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Yi He

People. Co-CEO of Binance

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ReportedreservesStatement 209

Binance co-CEO Yi He stated that the $3 billion in located assets represented only about 2% of the company's total user assets and public reserves.

Binance co-CEO Yi He said in a post on X that $3 billion represented only about 2% of the company's total user assets and public reserves.

Speaker
Yi He
Publisher
Yahoo Finance (News media)
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Hackers stole $6.3B from Binance, likely NK and compromised dev's laptop
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sha256 081d1f869eec
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ReportedfreezeStatement 243

Binance co-CEO Yi He said Ripple helped stop about USD 200 million from moving; TRM reports a 40.5M RLUSD freeze; the sources do not say whether the figures measure the same thing.

Binance co-CEO Yi He said Ripple helped stop about USD 200 million from moving; TRM has confirmed the 40.5 million RLUSD freeze onchain.

Speaker
Yi He
Publisher
TRM Labs (Analytics firm)
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North Korea Steals USD 6.36B from Binance in the Largest Hack in History
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sha256 451c3280c64e
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ReportedreservesStatement 132

Cointelegraph reported that co-CEO Yi He said Binance was buying altcoins in quantities matching those stolen as it prepares updated proof of reserves.

Binance is buying altcoins in quantities matching those stolen in the hack as it prepares updated proof of reserves,

Speaker
Yi He
Publisher
Cointelegraph (News media)
Original
As it happened: Binance’s record $6.3B crypto hack
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sha256 c92181b6b4e0
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ReportedreservesStatement 361

Cointelegraph reported that the speaker said the exchange's revenue for the year was sufficient to cover the hack losses and that the company did not need to sell its stake in SpaceX.

that the exchange’s revenue for the year was sufficient to cover the hack losses and that the company did not need to sell its stake in SpaceX.

Speaker
Yi He
Publisher
Cointelegraph (News media)
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Binance says it holds $5B in matching tokens to cover hack losses
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sha256 14088e29a870
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ReportedfreezeStatement 204

The Block reported that co-CEO Yi He said Ripple "promptly" froze roughly $200 million in associated funds.

Ripple "promptly" froze roughly $200 million in associated funds, co-CEO Yi He [said]

Speaker
Yi He
Publisher
The Block (News media)
Original
Binance says it has $6.34 billion ready to cover hack losses
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sha256 d892267152b6
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