Binance Customers Hit by $6.3 Billion Hack Are Fully Repaid, Exchange Says
Binance has announced it has fully replaced all tokens lost in its record $6.3 billion hack, though customers cannot yet verify the claim as the proof remains pending.
Binance said Thursday it has replaced every token lost in its record $6.3 billion hack. Customers cannot verify it yet, since the proof behind its new reserves snapshot is still pending. That proof is a zero-knowledge proof, a math-based check that lets users confirm the exchange holds at least one coin for every coin it owes.
Until it is published, the backing for roughly $132 billion in customer assets rests on Binance's word. Hackers drained Binance wallets on October 29. The FBI later blamed TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit. It asked exchanges to block wallets tied to the theft.
Funding the Recovery
By November 2, Binance said it had refilled about 98% of the affected assets. The remaining gap sat mostly in thinly traded tokens, which the exchange then bought on the market. Binance has said customers will not bear the loss.
100% Binance has completed coverage of assets impacted in the security incident and we have published a new Proof of Reserves snapshot. Once the zero-knowledge proof is generated, users can independently verify that their assets are backed at a minimum of 1:1.
Recovery Status
Binance paid from its corporate treasury and insurance funds, according to Bloomberg. It also tapped its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), an emergency reserve usually kept near $1 billion. Co-CEO Yi He said this year's revenue would fully cover the hole.
About $2.8 billion of the stolen crypto had been frozen as of November 3, Chainalysis said. Frozen funds are not the same as recovered funds. Withdrawals reopened in phases on November 1, and roughly $2 billion moved within hours.
The theft is about four times larger than the $1.5 billion Bybit hack in 2025. It also drives most of this year's hack losses, which have now passed crypto's on-chain revenue. The pending proof will be the first independent test of Binance's claim.
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