{"investigation":{"slug":"wazirx","entity_name":"WazirX","trust_score":66,"severity_base":66,"score_modifier":0,"confidence":1,"status":"published","content_type":"investigation","summary":"WazirX is an Indian cryptocurrency exchange, operated by Zanmai Labs Pvt Ltd under Singapore-registered parent Zettai Pte Ltd, that lost approximately $234.9 million in a July 2024 multisig-wallet exploit later attributed by the governments of the United States, Japan and South Korea to North Korea's Lazarus Group. Beyond the hack itself, the exchange carries a long record of own-conduct risk: a disputed Binance ownership relationship that has complicated victim recovery, a public attribution fight with its former custody provider Liminal, repeated Indian Enforcement Directorate FEMA and money-laundering actions since 2021, and a 15-month freeze on user funds that ended only after a Singapore court approved a revised restructuring plan in October 2025. A Supreme Court of India petition seeking a criminal probe of WazirX's founder was dismissed in April 2025 on jurisdictional grounds, leaving most liability questions unresolved.","sections":[{"content":"WazirX was founded in 2018 by Nischal Shetty, Sameer Hanuman Mhatre and Siddharth Menon and grew rapidly into one of India's largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume. Binance announced an acquisition of WazirX in 2019, but the parties later disputed whether that deal ever closed. The exchange's operating entity in India is Zanmai Labs Pvt Ltd, which is registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit and is the entity the Enforcement Directorate treats as WazirX's operator; Zanmai is described by WazirX as wholly owned by Zettai Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated company. This layered, cross-border structure has been central to disputes over who bears legal responsibility for the 2024 hack and subsequent user losses.","heading":"Overview and Corporate Structure","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/07/wazirx-nischal-shetty-built-indias-largest-crypto-trading-exchange.html","name":"CNBC — How this 36-year-old coder built India's largest crypto trading exchange","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/binance-says-it-doesnt-own-indian-exchange-wazirx-years-after-acquisition-announcement/","name":"TechCrunch — Binance says it doesn't own Indian exchange WazirX, years after acquisition announcement","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://decrypt.co/249897/binance-denies-responsibility-in-wazirx-hack-says-it-never-acquired-the-company","name":"Decrypt — Binance Denies Responsibility in WazirX Hack, Says It Never Acquired the Company","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"On 18 July 2024, WazirX disclosed that approximately $234.9 million in digital assets had been drained from a multisig wallet operated under a custody arrangement with third-party provider Liminal Custody. Attackers allegedly altered the smart contract governing the multisig wallet during a routine signing process by WazirX signatories, taking control of the wallet and transferring out its contents; the exchange suspended crypto trading and withdrawals the same day. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said shortly afterward that the exploit had markings consistent with a Lazarus Group operation, and WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the company was convinced North Korean actors were responsible, though initial attributions by independent analysts were described as preliminary. On 14 January 2025, the United States, Japan and South Korea issued a joint statement formally attributing the WazirX theft, alongside other 2024 crypto thefts totaling $659.13 million, to North Korea; the statement named the Lazarus Group among North Korea-linked threat actors engaged in the campaign. This represents the first official multi-government confirmation of the attack's origin. Under AVOID.NET's anti-conflation principle, the theft itself is treated as a crime WazirX suffered rather than conduct it committed; separate sections below address WazirX's own custody, disclosure and regulatory record.","heading":"July 2024 Hack — Incident and Government Attribution to North Korea","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_WazirX_hack","name":"Wikipedia — 2024 WazirX hack (citing contemporaneous reporting)","type":"other","credibility":3},{"url":"https://unchainedcrypto.com/230-million-wazirx-hack-potentially-linked-to-lazarus-group-say-blockchain-researchers/","name":"Unchained — $230 Million WazirX Hack Potentially Linked to Lazarus Group, Say Blockchain Researchers","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/north-koreas-lazarus-group-behind-235-million-wazirx-hack-confirms-joint-statement-by-us-south-korea-japan-460804-2025-01-14","name":"Business