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Suspected Binance breach weighs on major crypto assets

Bitcoin and ether declined after reports of a $6.3 billion security failure at the exchange. Standard Chartered analysts predict continued downward pressure on digital currency values.

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North Korea suspected in $6.3 billion Binance theft

TRM Labs attributes the $6.3 billion Binance breach to North Korea's TraderTraitor. ZachXBT traced money from the Binance and Bitget incidents to a single wallet.

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Hacker moves $1.4 billion in stolen bitcoin to 19 new wallets

Blockchain data shows a hacker split 18,270 bitcoin, valued at $1.4 billion, into 19 wallets. Seventeen of these hold exactly 1,000 coins each, and none have moved since Thursday night.

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Binance investigates suspected $5.7 billion cryptocurrency theft

Binance is probing a potential breach involving $5.7 billion in assets, with Tether and Circle freezing over $2.37 billion in stablecoins. Bitcoin dropped 2 percent to $78,800 while the exchange confirmed customer funds remain safe.

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Binance reportedly hit by $5.5 billion hack

On-chain data indicates a suspected $5.57 billion drain from Binance across three blockchains. Tether and Circle have frozen $1.8 billion in response to the incident.

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Binance hack impacts $1.8B in stablecoins, CZ says funds safe

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated that user funds are secure following a hack that affected $1.8 billion in USDT and USDC. He expects full coverage for affected users in his capacity as a shareholder.

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