A massive hack of Binance is sending shockwaves through digital assets and crypto-linked stocks on Friday. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said on Friday that a compromised engineer’s laptop may have allowed hackers to gain access to the platform. It said that $6.3 billion of assets were impacted. The news sent crypto prices down
BitcoinBTC and cryptocurrencies—including major coins ethereum, XRPXRP and solana—have rocketed higher in recent months (with one Wall Street legend warning the U.S. dollar is “finished”). The bitcoin price has topped $43,000 per bitcoin, adding billions to the combined ethereum, XRP, solana and crypto market, and could have now turned a corner, according to a surprise