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Binance suffered an estimated $6.3 billion security breach on October 29, 2026, in what blockchain investigators describe as the largest cryptocurrency theft on record. The exchange suspended
Three Things to Know A suspected Binance hack left one attacker address holding a large Ether stash that no issuer can freeze. Ether trades below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, and sel
TLDR Singapore police say tampered Ledger wallets caused about $2.7 million in losses, with the first case reported on September 10. South Korea may delay its 22% crypto tax for a fourth time
Ethereum fees spiked to the highest levels since April, showing a sudden burst of activity in the ecosystem in the aftermath of the Binance hack. Decentralized trading and MEV bot fees were t
TL;DR Binance estimates that approximately $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was affected after attackers allegedly exploited access through a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop. The company i
The cryptocurrency market has been rocked by reports of a staggering $6.3 billion security breach involving Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, sending shockwaves through th
TLDR A BIS committee published a report on Oct. 29 outlining four central bank roles in a changing payments system. The four roles are issuer, operator, overseer and catalyst. The report call
North Korea is behind the Binance hack of 29 October 2026, according to two leading blockchain investigators. TRM Labs attributes the attack with high confidence to TraderTraitor, a North Kor
TLDR Circle will start lowering burn limits on its legacy Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V1) on October 31, 2026. The old contracts are set to be paused on December 1, 2026, ending cross
TLDR TRM Labs linked the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit, part of the Lazarus Group. Most stolen funds moved across ten blockchains in about 20 minutes on Octobe
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has reported that Thursday’s security breach affected approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets, with about $3 billi
The attackers in the $6.3 billion Binance theft have started to split their haul along the lines of assets that can be frozen or potentially clawed back and assets beyond freeze controls. On
