Exchanges news
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Bitcoin Trades Below $80,000 as Long Liquidations Hit $1.34 Billion
Ether funding turned negative on OKX, while bitcoin funding remained positive as leveraged bullish positions were unwound.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto liquidations jump to $1.57 billion as Binance hack sends bitcoin, ether lower
Bitcoin traded near $77,350 after $6.3 billion Binance hack, with crypto futures liquidations jumping to $1.57 billion.
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Binance Says It Has Reserved Over $6.34 Billion to Cover Hack Losses
The exchange says $5 billion is already held in the affected tokens, while withdrawals remain paused during a security overhaul.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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EIP-7702 didn’t cause Binance hack, but may have amplified losses
Security experts say attackers could have drained Binance’s wallets without EIP-7702, but the Ethereum upgrade may have helped bypass withdrawal safeguards.
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Binance hacker’s Bitcoin haul tops Coinbase’s corporate treasury
The attackers held 18,270 BTC early Friday, topping Coinbase’s reported corporate holdings, and an Ether stash exceeding 500,000 ETH.
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Synthetix Recovers 8.4 Million SNX Stolen in Binance Hack
The protocolDAO says the tokens are secured in its Safe and will be returned when Binance requests them.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain’s RUNE jumps 13% after Binance’s record $6.3B hack
North Korean hackers previously used THORChain to move funds stolen from Bybit and Bitget, prompting calls for the protocol to intervene.
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Chainalysis Says Binance Hacker Swapped $325 Million to Evade Freezes
The firm's findings report puts frozen assets at about $2.8 billion and describes transaction patterns suggesting automated laundering.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CZ Says Binance Hack Leaves $2 Billion Gap, Points to SpaceX Shares
Binance has pledged to cover all losses from SAFU and company funds; Zhao did not spell out how the shares would finance reimbursements.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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USDT0 Freezes 6.19 Million Tokens Linked to Binance Exploit
The network also restored USDT transfers between Tron and Ethereum after a precautionary pause.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Finds 'Additional Points of Breach' in $6.3B Hack
CEO Richard Teng said the attack was "not a single 'one-click' action," as Binance confirmed about $3 billion has been frozen.
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Unit Delays All Deposits and Withdrawals After Binance Breach
Guardian screening can prevent transfers from completing as Binance says partners have frozen about $3 billion in affected assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase Q3 net income jumps 66% as prediction markets gain traction
Bernstein analysts said Coinbase's expanding prediction markets and derivatives businesses helped offset weaker spot trading activity.
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Binance Reports More Breach Points in $6.3 Billion Attack
Withdrawals remain paused with a 45-hour restart estimate, while Binance pledges to cover all losses from its SAFU reserve and company funds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Live News: Binance hack rattles crypto as Intel plunges and AI spending fears hit tech
A $6.3 billion Binance hack adds to crypto jitters, while weak earnings outlooks and mounting concerns over AI spending push QQQ down more than 2%.
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Teng Says Binance Breach Was Not a ‘One-Click’ Attack
Withdrawals remain paused while deposits operate normally; Binance says about $3 billion in affected assets has been frozen onchain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FUN Plunges 95% in Uniswap Pool as Binance Exploiter Sells
The main exploiter address also sold RAD and OGN on Uniswap, while about 580.8 million unsold FUN was transferred back to the collection wallet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance hacker dumps a little-known 2017 token and it crashes 90%
The hacker dumped FUN and other smaller tokens into markets too small to absorb large selling, leading to price crashes.
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Live updates: Binance $6.3B hack linked to North Korea’s TraderTraitor
Follow live updates as Binance says $6.3 billion in assets have been stolen in a major hack. Around $3 billion in stolen funds have been frozen.
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Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets
Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.
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North Korea’s TraderTraitor linked to $6.3B Binance hack
TRM Labs says it has high confidence in the attribution, while ZachXBT identified stolen funds from the Binance and Bitget hacks converging at the same address.
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India's largest exchange curbs crypto futures trading as Binance incident disrupts liquidity
CoinDCX has restricted new futures positions after Binance’s security incident disrupted a key liquidity provider. Deposits, withdrawals and customer funds remain unaffected, the exchange said.
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Binance Exploit-Linked Wallet Moves 14,040 ETH to Another Holding Address
Two of the largest tracked wallets still hold about 197,460 ETH and 137,602 ETH, while the transfer recipient holds roughly 19,740 ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Hack’s Bitcoin Sits Unspent Across 19 Addresses
Another 233.46 million XRP remains in one account, leaving investigators a visible trail but no issuer-controlled freeze option for either asset.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainalysis Links $6.4 Billion Binance Hack to North Korea
Binance estimates the impact at $6.3 billion and says about $3 billion has been frozen onchain, with withdrawals still suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze
All 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each, and none has moved since Thursday night, a CoinDesk trace of the blockchain shows.
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CoinDCX Halts New Futures Positions, Citing Liquidity Provider
The exchange says deposits and withdrawals remain available, while traders can still manage margin and close existing futures positions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Exploiter Swaps $911 Million Into ETH and TRX, Arkham Says
The conversions moved USDT beyond Tether’s token-freezing mechanism, while Arkham reported $2.8 billion of the stolen assets already frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MistTrack Links Binance Theft Route to Phemex-Connected Address
Onchain records corroborate the wallet transfers and ETH receipts, but the shared destination does not establish who carried out the two thefts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arkham Puts Binance Hack at $6.01 Billion, With $2.9 Billion Still Movable
Binance separately estimates a $6.3 billion impact and pledges to cover all losses while deposits and withdrawals are suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant