BlueBenx dismisses staff, suspends withdrawals after $32 mn hack: Report

Brazilian crypto lender BlueBenx laid off a majority of its staff and barred withdrawals of all its 22,000 members after an alleged theft of $32 million in cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph reported. An anonymous investor reportedly said there's a high probability of it being a scam as the theft "seems like...something they invented". BlueBenx had guaranteed up to 66% returns on cryptocurrency.