Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which was hacked on October 29, has begun returning assets to affected users. The platform has allocated more than $6.34 billion of its own funds for this purpose. In a post on X, Binance said it continues to work with law enforcement and other partners to “trace, freeze and recover additional funds.” Binance has begun recovering affected assets for users and continues to work with law enforcement, issuers, blockchain intelligence firms and industry partners to trace, freeze and recover additional funds. The company has already publicly committed to cover losses through… pic.twitter.com/UqtBd37Fpj Binance (@binance) October 30, 2026 Binance’s co-CEO Richard Teng said initial investigations point to a “compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop” giving hackers access, with a follow-up statement from Binance saying it’s “uncovered additional points of breach”