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Bitcoin stolen from Binance: Security incident

The 18,270 BTC haul is worth about $1.4 billion and comes within 442 coins of SpaceX’s disclosed holdings. Blockchain investigators link the attack to North Korea.

StatusUnder review
Reported loss$1.4B
ChainBitcoin
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-31T05:01:32.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-31T08:49:43.829Z. Revision: 1.