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The U.S. Department of Justice has stated that it is working with the two largest stablecoin issuers globally to attempt to recover nearly half of the stolen funds from the Binance hacking incident. In this attack, hackers stole over $6 billion in assets from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.The U.S. Department of Justice has obtained court authorization to seize or restrict the disposal of $1.2 billion from the $2.7 billion that Tether and Circle Internet Group immediately froze following the hacking incident on October 29. Investigators are still tracking the remaining funds. The Federal Bureau of Investigation refers to the related hacking group as TraderTraitor, which is currently attempting to transfer and launder the stolen assets through cross-chain bridges, mixers, and cryptocurrency exchanges.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the current price of BTC is $71,259. The thickest order book is on Binance spot: sell orders amount to $10.025 million, buy orders amount to $7.9516 million, with sell orders exceeding buy orders by $2.0734 million.Binance perpetual buy orders are thicker than sell orders, while Coinbase spot, OKX perpetual, and Hyperliquid perpetual sell orders are all thicker than buy orders. If a large buy or sell order suddenly appears, exchanges with thinner order books will be affected first, and price fluctuations will be more pronounced.

The U.S. Department of Justice stated on Thursday that North Korean hackers have stolen over $400 million in cryptocurrency assets through a social engineering scheme based on secretly recorded videos and AI deepfakes over the past 18 months, and announced that it has seized the infrastructure supporting this operation. The FBI refers to this method as "FaceStealer," which centers on turning video conference calls into traps: hackers lure targets into meetings using previously stolen accounts from victims, then play pre-recorded footage of trusted contacts to simulate their presence, thereby gaining the target's trust.The group also uses AI to generate deepfake videos of well-known figures in the cryptocurrency and related industries, making the scams more convincing. Once the target lowers their guard, the attackers create false technical issues, such as claiming the other party cannot hear them, and provide a so-called "fix" link that is actually used to implant malware. Afterward, hackers can empty the victim's wallet or exploit their system permissions, sometimes lying in wait for months or even over a year before taking action. The FBI stated that it has seized over 900 segments of camera footage from FaceStealer victims based on federal search warrants.The Department of Justice linked this operation to North Korean-related groups such as Sapphire Sleet, BlueNoroff, and APT38, warning that these hackers are increasingly targeting open-source software developers, seemingly paving the way for supply chain attacks. On the same day, the Department of Justice also reported progress in the Binance theft case, stating that it has obtained court authorization to seize or restrict over $1.2 billion of the approximately $6.4 billion in stolen assets, which is part of the over $2.7 billion that has already been frozen. The FBI attributes this theft to the North Korean group TraderTraitor and claims it is laundering money at a rate of creating a new wallet approximately every 25 seconds. North Korea denies involvement, stating that the FBI's conclusions are a political provocation.

Binance posted on platform X that it has completed the coverage of all affected assets from the previous security incident and released a new reserve proof snapshot. After the zero-knowledge proof is generated, users can independently verify whether their assets have at least 1:1 reserve support.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua stated that the Binance black swan event and the significant victory of the Democratic Party in the United States have had a considerable impact on both the AI stock market and the cryptocurrency market. Investors need to continuously adjust their strategies based on the market environment. Although there have been multiple successful exits at the peak previously, it is still necessary to be cautious of prematurely bottom-fishing at this stage, to avoid catching a falling knife at the "halfway up the mountain."

According to Coinglass data, on November 12 at 21:17, 30.1203 million USDT was detected being transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

According to the official announcement, Binance has launched a new feature called SquareLeaderboards (Trading Leaderboard) in Binance Square. This feature aggregates trading rankings and supports browsing shared futures trades, smart money signals, and trading results. Users can also generate personal ranking posters and achievement posters for the past 7 days or 30 days to share.

According to official news, the on-chain smart money signals of the Binance wallet now support automated trading through Agentic Wallet. Users can utilize the "On-chain Copy Trading Skill" to allow the Binance Agentic Wallet to automatically buy when corresponding signals are detected, and simultaneously set stop-loss and take-profit rules.The operations listed by the official source include: configuring and installing the on-chain copy trading Skill for the Agent; selecting the on-chain smart money signals of the Binance wallet as the trading trigger source; setting the target blockchain, trading budget, position size, and take-profit and stop-loss rules; first conducting a free simulation run and observing the strategy's performance, adjusting parameters based on the results, and confirming before switching to live trading.The official source stated that the entire trading process can be fully automated and run around the clock. Once users set a trading strategy, subsequent copy trading will be executed automatically by the system.