Today — North Korea's Lazarus Group behind $235 million WazirX hack, confirms joint statement by US, South Korea, Japan","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/north-korea-stole-over-659m-in-crypto-heists-during-2024-deploys-fake-job-seekers/","name":"TechCrunch — North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deploys fake job seekers","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://www.halborn.com/blog/post/explained-the-wazirx-hack-july-2024","name":"Halborn — Explained: The WazirX Hack (July 2024)","type":"research","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Binance announced an agreement to acquire WazirX in 2019. In 2022, Binance stated publicly that the acquisition never closed and that it had never held equity in Zanmai Labs, the entity operating WazirX; Shetty disputed this at the time, citing Binance's control of the WazirX domain and AWS root access. After the July 2024 hack, the dispute resurfaced: WazirX filed an affidavit in Singapore High Court proceedings stating Binance had acquired the company in 2019, while Binance reiterated that it never owned, controlled or operated WazirX and said it was not involved in the compromised wallet. Binance also accused Shetty of making inaccurate statements in Singapore court filings. No independent judicial ruling has resolved which account is accurate, and the unresolved ownership question has been cited by victims' representatives as a barrier to assigning accountability for the stolen funds.","heading":"Binance Ownership Dispute","sources":[{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/316819/binance-wazirx","name":"The Block — Binance reiterates assertion it never owned or controlled WazirX amid ongoing $230 million hack fallout","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://decrypt.co/249897/binance-denies-responsibility-in-wazirx-hack-says-it-never-acquired-the-company","name":"Decrypt — Binance Denies Responsibility in WazirX Hack, Says It Never Acquired the Company","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptoslate.com/binance-clarifies-it-never-owned-wazirx-demands-accountability/","name":"CryptoSlate — Binance clarifies it never owned WazirX, demands accountability","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.medianama.com/2024/09/223-binance-denies-wazirxs-ownership-claims-amid-legal-fallout-over-stolen-crypto/","name":"Medianama — Binance denies WazirX's ownership claims amid legal fallout over stolen crypto","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Following the hack, WazirX and its former custody provider, Liminal Custody, publicly disputed which party's infrastructure was compromised. WazirX commissioned a forensic review it said was led by Mandiant (a Google subsidiary); according to a report dated 14 August 2024, the review concluded the attack originated from Liminal Custody's systems rather than WazirX's own IT environment. Liminal rejected this, saying it had not been given the methodology behind WazirX's analysis, and commissioned its own review from Grant Thornton, which on 9 September 2024 reportedly found the breach did not originate from Liminal's infrastructure; Liminal said a data-payload mismatch pointed to a possible compromise on WazirX's side or in its own front-end. In August 2024, WazirX ended its custody relationship with Liminal and moved to new multisig wallet arrangements. No independent, jointly accepted forensic finding has publicly resolved the dispute, and cybersecurity commentators quoted in contemporaneous coverage said that without insider access, definitively establishing the attack's origin from outside both companies is difficult.","heading":"Attribution Dispute: WazirX vs. Liminal Custody","sources":[{"url":"https://inc42.com/buzz/wazirx-hack-liminals-platform-not-responsible-confirms-third-party-forensic-report/","name":"Inc42 — WazirX Hack: Liminal's Platform Not Responsible, Confirms Third-Party Forensic Report","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://benzinga.com/content/40782223/liminal-custody-not-responsible-for-230-wazirx-hack-audit-finds","name":"Benzinga — Liminal Custody Not Responsible for $230M WazirX Hack, Audit Finds","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/start-ups/wazirx-blames-wallet-provider-liminal-for-breach-after-forensic-analysis-124081900798_1.html","name":"Business Standard — After forensic analysis, WazirX blames wallet provider for crypto heist","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/14/wazirx-ends-custody-relationship-with-liminal-is-moving-funds-to-new-multisig-wallets","name":"CoinDesk — WazirX Ends Custody Relationship With Liminal, Is Moving Funds to New Multisig Wallets","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_WazirX_hack","name":"Wikipedia — 2024 WazirX hack","type":"other","credibility":3}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"WazirX's Indian operating entity has faced recurring action from India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) predating the 2024 hack. In June 2021, the ED issued a show-cause notice under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to Zanmai Labs and directors Nischal Shetty and Sameer Hanuman Mhatre over cryptocurrency transactions worth approximately Rs 2,790.74 crore, which the agency said it uncovered while investigating illegal Chinese-linked online betting applications; WazirX said at the time it had not received the notice and was in compliance with applicable law. In August 2022, the ED froze Zanmai Labs' bank deposits worth roughly Rs 64.67 crore and separately alleged that WazirX had helped roughly sixteen fintech firms under money-laundering investigation move funds through crypto transactions, saying required enhanced due diligence and suspicious-transaction reporting had not been performed; the frozen accounts were later unfrozen after WazirX's cooperation with the probe. WazirX filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court in January 2022 seeking to set aside the ED's FEMA proceedings, and the court agreed to hear the exchange's challenge. Separately, in a 2024 probe into the unrelated 'E-Nugget' gaming-app fraud, the ED froze roughly Rs 90 crore held across accounts at Binance, ZebPay and WazirX that it said were linked to the scam; WazirX's own culpability in that case was not alleged beyond holding the accounts.","heading":"Indian Regulatory and Enforcement Actions","sources":[{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/108178/india-law-enforcement-agency-ed-crypto-exchange-wazirx-fema","name":"The Block — Indian law enforcement agency alleges crypto exchange WazirX violated FEMA rules","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.medianama.com/2021/06/223-ed-wazirx-crypto-currencies/","name":"Medianama — ED, WazirX, Crypto-currencies","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-law-enforcement-accuses-wazirx-exchange-of-aiding-in-laundering-of-130m","name":"Cointelegraph — Indian law enforcement accuses WazirX exchange of aiding in laundering of $130M","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.business-standard.com/amp/article/current-affairs/ed-freezes-over-rs-64-crore-bank-deposits-of-crypto-exchange-wazirx-122080501164_1.html","name":"Business Standard — ED freezes over Rs 64 crore bank deposits of crypto exchange WazirX","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://www.outlookmoney.com/news/ed-unfreezes-crypto-exchange-wazirx-s-bank-accounts-after-cooperation-with-investigation-news-222800","name":"Outlook Money — ED unfreezes crypto exchange WazirX's bank accounts after cooperation with investigation","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://inc42.com/?p=373131","name":"Inc42 — Delhi HC To Hear WazirX's Plea Challenging ED's Proceedings","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ed-seizes-rs-90-cr-funds-kept-in-binance-zebpay-wazirx-wallets-3001695","name":"Deccan Herald — ED seizes Rs 90 cr funds kept in Binance, ZebPay, WazirX wallets","type":"news_article","credibility":1}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Following the hack, Zettai Pte Ltd (WazirX's Singapore-incorporated parent) sought court protection in Singapore to restructure its obligations to users whose funds remained frozen. An initial restructuring scheme won creditor backing of 93.1% in an April 2025 vote, but the Singapore High Court declined to sanction it on 16 June [2025], citing inadequate safeguards for creditors; the court later set aside that decision and permitted a revote on an amended scheme, held from 30 July to 6 August 2025. In the revote, 95.7% of voting creditors by number, representing 94.6% by value, approved the amended plan, and on 13 October 2025 the High Court of Singapore sanctioned the scheme with modifications. Under the approved plan, eligible users were to receive an initial payout structured around roughly 85% of pre-hack portfolio value, with the remainder covered by tradeable 'Recovery Tokens' tied to WazirX's future profits, trading fees and any law-enforcement recoveries, subject to buybacks over a multi-year period; some commentators cautioned that realized recovery could ultimately be lower depending on the exchange's future performance. WazirX restarted trading and withdrawal operations on 24 October 2025, more than fifteen months after the hack froze user funds. Separately, a Supreme Court of India petition brought by 54 hack victims seeking a criminal investigation into Shetty, Binance and Liminal was dismissed on 16 April 2025, with the bench holding that cryptocurrency