Circle and Tether have frozen about $1.8 billion in stablecoins linked to a potential hack on Binance, the largest crypto exchange by volume. Binance is investigating a possible security breach but has not confirmed an exploit, assuring users their funds are safe. Following the news, Bitcoin fell over 3% to below $80,000, and Circle's shares dropped about 5%. The situation remains fluid as investigations continue.
While the news highlights a freeze of about $1.8 billion in stablecoins linked to Binance, Tether (USDT) on Pluang is trading steadily at Rp18.207 with a slight 1-day gain of 0.26% as of Oct 30, 2026 05:22 WIB. Despite the reported market turmoil, USDT maintains a large market cap of Rp3.276,61 trillion and a high 24-hour volume of Rp1.416,46 trillion, indicating ongoing active trading and liquidity on the platform.
Aave has frozen its lending markets on Avalanche to prevent a suspected hacker from using stolen AVAX as collateral following a $3.3 billion outflow from Binance hot wallets. The hacker moved about 1.81 million AVAX and $8.4 million USDT across multi...
Binance is investigating a potential security breach after Tether froze over 1.567 billion USDT linked to suspicious activity. Binance assures customers their funds remain safe while security teams review the situation. The incident involves large tr...
At least $5.57 billion in cryptocurrency was moved out of Binance-linked wallets across Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Tron blockchains in what appears to be a major security breach. Binance has not confirmed a hack but is actively investigating the potentia...
Circle has frozen approximately $823 million in USDC stablecoins following reports of large withdrawals from Binance's hot wallets, which are under investigation for a potential security breach. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao suggested the situation ...
TRON added $279.5 million in stablecoin market cap in 24 hours, the highest among blockchains, with USDT making up 97.87% of its $94.2 billion stablecoin supply. TRON settled $2.21 trillion in stablecoins in Q3 2026, representing 73% of global stable...
