Bitcoin drops below $77,000 amid reports of Binance hack The price of Bitcoin fell 4.23% overnight to $76,953 after reports of security issues at major cryptocurrency exchange Binance. According to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, the hack may have been related to the compromise of a development engineer's laptop. Through it the attacker gained access to the service container. Zhao assured users that their funds are safe and there are no signs of keys being leaked from crypto wallets. At the same time, the exchange stopped depositing and withdrawing funds. It was reported that the total damage from the hack was about 6.3 billion dollars.

Bitcoin drops below $77,000 amid reports of Binance hack The price of Bitcoin fell 4.23% overnight to $76,953 after reports of security issues at major cryptocurrency exchange Binance. According to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, the hack may have been related to the compromise of a development engineer's laptop. Through it the attacker gained access to the service container. Zhao assured users that their funds are safe and there are no signs of keys being leaked from crypto wallets. At the same time, the exchange stopped depositing and withdrawing funds. It was reported that the total damage from the hack was about 6.3 billion dollars.