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An independent record of the October 2026 Binance hack
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Elliptic's analysis shows that $6.43 billion in cryptoassets was stolen from Binance on October 29, 2026, more than four times the $1.46 billion stolen from Bybit in 2025.
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The FBI has previously attributed the Bybit and DMM Bitcoin thefts to TraderTraitor.
The long preparation, the apparent targeting of staff and the use of Binance's own systems to sign transactions resemble earlier TraderTraitor thefts, including Bybit.
Elliptic has identified common service usage between those laundering the Binance funds and those behind three earlier thefts attributed to TraderTraitor, from BigONE, WOO X and AFX.
Tether froze that wallet 37 minutes later, locking 1.18 billion USDT in place
Elliptic has verified $2.85 billion of frozen or seized funds, 44% of the theft