Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack

By Lauren Almeida · The Guardian Technology · Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 18:53 (2d ago) · Original article ↗

Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North Korea

Investors have pulled $3.6bn (£2.7bn) in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a record hack in which billions were stolen from customer accounts.

The platform was hit by a $6.3bn theft on Thursday, which has since been described as the biggest heist in history. Experts identified North Korea as the probable culprit.

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