Binance Hack Takes Another Twist as Hackers Amass 2,300 More Bitcoin
By Jamie Redman
In the aftermath of the colossal $6.3 billion Binance hack, which saw 18,270.2 BTC drained from the crypto exchange’s wallet, onchain intelligence and blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has revealed that the attacker’s bitcoin holdings are growing considerably larger. According to Elliptic, the hackers have converted…
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The first and largest cryptocurrency, created in 2009, with a fixed maximum supply and no central issuer.
Its price swings and adoption by funds and companies make it a bellwether for the whole crypto market.
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A digital currency secured by cryptography and recorded on a blockchain, without a central bank issuing it.
Crypto prices are volatile, and governments are still deciding how to regulate it.
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A shared digital ledger in which records are grouped into blocks and linked so that past entries are very hard to change.
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