Other

"Prime Trust halts withdrawals and deposits as acquisition fails"

2023-06-22 [vendor] Prime Trust
Primary Source ↗

Incident Details

The planned acquisition by BitGo of the Prime Trust crypto custodian fell through on June 22, as BitGo announced that they had “made the hard decision to terminate its acquisition” after “considerable effort and work to find a path forward”. BitGo had announced its intention to acquire Prime Trust on June 8.Shortly after BitGo’s announcement, Prime Trust client Stably announced that they had received a letter from Prime Trust announcing that deposits and withdrawals would be halted. Prime Trust stated that the halt was by order of the Nevada Financial Institution Division, which had been issued the previous day.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Withdrawal halt / insolvency
Vendor / Product
Prime Trust

Timeline

  1. 2023-06-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-06-22 Publicly disclosed