Following the October 29 attack on Binance, which the article puts at $6.3 billion in losses, the Fear and Greed Index slid to 30, leaving market sentiment in fear territory. Binance says roughly 95 percent of the drained assets have been restored. Analyst Axel Adler Jr. argues that sentiment was already slipping before the breach, with the gauge having stood at 68 on the 22nd and dropped to 51 by the 29th. The incident is described as the largest crypto theft on record, roughly four times Bybit's February 2025 exploit. Trace Finance co-founder Bernardo Brites links the trend to bigger exchange balances, and told CryptoPotato that AI now discovers flaws at a pace defenders struggle to match. He also sees users shifting toward larger exchanges.
Why it matters: The scale of the breach and the reported sentiment shift show how one security failure can ripple through exchange users and broader market mood.
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