regulation was a matter for government policy rather than the courts, and advising petitioners to approach regulators such as the Reserve Bank of India instead.","heading":"Singapore Moratorium, Restructuring and Fund Recovery","sources":[{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/10/13/wazirx-restructuring-cleared-in-massive-relief-for-usd230m-hack-victims","name":"CoinDesk — WazirX Restructuring Cleared in Massive Relief for $230M Hack Victims","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/singapore-court-approves-crypto-exchange-wazirx-s-scheme-of-arrangement-125101301118_1.html","name":"Business Standard — Singapore court approves crypto exchange WazirX's scheme of arrangement","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_WazirX_hack","name":"Wikipedia — 2024 WazirX hack","type":"other","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/06/05/singapore-court-rejects-wazirx-restructuring-june-6-moratorium-last-hope/","name":"CryptoTimes — Singapore Court Rejects WazirX Restructuring, June 6 Moratorium Last Hope","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/04/15/supreme-court-to-hear-wazirx-victims-case-against-nischal-shetty/","name":"CryptoTimes — Supreme Court to Hear WazirX Victims' Case Against Nischal Shetty","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/04/238676-indias-supreme-court-rejects-wazirx-hack-victims-petition-citing-lack-of-regulatory-clarity/","name":"CrowdFund Insider — India's Supreme Court Rejects WazirX Hack Victims' Petition, Citing Lack of Regulatory Clarity","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.tronweekly.com/wazirx-victims-dead-end/","name":"TronWeekly — WazirX Hack Victims Hit Dead End as Supreme Court Dismisses Petition","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.unlock-bc.com/en/wazirx-relaunches-after-restructuring-promises-recovery-tokens-in-10-days","name":"Unlock BC — WazirX relaunches after restructuring, promises Recovery Tokens in 10 days","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"After the hack, WazirX said it approached India's Financial Intelligence Unit and the FBI to assist in recovering stolen funds, and it later said it had frozen a first tranche of roughly $3 million in USDT linked to the theft. Separately, and unrelated to the 2024 hack, US authorities used the India-US Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to request Indian help recovering proceeds of an approximately $122,000 Florida bank-impersonation fraud that had been traced to a WazirX account held in the name of an Indian national, Punam Jaiswal, who has since died; India's Ministry of Home Affairs forwarded the request to the CBI in January 2025, and a preliminary CBI inquiry in mid-2025 found the account's crypto holdings may include proceeds of financial crime. Reported figures for the assets involved in the Jaiswal case (described in some outlets as including a specific rupee amount, cited elsewhere as roughly 0.26 BTC, 7.83 ETH and about ₹870,000) come from a single news outlet and have not been independently corroborated by an official CBI or DOJ statement; a precise cash-seizure figure in different rupee terms reported elsewhere could not be verified against any primary source and is therefore not repeated here.","heading":"Law Enforcement Response and International Cooperation","sources":[{"url":"https://www.business-standard.com/markets/cryptocurrency/wazirx-dials-fiu-ind-fbi-to-recover-funds-lost-to-230-million-heist-124073000972_1.html","name":"Business Standard — WazirX dials FIU-IND, FBI to recover funds lost to $230 million heist","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://coinedition.com/indias-cbi-freezes-crypto-assets-after-u-s-doj-fraud-request/","name":"Coin Edition — India's CBI Freezes Crypto Assets After U.S. DOJ Fraud Request","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://ts.yourstory.com/2025/01/wazirx-freezes-first-tranche-stolen-funds-worth-3m-usdt","name":"YourStory (ts.yourstory.com) — WazirX freezes first tranche of stolen funds worth $3M USDT","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"The July 2024 hack exposed weaknesses in WazirX's multisig custody model: control of a wallet holding hundreds of millions of dollars in user assets depended on a third-party custody arrangement (Liminal) whose smart-contract interface was allegedly manipulated while WazirX's own signatories were in the process of authorizing a routine transaction, allowing attackers to seize full control of the wallet. Security researchers who reviewed the incident, including FTI Cybersecurity, noted the attack exploited the interface and signing process rather than any single private key, a method consistent with sophisticated state-linked actors but also one that depended on gaps in WazirX's operational