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Binance: $6.34 billion in corporate funds have been reserved to cover losses, and asset recovery for users has commenced
Binance posted on the X platform stating that it has begun restoring affected assets for users, and will continue collaborating with law enforcement agencies, token issuers, blockchain intelligence firms, and industry partners to track, freeze, and recover additional funds. Binance noted that it has reserved over $6.34 billion in corporate funds to cover losses from this incident, of which $5 billion is already held in the same type of affected tokens, and the remaining portion is being supplemented by purchasing corresponding tokens through market and OTC channels. This process may take a significant amount of time due to the low liquidity of some tokens and the time required for OTC settlement. The aforementioned amount does not include frozen or protected assets. Approximately $3 billion in assets have been frozen to date, and Binance is advancing recovery efforts in partnership with relevant collaborators and law enforcement agencies.
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View allApproximately $590 Million in BTC Block Option Trades Executed Within 8 Hours Post Binance Security Incident, Dominated by Bearish Puts
Large-scale put option transactions were concentrated in the narrow window immediately following the event<p>In the 8 hours after the abnormal fund outflow incident from Binance's wallets, the total notional trading volume of BTC block options on the Paradigm platform reached approximately $590 million, accounting for half of the BTC block option trading volume on the Deribit platform over the same period. The overall capital flow exhibited a distinctly bearish bias, with put options as the dominant underlying trading instrument.</p><p>The first large bearish put transaction emerged roughly 15 minutes after the initial fund outflow from Binance's wallets, at a time when relevant information had not yet been disclosed to the public. A buyer purchased 250 put options with an expiration date of October 31 and a strike price of $78,000. During the hour of highest trading activity, the market also completed two separate block put transactions of 1,000 contracts each. These options expire in mid-November with a strike price of $74,000, and the combined notional value of the two trades totals approximately $155 million.</p><p>Paradigm's analysis notes that this concentrated wave of put option buying primarily features strike prices clustered in the $74,000 to $78,000 range, a band that closely matched BTC's spot price at the time of the incident. Traders' core objective was predominantly to hedge against short-term market pullback risks, rather than betting on an extreme crash in Bitcoin's price.</p>
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Binance Launches Stolen Asset Backfill, Deploys Over $6.34 Billion in Own Capital to Complete Proof of Reserves Alignment
Asset Backfill Progress and Capital Protection Arrangements<p>Binance has officially initiated the backfill process for assets stolen in this security incident, and plans to use over $6.34 billion of the company's own capital to fully cover all stolen losses, ensuring user assets remain unaffected by this event. Corresponding tokens valued at over $5 billion have already been secured, and the remaining gap is being simultaneously purchased via public market trading and over-the-counter (OTC) channels to ensure every backfilled token is a perfect one-to-one match for the affected stolen tokens.</p><p>Due to the low market liquidity of some involved altcoins, the settlement process for over-the-counter transactions requires a certain processing period. The overall asset backfill is expected to take a relatively long time, and relevant progress will be continuously advanced. The allocated backfill capital amount does not yet include the previously successfully frozen or protected assets involved in the incident.</p><p>As of the current time, approximately $3 billion of related stolen assets have been successfully frozen. Binance is concurrently conducting in-depth collaboration with industry partners and law enforcement agencies across jurisdictions to continuously advance the recovery of remaining stolen assets. For any subsequent verified remaining asset gaps, Binance will continue to deploy the company's own resources to make up the difference. All user holdings can be verified through the official Proof of Reserves (POR) channel.</p>
