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Binance users withdraw $3.6bn after record crypto hack

Told by 6 newspapers in 5 countries, between 19:00 and 16:00 on 1 November 2026.

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AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a gold bitcoin coin leaning on a hardware crypto wallet on a desk, in front of a laptop showing an orange warning shield. It is not a photograph.AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration · not a photograph: an illustrative scene about cryptocurrency security, it does not show the reported attack · Image credits

The headline in each newspaper

In short

According to The Guardian, investors withdrew $3.6 billion from Binance after a record hack that stole billions.1 BBC News, MyJoyOnline and Punch report that Binance users withdrew funds after the attack, with Punch citing a $6.3 billion hack.234 TASS says users withdrew more than $3 billion after hackers attacked the exchange.5 The Sydney Morning Herald writes about the irony of the situation, without giving figures.6

AIMade at 15:11, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

Common ground

  • Binance suffered a cyberattack in which about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen.122 newspapers from 2 countries
  • According to outlets from several countries, users withdrew more than $3 billion from the platform after the attack.1323 newspapers from 3 countries

Where accounts differ

  • The amounts differ: MyJoyOnline and Punch report $3.6 billion withdrawn, while TASS reports over $3 billion.132
  • The Sydney Morning Herald treats the attack mainly through its irony, without reproducing the figures given by the other sources.4

Background

  • 2025In February 2025, the exchange Bybit suffered a hack in which $1.5 billion in assets were lost, until then the largest cryptocurrency theft on record.W

AIMade at 00:56 from 4 headlines from 4 countries; the background, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

Words in common

  • withdraw
  • binance
  • users
  • crypto