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Security & Hacks · 1 min read

Binance Plans to Resume Withdrawals Within 48 Hours Following $6.3 Billion Incident

Co-founder Yi He confirmed deposits remain functional and pledged that the exchange will cover losses tied to the multi-billion-dollar event.

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At a glance Announced

What happened
Binance announced it expects to start resuming customer withdrawals within 48 hours after an incident with an estimated $6.3 billion impact.
Why it matters
The exchange pledged to cover all losses resulting from the incident while keeping customer deposit channels active.
Who is affected
Binance users with paused withdrawals.
What's next
The targeted restart of customer withdrawals within the 48-hour window.
Primary source
thedefiant.io: Binance Expects to Start Resuming Withdrawals Within 48 Hours

Key points

  • Binance expects to start resuming user withdrawals within 48 hours, according to co-founder Yi He.
  • The exchange estimates the total impact of the incident at $6.3 billion.
  • Yi He stated that deposits are operating normally and Binance has pledged to cover all losses.

Binance expects to begin resuming customer withdrawals within 48 hours following a security incident with an estimated $6.3 billion impact, according to exchange co-founder Yi He 1.

Yi He stated that deposit operations are functioning normally despite the freeze on outgoing transfers 1. In addressing the operational fallout, Binance pledged that it will cover the losses resulting from the incident 1. The disruption follows earlier operational turmoil where Binance halted withdrawals following an exploit, leaving users awaiting the restoration of transaction queues.

At the time of writing, broader market sentiment sits at Fear with a Fear & Greed index reading of 30, with major assets such as $BTC and $ETH trading lower following volatility across the ecosystem.

Timeline and Recovery Operations

The announcement outlines the immediate timeline for the trading venue to restore liquidity pathways for its global user base 1. According to Yi He, the restoration of withdrawals is scheduled to initiate within the targeted 48-hour window 1. With deposit processing ongoing without reported interruption, the exchange's commitment focuses on compensating affected balances and bringing transactional operations back to standard capacity across its infrastructure 1.

Sources

  1. [1] Binance Expects to Start Resuming Withdrawals Within 48 Hours — thedefiant.io, October 30, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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