Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance
788 comments
- Points33
- Comments10
#3Rank now –
#3Peak rank
2Days on list
237Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
- Points
- 33
- Comments
- 10
- Submitted by
- Tiberium
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Site
- arkm.com
Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on arkm.com.
Trending history
Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 46 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #3 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 23:22 UTC. It is #3 right now, holding steady at #3 over the last 6 checks.
Rank history
Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
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Metric history
points as reported by Hacker News.
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
About $2.4 billion out of this is already frozen by Circle and Tether. Some of the big ones: - 971.15M USDT (Ethereum): https://etherscan.io/tx/0x7baba482077843514d9c72bac0110ba091... - 823M USDC (Ethereum): https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc954c86f118e8e410e6a3eb9e3b38ff4a9... - 312.73M USDT (Tron):…
Molly White (she runs web3isgoinggreat) seems to think this is real [0] [0]: https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3mz27m5slcc2o
Their insurance fund (SAFU) is completely wiped out, it's only $1 billion in BTC.
Questions
Is Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Oct 30, 09:07 UTC it is #3, holding steady at #3 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance reached?
#3 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 23:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (46 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
33 points and 10 comments; submitted by Tiberium on Oct 29, 2026.