The Binance hack drained an estimated $6.3 billion from the exchange’s hot wallets across roughly 10 blockchains on the evening of October 29, 2026. The Binance hack is a hot wallet compromise in which an attacker made Binance’s own withdrawal infrastructure sign and send funds to attacker-controlled addresses, mostly within about 20 minutes.
Binance Hack: Inside the $6.3B Hot Wallet Theft
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