As beforehand reported, KuCoin has a complete of 230 tradable property on its platform.

Saying the information on Twitter, Lyu didn’t specify the precise quantity of property misplaced to the hacking incident. KuCoin initially estimated consumer losses to account for $150 million, whereas crypto analytics firm Chainalysis subsequently estimated losses at $275 million.

Lyu beforehand advised Cointelegraph that the breach affected scorching wallets holding Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and ERC-20 tokens. A lot of stolen ERC-20 tokens have been subsequently frozen by main crypto initiatives in an effort to stop withdrawals. In early October, Lyu introduced that KuCoin executives managed to search out the suspects of the hack with “substantial proof at hand.”