verification of what it was signing. WazirX subsequently exited its custody relationship with Liminal and moved to new multisig arrangements, and later partnered with BitGo for custody as part of its October 2025 relaunch.","heading":"Operational Security and Custody Practices","sources":[{"url":"https://fticybersecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/FTI-Cybersecurity-Threat-Intel-Report-WazirX-Crypto-Heist.pdf","name":"FTI Cybersecurity — Threat Intel Report: WazirX Crypto Heist","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.halborn.com/blog/post/explained-the-wazirx-hack-july-2024","name":"Halborn — Explained: The WazirX Hack (July 2024)","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/14/wazirx-ends-custody-relationship-with-liminal-is-moving-funds-to-new-multisig-wallets","name":"CoinDesk — WazirX Ends Custody Relationship With Liminal, Is Moving Funds to New Multisig Wallets","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://decrypt.co/345632/wazirx-to-resume-trading-and-withdrawals-more-than-a-year-after-234m-hack","name":"Decrypt — WazirX to Resume Trading and Withdrawals More Than a Year After $234M Hack","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2018","event":"WazirX is founded by Nischal Shetty, Sameer Hanuman Mhatre and Siddharth Menon.","source":"CNBC","source_url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/07/wazirx-nischal-shetty-built-indias-largest-crypto-trading-exchange.html"},{"date":"2019","event":"Binance announces an agreement to acquire WazirX; whether the acquisition ever legally closed is later disputed by both parties.","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/binance-says-it-doesnt-own-indian-exchange-wazirx-years-after-acquisition-announcement/"},{"date":"2021-06","event":"India's Enforcement Directorate issues a FEMA show-cause notice to Zanmai Labs (WazirX) and directors Nischal Shetty and Sameer Hanuman Mhatre over crypto transactions worth about Rs 2,790.74 crore.","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/108178/india-law-enforcement-agency-ed-crypto-exchange-wazirx-fema"},{"date":"2022-08","event":"Binance publicly states it never completed the WazirX acquisition and never held equity in Zanmai Labs; the ED separately freezes Zanmai Labs bank deposits of about Rs 64.67 crore and alleges WazirX helped move funds for firms under money-laundering investigation.","source":"TechCrunch / Business Standard","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/binance-says-it-doesnt-own-indian-exchange-wazirx-years-after-acquisition-announcement/"},{"date":"2024-07-18","event":"WazirX discloses that about $234.9 million in crypto assets was drained from a multisig wallet held under custody arrangement with Liminal Custody; trading and withdrawals are suspended.","source":"Wikipedia (citing contemporaneous 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issue a joint statement formally attributing the WazirX theft, among other 2024 crypto heists, to North Korea.","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/north-korea-stole-over-659m-in-crypto-heists-during-2024-deploys-fake-job-seekers/"},{"date":"2025-04","event":"The Supreme Court of India dismisses a petition from 54 WazirX hack victims seeking a criminal probe of Nischal Shetty, Binance and Liminal, ruling crypto regulation is a matter for government policy.","source":"TronWeekly","source_url":"https://www.tronweekly.com/wazirx-victims-dead-end/","date_evidence":"the verdict on April 16 dashed hopes on the exchange users and the broader crypto community","date_original":"2025-04-16"},{"date":"2025-06","event":"The Singapore High Court declines to sanction WazirX's first restructuring scheme despite 93.1% creditor approval, citing inadequate creditor safeguards.","source":"CryptoTimes","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/06/05/singapore-court-rejects-wazirx-restructuring-june-6-moratorium-last-hope/"},{"date":"2025-08","event":"Creditors revote on an amended restructuring scheme; 95.7% by number and 94.6% by value approve it.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/10/13/wazirx-restructuring-cleared-in-massive-relief-for-usd230m-hack-victims"},{"date":"2025-10-13","event":"The High Court of Singapore sanctions WazirX's amended restructuring scheme, clearing the way for user fund recovery.","source":"Wikipedia (citing court sanction)","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_WazirX_hack","date_evidence":"On 13 October 2025, the High Court of Singapore sanctioned (with modifications) a creditor-approved restructuring scheme"},{"date":"2025-10-24","event":"WazirX restarts trading and withdrawal operations, more than fifteen months after the hack froze user funds.","source":"Wikipedia 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