Circle froze approximately $900M in USDC following a suspected Binance hack.

Security & Exploits · 2026-10-29

Circle froze approximately $900 million in USDC following a suspected compromise of Binance. The freeze was implemented in response to the potential hack but no additional details about the scope or timeline of the incident have been confirmed.

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