$6 Billion Binance Hack Triggers Bitcoin and Ether Slump as Standard Chartered Warns of Further Declines
Key Highlights: The cryptocurrency market faced widespread declines following an unprecedented security incident at Binance affecting roughly $6.3 billion in assets. Bitcoin fell over 3% to approximately $77,400 after briefly touching $76,000, triggering $1.5 billion in market-wide futures liquidations. Binance indicated that a compromised engineer’s laptop may have enabled the unauthorized withdrawals, while former CEO ...