Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
According to reporting by Decrypt Financial Technology, Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
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According to reporting by Decrypt Financial Technology, Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
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The attacker behind the wallets draining Binance is using decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap and Aave as exits, swapping stablecoins that issuers can freeze for Ethereum that nobody can, according to Etherscan records for 10 wallets, eight of them labeled as exploiters.
Earlier today, wallets linked to the world’s largest crypto exchange were drained of at least $5.5 billion , with the total tally still climbing. The company said it was investigating the security incident but did not confirm user funds were affected, though security experts widely believe the exchange was indeed hacked.
Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle moved quickly to blacklist the suspected attacker’s addresses in order to freeze a portion of the funds and make them inaccessible. As centralized issuers, they each have the ability to blacklist addresses so their tokens cannot move, and more than $2 billion of those two tokens have been frozen so far by different stablecoin providers. ETH has no issuer, so every dollar converted before a freeze lands is out of their reach.
The swaps run through Uniswap, a decentralized exchange where trades settle automatically with no company in the middle.
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Information in this article was compiled directly from records provided by Decrypt Financial Technology. Access the primary source document at: https://decrypt.co/382194/binance-hack-exit-ramps-defi-exchange-ethereum. Reporting and editorial review conducted by the USA NOW News Desk.
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Financial technology and digital asset platforms are aligning operations with regulatory directives issued by bodies including the SEC and CFPB, as reported by Decrypt Financial Technology.
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Consumers should ensure their banking and fintech providers interface with FDIC-insured or federally supervised depository institutions.
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- Decrypt Financial Technology — https://decrypt.co/382194/binance-hack-exit-ramps-defi-exchange-ethereum
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