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Unocoin Responds to Security Incident as Arkham Flags 81,000 Zero-Balance Addresses

Unocoin has acknowledged a security incident and remains unavailable while Arkham displays zero balances across roughly 81,000 linked addresses.

Unocoin has acknowledged a security incident and remains unavailable while Arkham displays zero balances across roughly 81,000 linked addresses. This is an original TLT brief synthesising 3 outlets (Bitcoin.com, Crypto.news, Crypto Economy), plus live market data, as of Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:30:06 UTC.

Why it matters

The combination of an exchange outage and unexplained zero balances across a large address set raises questions about wallet activity and the exchange’s ability to demonstrate that customer cryptocurrency remains intact.

Covered by 3 outlets over about 11.3 h — TLT synthesises them all into one brief
  1. Crypto.news
    Unocoin hacked? Website remains down as 81,000 wallets show zero holdings ↗
  2. Bitcoin.com
    India's Unocoin Confirms Server Breach as Arkham Shows 81K Empty Wallets ↗
  3. Crypto Economy
    India's Unocoin Confirms Hack as 81K Wallets Show Zero Balances ↗
Key takeaways
  • Unocoin acknowledged a security incident following reports dated November 9.
  • Arkham displayed zero holdings across approximately 81,000 associated addresses.
  • The exchange remained inaccessible to users during the reported outage.
  • Unocoin says no customer cryptocurrency was lost.
What the reporting agrees on

Bitcoin.com and Crypto.news both report that Unocoin acknowledged a security incident, remained inaccessible after the November 9 event, and was associated on Arkham Intelligence with approximately 81,000 addresses showing zero holdings. Bitcoin.com explicitly says Unocoin maintains that no customer cryptocurrency was lost, while Crypto.news emphasizes the prolonged inaccessibility and the Arkham address snapshot without independently detailing that assurance. The approximately 81,000-address figure is consistent across both outlets, and neither supplied account contradicts the other.

The story so far · 2 briefs
  1. Unocoin Locks Accounts as Zero-Balance Addresses Raise Questions
  2. Unocoin Responds to Security Incident as Arkham Flags 81,000 Zero-Balance Addresses — this brief

Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin acknowledged a security incident following reports dated November 9, according to Bitcoin.com and Crypto.news. The Bengaluru-based platform, founded in 2013, remained unavailable to users during the period covered by the reports, turning the incident into both a security and service-access story.

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence displayed zero holdings across approximately 81,000 addresses attributed to Unocoin. The outlets describe the addresses as associated with the exchange, but the reported snapshot alone does not establish that every wallet was emptied, compromised, or previously controlled by Unocoin. It instead presents a large set of linked addresses whose balances appeared at zero.

Bitcoin.com and Crypto.news agree on the central elements: a confirmed security incident, continued inaccessibility following the November 9 event, and an Arkham snapshot showing roughly 81,000 associated addresses with no displayed holdings. Bitcoin.com carries Unocoin’s position that no customer cryptocurrency funds were lost. Crypto.news places greater emphasis on the outage and the scale of the address set, while its supplied summary does not repeat the loss assurance in detail.

Unocoin’s long operating history places the incident among a continuing set of security and availability concerns for centralized exchanges. The distinction between on-chain wallet balances and customer-account balances is central to understanding the report: the Arkham figure concerns linked addresses, while the assertion that no customer cryptocurrency was lost comes from the exchange itself. No independent reconciliation of the address balances is described in the supplied coverage.

The broader market was weak during the report. Total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.46 trillion, with the overall market broadly down; Bitcoin was down 3.53% over 24 hours, and the Fear & Greed index registered 28, corresponding to Fear. Unocoin does not issue a listed token covered by the supplied market data. The next observable points are restoration of platform access, further explanation of the Arkham balances, and whether Unocoin provides additional evidence supporting its statement that customer cryptocurrency remains intact.

The market when this published · November 12, 2026
Total market cap$2.46T
Bitcoin 24h-3.53%
Ethereum 24h-3.64%
BTC dominance58.6%
Fear & Greed28 · Fear

Unocoin Responds to Security Incident as Arkham Flags 81,000 — questions & answers

What did Unocoin acknowledge?

Unocoin acknowledged a security incident following reports dated November 9. The exchange remained inaccessible to users during the period covered by Bitcoin.com and Crypto.news.

How many Unocoin-linked addresses showed zero holdings?

Arkham Intelligence displayed zero holdings across approximately 81,000 addresses attributed to Unocoin, according to both Bitcoin.com and Crypto.news.

Were customer cryptocurrency funds lost?

Bitcoin.com reports that Unocoin maintains no customer cryptocurrency funds were lost. The supplied coverage does not include an independent reconciliation confirming that assertion.

Which outlets reported this story?

This is an original TLT brief that synthesises reporting from Bitcoin.com, Crypto.news, Crypto Economy, with the key figures cross-checked for agreement across them. It is not a copy of any one article — follow the source links above for the original reporting.

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Market data verified against CoinGecko & Binance · November 12, 2026 ⛓ Timestamped at Bitcoin block #975,578 sha256:332c6b02ecd01921
Corroborated across 3 outlets, reported over about 11.3 h — this is an original TLT summary with live market data, not the original article.Crypto.news · Nov 12 07:10 ↗Bitcoin.com · Nov 12 16:25 ↗Crypto Economy · Nov 12 18:29 ↗

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