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Blockaid's incident-report card for the Binance theft, headlined "$6.3B Drained, Signing Service Attack".

Binance Says $6.34 Billion Was Hit; the Reported $15 Unlocked One Wallet

The $2.5 billion is one Ethereum transaction, the $6.34 billion is everything Binance says was affected, and the $15 is a Bloomberg-reported fee for a permission the attackers could already sign for. Here is how the figures fit, and what they mean for exchange customers and self-custody holders.

Tech  · 7 Nov 2026, 12:44  · Daniel Okafor