Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen

The Hacker News - Oct 30, 2026

Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a "security incident" on its platform has impacted about $6.3 billion worth of assets. The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange said nearly $3 billion of those assets have been frozen on-chain so far.  Tether and Circle said they have frozen more than 1.567 billion USDT and 800 million USDT related to the incident, respectively. The

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