CZ: Binance May Have Been Hacked as Tether and Circle Freeze Over $2.3B in Stablecoins

First reported Oct 29, 2026, 21:54 UTC

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CZ: Binance May Have Been Hacked as Tether and Circle Freeze Over $2.3B in Stablecoins Breaking: Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said the exchange appeared to have been hacked but that user funds were safe. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company had frozen over 1.567… — @WuBlockchain (X), Oct 29, 2026, 21:54 UTC
Binance investigates a possible security breach @binance says its security teams are looking into reports of a potential security issue and that user funds are “completely safe.” The exchange has not confirmed a hack, says it will share updates only through official channels… — @BSCNews (X), Oct 29, 2026, 21:59 UTC
kemarin malam binance lagi rame soal "hack miliaran dolar" banyak angka beredar. ada yang bilang $2 miliar, ada yang $5,8 miliar. biar ga kena hoax, sini paman cerita kronologinya pelan2 👀 apa yang terjadi? dari pantauan on-chain, ada transfer besar dari hot wallet (dompet yang… — @bukanpamanmu (X), Oct 29, 2026, 23:53 UTC
Binance CEO: hack was not "one-click," no evidence of any wallet private key leak 🖤 Laptop compromise may have started it, but the attack was more complex 🖤 ~$6.3B impact, ~$3B frozen, all losses covered 🖤Withdrawals paused, post-mortem to follow — link — Rickler Feed, Oct 30, 2026, 07:47 UTC

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