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$6.3 Billion Taken From Binance, Most in About 20 Minutes, One Firm Says. Who Did It?

About $6.3 billion was taken from Binance in what looks like the largest crypto theft on record. Private firms link it to a North Korean hacking unit; the Secret Service and FBI are involved; American agencies have not named a culprit in their statements. North Korea has denied past hacking claims.

By the Monochrome Chronicles desk, from reports by NPR, BBC News, CNN and CNBC
Edited by Daniel Varrone · · Watch the Short on YouTube

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Transcript of the video edition

Someone just took about six point three billion dollars from Binance, the biggest crypto exchange. One tracking firm says most left in about twenty minutes.

It would be the largest crypto theft on record, about four times the old one. Private firms link it to a North Korean unit. American agencies have not confirmed that.

The Secret Service and FBI are involved, and the American company Circle froze over eight hundred million dollars. Binance says about three billion is frozen.

Binance promises to cover every loss. Some lawyers warn that may not be legally binding, and a top American regulator says offshore exchanges lack American safeguards. Bitcoin fell about five percent at first.

So who took it?

Sources

  1. NPR, Oct 30, 2026: Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance (TRM: about $6.36 billion on ten blockchains, most in about 20 minutes; TraderTraitor attribution; about $3 billion frozen; Binance will cover all losses)
  2. BBC News, Oct 30, 2026: Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea (Secret Service statement; Bitcoin down about 5%; Bybit $1.5 billion comparison; experts warn the promise to cover losses may not be legally binding; North Korea denies hacking)
  3. CNN, Oct 30, 2026: Binance crypto hack: North Korea suspected to be behind biggest-ever heist (FBI and Secret Service statements; firms’ attributions; withdrawals expected back by Sunday)
  4. CNBC, Oct 30, 2026: $6.3 billion Binance hack is largest crypto theft on record (FBI statement; Circle froze more than $800 million; Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Michael Selig on offshore exchanges; Bitcoin down more than 4%)
  5. CBS News and Associated Press, Oct 30, 2026: $6.3 billion Binance hack was likely work of North Korea, blockchain intel firms say (about $3 billion frozen; TRM and Chainalysis attributions)
  6. TRM Labs, Oct 30, 2026: North Korea Steals USD 6.36 Billion From Binance (the firm’s own attribution and tally, including $823 million in USDC frozen by Circle)
  7. AP via San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 30, 2026: Binance reserved more than $6.34 billion of company funds; Trump on North Korea: “We’re looking at that”
  8. FinanceFeeds, Oct 30, 2026: lawyers at Edwin Coe say customers should not regard the pledge as legally binding
  9. Al Jazeera, Oct 30, 2026: Bitcoin fell about 5 percent; North Korea denies involvement in hacking

This video edition was scripted with automated tools from the sources listed, narrated by a synthetic voice and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com

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