deposits as it conducts security checks, freezes funds and coordinates with law enforcement. It previously confirmed it had suspended withdrawals.
Cointelegraph reported at 00:07 UTC on 30 October that Binance said it had temporarily suspended deposits.
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- Cointelegraph reported at 00:07 UTC on 30 October that Binance said it had temporarily suspended deposits. A note on Binance's first 30 October update says it was updated to clarify that deposits remain unaffected. Compare with Binance added a note to its Security Incident Update dated 2026-10-30 saying the announcement was updated on 2026-10-30 to clarify that deposits remain unaffected. (Binance). Side by side
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Cointelegraph reported that Blockaid said it had identified roughly $3.3 billion in suspicious transfers involving Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Blockchain security firm Blockaid said its team had identified roughly $3.3 billion in suspicious transfers involving Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Avalanche.
Cointelegraph reported that Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Tether had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company had frozen more than $1.567 billion in USDT linked to the potential exploit.
Cointelegraph reported that Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said Circle had frozen more than $800 million in USDC in coordination with law enforcement.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said the company had frozen more than $800 million in USDC in coordination with law enforcement and would continue supporting the investigation.
Cointelegraph reported that Changpeng Zhao said the activity appeared to be a hack and that Tether and Circle had frozen approximately $971 million and $823 million respectively.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said the activity appeared to be a hack, adding that Tether and Circle had frozen approximately $971 million and $823 million, respectively. Zhao said he expected all user funds to be fully covered.
Cointelegraph reported that Arkham Intelligence identified wallets labeled binance-hacker-1029 holding approximately $5.84 billion, and noted that this is the wallets' reported holdings, not a confirmed estimate of stolen funds.
Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence later identified a collection of wallets labeled “binance-hacker-1029” holding approximately $5.84 billion in digital assets. The figure represents the wallets’ reported holdings rather than a confirmed estimate of stolen funds.