**[Bithumb: Dormant accounts on the platform hold over $200 million in crypto assets, plans to notify customers and assist in account recovery]** BlockBeats News, January 2 – South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has discovered that over $200 million worth of customer assets are in dormant status across approximately 2.6 million accounts on the platform. This disclosure is part of the exchange's initiative to recover dormant assets from users who have not logged in or traded for over a year. Bithumb stated that the total balance of inactive accounts amounts to approximately 291.6 billion Korean won (around $201.8 million), with some marked accounts having been dormant for over ten years. The largest single dormant holding is valued at approximately $2.84 million, with the longest dormancy period reaching 4,380 days (nearly 12 years). Some inactive holdings have seen returns exceeding 61,000% (around 610 times). These figures point to early participants who entered the crypto space during its initial market boom but have not returned since. Bithumb plans to directly notify eligible customers and assist in account recovery, positioning this initiative as part of broader customer protection efforts, including helping users rediscover assets they may have forgotten.