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On October 30, 2026, Binance reported a security incident impacting approximately $6.3 billion in assets, with roughly $3 billion frozen. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle froze about $2.37 billion combined, while the Arbitrum Security Council froze $30.5 million. Binance attributed the breach to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop and promised to cover all losses.
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Where Binance's $6.3 billion breach ranks in crypto's biggest hacks and heists