Veytics Intelligence
2026-10-30 · DW

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance suspends trading amid a suspected cyberattack now linked to North Korea

The world's largest cryptocurrency platform, Binance, confirmed on Thursday that it was investigating a potential security breach that resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact. Analysts said the breach could amount to the largest-ever crypto heist "It does look like a hack on Binance," said former company chief Changpeng Zhao, who remains a major shareholder. Binance said it worked to freeze the affected assets and that it had located about $3 billion so far. It did not provide information about the remaining $3.3 billion. "Binance will cover all hacking losses," co-founder Yi He said, without providing more details about the incident. Some $3 billion (€2.7 billion) had been frozen in response to the suspected hack.

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