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8426 ETH were taken from a Binance hacker without a private key, Polygon prepares a hard fork for $6.8 million

The Arbitrum network security council used special powers to transfer 8426 ETH and 74.6 million ARB from the Binance hacker's wallet - the owner's signature was not required for this. In parallel, Binance and Polymarket submitted a proposal to Polygon governance for a hard fork that would seize 70.49 million POL (about $6.8 million) from five addresses.

Binance has opened the second stage of withdrawals: the crypto exchange is recovering after a $6.3 billion hack

From 07:00 Moscow time on November 3, Binance is again letting money out according to a new list of assets. This is the second stage of unblocking after the largest hack in the exchange's history, which caused withdrawals to be stopped completely.

Mercado Bitcoin halted withdrawals: over $40M drained from the crypto exchange's wallets across 10 networks

Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals on Monday, November 2, after its wallets were emptied across ten blockchains at once. Loss estimates from specialized security firms exceed $40M.

Largest theft in crypto history: Binance crypto exchange reserved its $6.34 billion

Late in the evening on October 29, about $6.3-6.4 billion across 10 blockchains was withdrawn from Binance's hot wallets (network-connected storage from which client payouts are made). This is the largest theft in the industry's history - roughly four times larger than the $1.5 billion Bybit hack in February 2025.

Binance hacker sold seven altcoins for $158 million and moved into 70,480 ETH

The attacker who withdrew about $3 billion from Binance sold off seven tokens for $158.25 million and used all the proceeds to buy 70,480 ETH. About $2.86 billion remains under his control, while issuers managed to freeze another roughly $2.69 billion.