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Binance’s $6.3B hack leaves questions over hot wallet safeguards
Experts say blockchain records show repeated wallet drains but cannot establish Binance’s internal signing controls or transaction limits.
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Loss events reprice related tokens and counterparties first. Confirm what was taken, what was recovered, and whether a chain or a custodian is in scope.
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- Blockchain
- A shared, ordered record of transactions, grouped into blocks, that independent computers check against the same protocol rules.
- Hot wallet
- A wallet whose keys sit on an internet-connected device, such as a phone app or browser extension.