Bitcoin Slides 1.8% to $78,484 as Binance Hack Fears Trigger $356M Long Liquidation
Changpeng Zhao flags possible security breach at world's largest exchange; tech stocks tumble 2.6% on AI spending concerns.
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Changpeng Zhao flags possible security breach at world's largest exchange; tech stocks tumble 2.6% on AI spending concerns.
Only $1.1 million frozen so far as platform cites limited recovery precedent from previous exchange breaches.
Crypto exchange revises loss estimate upward as investigation continues; users remain locked out of funds.
Seychelles-based crypto exchange suspends customer withdrawals following unauthorized transfers from hot wallets Thursday.
Nearly all Bitcoin reserves drained from sidechain used by exchanges; network halted as Blockstream attempts contact with perpetrators.
Bitcoin sidechain pauses all transactions as alleged white-hat hackers withdraw 4,000 BTC from federation wallet.
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team outlined a coordinated AI-agent review of protocol code with a structured triage pipeline, published on 2026-07-09. The effort targets reliability across Ethereum’s multi-client network, with impact hinging on measurable signal gains and faster fixes.