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A Hacker Is Sitting on 233 Million XRP From the Binance Theft. What Happens if It Gets Sold?

  • On Thursday, a hacker breached Binance and consolidated 233 million stolen XRP into a single wallet, valued at approximately $297 million.
  • Attackers emptied Binance hot wallets, stealing 10 different cryptocurrencies and draining $6.3 billion in total—the largest crypto theft ever recorded.
  • Ripple froze about $40 million in Ripple USD linked to the theft, but cannot freeze the stolen XRP, leaving exchanges as the only line of defense.
  • XRP dropped 3.3% over 24 hours, reaching $1.25 on October 30, 2026, while the stolen assets equal roughly 7.5% of daily trading volume.
  • Trading below its 20-day average of $1.32, 50-day average of $1.40, and 200-day average of $1.28, XRP remains the only major cryptocurrency below its long-term trend line.
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The Allora team has released a new statement today regarding the ALLO tokens seized in the Binance security incident. According to the team, none of the ALLO tokens obtained by the attacker were sold or moved from the attacker's wallets to other addresses. The statement indicates that the emergency protection mechanism in the ALLO smart contract was activated as soon as the tokens were detected. Following this process, the attacker was prevented…

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99 Bitcoins broke the news on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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