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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Bitcoin Price Briefly Slides to $76,300 as Binance Confirms Hack Estimated at $6.3 Billion
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Briefly Slides to $76,300 as Binance Confirms Hack Estimated at $6.3 Billion Bitcoin traded in the $76,300 range on Thursday as Binance confirmed a security breach that the exchange estimates at $6.3 billion in total impact. The figure would place the incident among...
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$6 billion Binance hack sends bitcoin, ether tumbling; Standard Chartered expects more pain
Bitcoin and ether slid after a suspected $6.3 billion Binance security breach and a Polymarket exploit. Standard Chartered says crypto prices may remain under pressure before finding a base.
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Institutional crypto investors rush to pull funds from exchanges after Binance hack
The withdrawals suggest the fallout from the multibillion-dollar breach is spreading beyond Binance.
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Binance hack could accelerate shift to DEXs: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says the breach could accelerate a shift toward decentralized trading and strengthen his case for Uniswap’s UNI token reaching $100 by 2030.
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Crypto's longtime foe, North Korea's Lazarus Group, likely behind Binance hack: blockchain sleuths
Security researchers suggested that the hermit kingdom's Lazarus Group was behind Thursday's nearly $6 billion hack of the world's largest crypto exchange.
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MistTrack Quarterly Update: KYA Batch Screening and Tracing Canvas Now Available
To address the practical needs of batch risk screening and on-chain fund investigations, MistTrack has recently introduced two new features: KYA Batch Screening and Tracing Canvas. The former helps risk management and compliance teams process large numbers of wallet addresses in one place and...
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Bitcoin slides below $77,000, BNB drops amid Binance hack
BNB lost 7.1%, while Binance Co-CEO Yi He pledged that the exchange will cover all user losses resulting from the hack.
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LIVE: Binance suspends withdrawals amid massive crypto hack
Billions of dollars worth of digital assets left wallets controlled by the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, on Thursday afternoon New York time. Pending the success of any recovery efforts, the dollar value of missing assets tentatively rank Binance’s loss today among the largest heists in...
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Binance hack drained wallets backing customer assets, reserve data shows
Binance’s own reserve data lists the drained wallets as backing customer balances, leaving its ether backing an estimated 6% short until the exchange replaces what was stolen.
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Binance hack may involve private key ‘misuse,’ not theft: Blockaid CEO
Blockaid’s Ido Ben-Natan suspects attackers manipulated Binance’s transaction-signing infrastructure, drawing parallels with the Bybit hack.
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Binance hack rattles crypto markets as BNB falls 7%, Bitcoin slides
Bitcoin and Ether tumbled as the broader crypto market fell 3.3%, with reports of suspicious multibillion-dollar transfers from Binance-linked wallets fueling uncertainty.
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Bitcoin Price Slides Below $79,000 as Binance Loses $5.8 Billion in Massive Hack
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Slides Below $79,000 as Binance Loses $5.8 Billion in Massive Hack Bitcoin dropped below $79,000 on Thursday as reports of a suspected multibillion-dollar hack at Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, rippled through markets. The selloff followed reports of...
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Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
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Binance Wallet Outflows Widen to Three Accounts in Suspected Hack
Records show 823 million USDC left Hot Wallet 34, while Binance 14 was swept again 40 minutes after its initial outflow.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance investigating hack as suspicious outflows reach up to $5.8 billion
Tether and Circle froze $1.79 billion in USDT and USDC after billions moved out of Binance hot wallets. Binance says it is investigating.
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Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion
An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.
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Binance investigates potential multibillion-dollar hack
Binance said it is investigating a potential security breach after suspicious wallet transfers, while co-founder CZ reported nearly $1.8 billion in frozen stablecoins.
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Tether Freezes 971 Million USDT in Wallet Linked to Suspected Binance Drain
Binance says it is investigating a potential security issue but has not confirmed any impact to user funds.... Read the full story at The Defiant