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GOPAX Halts Trading and Withdrawals After Hack Threat: What Happened to Customer Funds?

Crypto Investigations / Emilia / November 6, 2026

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX suspended trading, deposits and standard withdrawals on November 6, 2026, after receiving an email from an unidentified party claiming to have hacked the platform. The emergency shutdown comes amid growing security concerns across South Korea’s financial sector. However, GOPAX has not confirmed that hackers successfully accessed or stole customer cryptocurrency.

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Mercado Bitcoin Hack: $48.6 Million Stolen Across 10 Blockchains as Wallet Drains Continued After Containment Claim

Crypto Investigations / RIZ A / November 4, 2026

Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin suffered a major security breach on November 2, with blockchain investigators tracing approximately $48.6 million in assets transferred across 10 networks. But the most troubling finding is not simply the size of the theft. According to blockchain analytics firm Bitquery, the attacker continued emptying thousands of customer deposit addresses after

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FBI Identifies 628 Wallets in Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack: Where Did the Stolen Crypto Go?

Crypto Investigations / RIZ A / November 2, 2026

The FBI has released 628 cryptocurrency addresses associated with the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance, giving investigators and blockchain companies a new set of leads for tracking stolen assets. The disclosure also raises a critical question: how much of the cryptocurrency remains accessible to the attackers, and how much can realistically be

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Binance Replaces $6B After Hack: What Remains Missing

Crypto Investigations / RIZ A / November 1, 2026

Binance has begun restoring cryptocurrency withdrawals after replacing approximately $6 billion in assets stolen during a historic cyberattack. But while the exchange is moving to protect customer balances, billions in stolen cryptocurrency remain at the center of an international investigation. Binance is attempting to restore confidence following one of the most damaging security breaches in

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Binance $6.3 Billion Hack: Where Is the BNB Transaction Trail? Inside the Wallet Exploit, North Korea Links and Missing Evidence

Crypto Investigations / Emilia / October 30, 2026

The October 29, 2026, cyberattack on Binance has exposed one of the most serious security failures in cryptocurrency exchange history. Approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets was stolen from exchange-controlled wallets, according to Binance, while blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs calculated the theft at approximately $6.36 billion across ten blockchain networks. The scale alone makes

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Binance $6.3 Billion Hack: North Korean Group Suspected as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Stablecoins Are Stolen

Crypto Investigations / JOHN D / October 30, 2026

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading activity, is facing an unprecedented cybersecurity crisis after attackers moved approximately $6.3 billion in cryptocurrencies from exchange-controlled wallets on October 29, 2026. The incident is the largest publicly reported cryptocurrency theft on record, exceeding the roughly $1.5 billion Bybit hack of February 2025 by more than four

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