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  "id": 17173333,
  "title": "Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after US$6.3 billion security breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crypto-exchange-binance-freezes-assets-after-us-6-3-billion-security",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/cryptocurrency-binance-freezes-assets-security-breach-6505586"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Beyond the potential loss of assets, the security breach was likely to have wider ramifications for crypto, which had already been under pressure lately due to higher US interest rates and softer demand from exchange-traded fund buyers, analysts said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "Binance's possible hack triggers $3 billion freeze in crypto assets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binances-possible-hack-triggers-3-billion-freeze-in-crypto-assets",
        "published": "2026-10-30T01:55:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Binance’s possible hack triggers $3 billion freeze in crypto assets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binances-possible-hack-triggers-3-billion-freeze-in-crypto-assets-17165832",
        "published": "2026-10-30T03:10:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Binance says US$6.3b impacted as crypto reels from hack; North Korea said to be behind attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-says-us-6-3b-impacted-as-crypto-reels-from-hack-north-korea",
        "published": "2026-10-30T04:42:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Binance Says $6.3 Billion Impacted In Record Crypto Hack—Suspends Withdrawals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-says-6-3-billion-impacted-in-record-crypto-hack-suspends",
        "published": "2026-10-30T05:26:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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