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Bitcoin sinks to $78k after Binance hit with reported $5.3 bln hack

43 outlets Crypto

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Reached 1% of the left-leaning outlets we follow, 2% of center and 1% of right-leaning. Why this matters

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Left-leaning 4

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The Guardian left
Binance said the extent of damages was not known and had not confirmed whether funds had been pilfered Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday it is investigating reports of a potential security issue as its founder said the incident “does look like a hack on Binance”. It wasn’t immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to accomplish and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had been pilfered, but stablecoin issuers quickly f
NBC News left
Fears of Binance hack prompt Tether, Circle to freeze over $1.5 billion in funds
web3 is going just great left
Binance hacked for around $2 billion and counting, some frozen October 29, 2026 https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=binance-hack
Bergen Record left
Binance freezes $2.54 billion in assets as it probes hacking incident

Center 9

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Bloomberg News center
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates a security incident that has so far resulted in the freezing of more than $2.5 billion in assets. The suspected hack sent digital tokens tumbling. bloom.bg/4inThP3 📷: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
Al Jazeera center
Binance founder says world's largest crypto exchange appears to have been hacked.
The Block center
Tether and Circle froze $1.79 billion in USDT and USDC after billions moved out of Binance hot wallets. Binance says it is investigating.
TheStreet center
Binance major shareholder says user funds are safe after reported $2.5B hack
Axios center
Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history
WTOP News center
Binance reports ‘potential security issue’ as stablecoin issuers freeze millions in funds
RTL Today center
Crypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5bn frozen
10TV center
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance says it's investigating reports of a potential security incident
Interesting Engineering center
Binance investigates $5.7 billion outflows in potential record hack

Right-leaning 3

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NY Post Business right
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said its teams were reviewing all relevant information with urgency and added that user funds were safe.
India Today right
Binance, world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, freezes $2.54 bn in assets after potential security breach
The Economic Times right
Binance Hacked? Tether, Circle freeze $2.38 billion after world's largest cryptocurrency exchange probes s

Unrated, estimated and state media 27

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