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Binance's $6.3B security incident: nearly half is already frozen on-chain

Per Binance's announcement, it estimates the total gross impact at about $6.3 billion. About $3 billion has been frozen on-chain, and users will be compensated in full from SAFU and company funds. The preliminary investigation points to a DevOps engineer's laptop that may have been compromised, and other intrusion points were found later. No private key leakage has been found so far.

Teng said the attacker used Ethereum EIP-7702 account delegation to gain on-chain execution rights over one hot wallet, bypassing normal approvals.

Frozen is not the same as recovered, but issuers hit the brakes. According to Reuters, Tether froze nearly 1.57 billion USDT and Circle froze more than 800 million USDC, over $2.38 billion combined, which is included in the ~$3 billion.

My three takeaways:
1. Hot wallets are for liquidity. Keep large holdings in layers.
2. Device security is asset security. One laptop can be the way in.
3. Check whether your assets have "brakes": freezable stablecoins and RWA add protection after the fact.

What I'm watching: Binance targets a phased withdrawal restart from Sunday 11/1 if security checks pass, and proof of reserves (PoR) results by Monday 11/2.

Seeing clearly is the first step before any decision.

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NYSE's owner is starting to bet on 24/7 US stocks

On October 29 (ET), ICE, the parent company of the NYSE, took a stake in Trade[XYZ] and plans to launch regulated, Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures in the US.

The same day, Druckenmiller made his first post on X: he is excited to be an investor in Trade[XYZ]. According to an SEC filing, as of June 30 his family office held 2.94 million shares of PURR (whether it still holds them is unclear). HYPE rose nearly 20% that day (CoinDesk).

Trade[XYZ] says it has done more than $650 billion in cumulative volume.

My take: when the people who own the NYSE start building around the clock, tokenized stocks stop being a crypto side quest. But don't rush:
1. A perpetual contract is not owning the stock. It is leveraged and carries liquidation risk.
2. The US market still needs approval from the CFTC and other regulators, and there is no launch timeline.
3. According to Bloomberg, ICE and CME raised concerns as recently as May this year about crude-oil-related trading on Hyperliquid.

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