Binance hot wallet sees another outflow of 200 million USDT, Tether swiftly freezes it.
October 30 - According to market sources combined with on-chain data, Binance's hot wallet has seen another outflow of 200 million USDT, which Tether promptly froze. Tether has previously frozen over $1.567 billion USDT.
Earlier today, the scale of asset outflows related to Binance's tagged wallets was approximately $5.643 billion. Among them, the Ethereum network accounted for about $3.528 billion, the Bitcoin network about $1.449 billion, the Tron network about $628 million, and Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base combined about $38 million.
In response to this event, Binance co-founder Yi He posted that Binance has noticed reports of potential security issues and is actively investigating. The security team is urgently reviewing all relevant information and will release the latest updates through Binance's official channels once verified.
Yi He also reminded users to be vigilant against scams, not to trust unofficial links, messages, or requests for account information, and emphasized the safety of user funds (SAFU).