The exchange reopened withdrawals in phases starting with bitcoin and now says it has covered most of the stolen assets while customers pulled billions off the

US investigators attributed the largest crypto theft on record to North Korean actors and asked exchanges and protocols to help freeze and trace the proceeds.

The Binance founder publicly credited US authorities for recovering part of the loot and for preventing a deeper market selloff after the breach.

The country's largest exchange paused withdrawals after Hypernative flagged the multi-chain drain, adding to a week of exchange security incidents.

Binance's emergency insurance wallet fell to about 7,500 BTC after a 7,499 BTC transfer, with no timeline for restoring the roughly $1 billion fund.

CZ told users to be wary of fraudsters posing as recovery services in the aftermath of the record hack.

Blockchain analysts tracked the rapid dispersal of stolen assets, though Elliptic said it found no evidence AI was used in the laundering.

US spot bitcoin funds shed $515 million in net October withdrawals and ether funds posted a record $1.61 billion monthly outflow as sentiment soured.

Node operators paused swaps across 10 networks, and the protocol's co-founder rejected calls to comply with FBI freezing demands.

A growing coalition of blue-chip companies is pushing back on a plan by OKX and ICE to offer tokenized versions of US equities.

Pyongyang rejected US allegations over the $6.3 billion theft, pushing back on the FBI's formal attribution.

Rival exchanges captured fleeing customer funds as Binance processed record net outflows following the hack.

BTC steadied after the record theft, with analysts noting the market absorbed the shock far better than it would have a decade ago.

US investigators urged the private sector to help block laundering while fraudsters targeted users rattled by the breach.

Michael Saylor's company continued its treasury accumulation even as the Binance hack roiled crypto markets.

Detailed reconstructions describe the speed of the theft and the irony of an exchange long accused of enabling crypto crime becoming the largest victim.

This year's tally of stolen crypto far exceeds last year's pace, showing a broad rise in exchange and protocol attacks.

Investors reassessed where to hold assets after the Binance breach, with OKX's founder conceding no exchange is fully safe.