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An independent record of the October 2026 Binance hack
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Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Jonathan Levin said the Binance hack was likely carried out by North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor , citing links to a previous hack. In a post on X, Levin put the theft at $6.4 billion, slightly above Binance’s estimated $6.3 billion impact.
Blockchain security firm Blockaid said its team had identified roughly $3.3 billion in suspicious transfers involving Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said the company had frozen more than $800 million in USDC in coordination with law enforcement and would continue supporting the investigation.
Teng also disclosed that the attacker used a “self-destruct mechanism” to destroy tools and traces during the breach, complicating the investigation.
Binance is aiming to resume withdrawals within 40 hours and publish a full proof-of-reserves report by Monday, co-CEO Richard Teng [said]
The attacker used an EIP-7702 delegation to gain execution authority over a hot wallet, Teng said. That delegation “did not pass through our normal approval controls.”