𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗽|Oct 29, 2026 22:03
So, here’s what happened: Binance hot wallets were drained of $5.60B today across Ethereum, Bitcoin and Tron.
$200m were transferred few minutes ago, so hack is still ongoing
Here is what is on-chain rn: what is frozen vs not, and the addresses to watch.
➮ Totals
✧ $5.60B pulled from Binance hot wallets
✧ 3 chains: Ethereum, Bitcoin, Tron
✧ 67 assets, 63 of them swept out of Binance 14 in a single tx
✧ Attack vector not confirmed at time of writing
➮ Frozen so far: $2.38B
✧ $1.56B USDT frozen by @Tether_to: $1.18B on Ethereum + $379M on Tron
✧ $823M USDC frozen by @circle
✧ Thats ~42% of the haul neutralized within the day
➮ Not frozen: ~$2.6B
✧ 18,270 BTC ($1.45B) - nobody can freeze this
✧ 197K ETH ($451M) - same
✧ ~$730M USDT still unfrozen, Tether can still act on it
✧ Rest: TRX ($234M), RLUSD ($88.5M), WBETH ($75M), XAUT ($50M) and a tail of smaller tokens
➮ Addresses to watch (paste into etherscan / mempool / tronscan)
Ethereum, attacker main, holds the frozen USDT + USDC:
0x5227f603c1ee34ce3c06efe6477003bdfccb2f8c
Ethereum, 195,460 ETH parked here:
0x8532fa14acaf483729c449b8458aeddb900543d4
Main sweep tx, 63 tokens out of Binance 14:
0x53bd38b816c23e74134786c29a8c18d792777998a3b9326047b583100e88e2f3
Bitcoin, 18,270 BTC received:
bc1q0mtc2f5agpkvlq6hhahmfr3hlr55kyfjhl2mnm
Tron, 612.7M USDT received, 313M of it frozen:
TG5iBMQPrDzJJAUM8GMVBf1hRaJ1wvzsGi
Tron, 216M USDT, not frozen:
TSUUVjysXV8YqHytSNjfkNXnnB49QDvZpx
➮ Context
✧ Previous record: Bybit, Feb 2025, $1.5B in ETH. This is ~3.8x that
✧ Binance 2019 hack: ~7,000 BTC, ~$40M, covered by SAFU
✧ Binance 2022 BNB bridge: ~$570M, most of it frozen by validators within hours
✧ Moreover, SAFU fund was ~$1B at last disclosure. This hack is 5x+ that, so the coverage question is Binance balance sheet, not SAFU
➮ What matters next
1/ Whether Tether freezes the remaining ~$730M USDT, and whether Ripple does the same with $88.5M RLUSD
2/ First outbound hops from the BTC and ETH addresses, bridges or mixers. Until then $1.9B is just sitting there
3/ Binance withdrawal status and an official statement on how 63 tokens got signed out of Binance 14
4/ Whether this follows Bybit pattern: that money went through THORChain within days, same route would show up fast here
Will update as the addresses move.
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