When Is a Hack a Defense? Custodial Liability, Issuer Freezes and the Public Loss after the Binance Theft of 29 October 2026
On 29 October 2026, about $6.36 billion was taken from Binance's hot wallets across ten blockchains.
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$6.36 billion USD
Total stolen from Binance hot wallets. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) p.2
Anatomy of the Binance Hot-Wallet Breach of 29 October 2026
An attacker moved roughly US$6.3 billion out of Binance wallets across ten blockchains, with most funds leaving within about 20 minutes starting at 20:05 UTC on 29 October 2026.