On-chain analyst EmberCN said Binance lost about $3.43 billion in a hack early today, after excluding $2.43 billion in stablecoins that were frozen by issuers. The largest stolen holding was 18,270 BTC, valued at roughly $1.44 billion, and those coins have not yet been moved by the attacker, according to the monitoring update. EmberCN also said other altcoins taken in the incident are being sold into ETH. The hacker’s ETH holdings have reached 467,000 ETH, worth about $1.06 billion. The figures were cited by ChainCatcher in a market analysis newsflash. No other details were provided in the brief update.
ChainCatcher reported, citing on-chain analyst EmberCN, that Binance lost about $3.43 billion in assets in a hack early today. The figure excludes $2.43 billion in stablecoins that were frozen by their issuers.
The largest stolen asset was 18,270 BTC, valued at about $1.44 billion. EmberCN said the hacker has not moved those BTC so far.
Other altcoins taken in the incident are being sold for ETH. The hacker now holds 467,000 ETH worth about $1.06 billion, according to the monitoring data cited in the report.
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