Binance: Reported $3B Hack Sparks $2,500 BTC Drop
Bull Theory reports Binance suffered a hack exceeding $3 billion with Tether and Circle freezing $971 million in USDT and $823 million in USDC while founder CZ claims user funds will be fully recovered.
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Binance faced reports of a hack exceeding $3 billion, prompting Tether and Circle to freeze $971 million in USDT and $823 million in USDC as Bitcoin plunged $2,500 in 45 minutes below $78,500 for the first time in 40 days with $600 million in longs liquidated.
CZ stated user funds remain safe and will be fully recovered amid $3 billion outflows tied to the unconfirmed incident.
Price action on the 4h chart shows Bitcoin at $79,022.37 testing the lower Bollinger support at $79,074.84 while the EMA50 at $80,927.93 and EMA200 at $81,663.72 act as overhead resistance in a bearish structure confirmed by the MACD death cross at -134.74; with RSI at 39.75 still neutral, the move lower aligns with volatility exhaustion at the lower band before any potential relief toward the 50-EMA.
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