On November 12, the volume-price trend trader ye.koi stated that the Binance account of the party involved, Shawn, had approximately 400,000 USDT restricted from withdrawal, with contract trading profits of about 340,000 USDT. Ye.koi mentioned that the related restrictions were connected to a freezing request from a local court in Colorado, USA; the party involved had provided the source of funds as requested by Binance customer service, which then indicated that the platform had not lifted the restrictions and required him to contact the U.S. court directly.Ye.koi also stated that after the party checked the court's website, they did not find a public entry for ordinary users to submit defenses or evidence. Binance customer service had previously publicly responded that the account restrictions were enforced based on the requirements of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the platform had no authority to lift them independently. They suggested that the party contact the court to understand the appeal process and required materials or consult a professional lawyer.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Binance's perpetual ETH has approximately 2,642.38 buy orders at the price level of $2,036.00, with a nominal value of about $5.3799 million, retracting about 0.46% from the mid-price of approximately $2,045.46 at that time.The total buy orders at this venue amount to approximately $51.9432 million, while the sell orders are about $48.1918 million, resulting in a net buy of approximately $3.7514 million, accounting for 3.75% of the total depth.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the address 0xf5C...7a191 deposited 18.91 million ENA (27 million USD) to Binance two hours ago, suspected of selling off.This address received this portion of tokens from the Ethena Proxy contract between February and November 2026, when the price was 0.1772 USD, and has now fallen to 0.1432 USD (a decrease of over 19%). The address seems to transfer ENA to exchanges periodically, possibly related to team, institutional, or relevant party unlocks.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that within less than a month, the open interest of BTC on the Binance platform has decreased from 10.6 billion dollars to 8.8 billion dollars, a drop of 17%. Meanwhile, its 180-day moving average has risen from 8.4 billion dollars to 8.6 billion dollars. As the open interest falls below the moving average, new signals of deleveraging are emerging in the market. In a bull market phase, this signal typically appears when market corrections are nearing their end, reflecting that traders are reducing their leveraged exposure, which includes both voluntary liquidations and forced liquidations due to insufficient margin.Aside from the fact that this process may last for months in a bear market, a similar signal last appeared in June of this year when the BTC price was below 60,000 dollars, subsequently rebounding to above 87,000 dollars, with an increase of over 45%. Currently, as the open interest declines, the market is also experiencing large-scale liquidations. Low volatility seems to encourage some traders to take on higher risks to compensate for the insufficient returns brought about by the narrowing price fluctuations, making them more susceptible to market reversal shocks. Over the past three months, the monthly liquidation scale on Binance has reached new highs since 2021: over 1.4 billion dollars in August, 1.1 billion dollars in September, and 1.3 billion dollars in October. This trend appears to continue into November, with the liquidation scale exceeding 520 million dollars before the end of the first half of this month.These data highlight the potential losses that leveraged trading can bring to investors. In a market environment with low volatility and shrinking trading volume, blindly increasing risk exposure due to a lack of patience can quickly lead to heavy costs. However, the deleveraging phase also helps improve the market environment. Reducing leveraged positions can lower the risk of cascading liquidations, allowing spot demand to play a greater role in market pricing, thereby helping Bitcoin establish a more robust market structure.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale withdrew 2,000 ETH from Binance 29 minutes ago, worth approximately 4.08 million dollars; subsequently, it deposited 32 ETH into the Ethereum Beacon Chain staking contract, worth approximately 65,300 dollars.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 36,444,300 USDT in the past hour.

Binance's Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated in a July interview that fake job interviews could lure employees into running malicious code on company devices, leading to device control, credential theft, and infiltration of internal networks.In September, a Binance software engineer downloaded a malicious programming assignment to their work computer during a fake interview; Binance's preliminary investigation indicated that this incident was part of a multi-stage attack in the October theft case. Jimmy Su also pointed out that attackers might exploit seemingly normal technical assessment steps to bypass antivirus tools. Binance's subsequent investigation revealed that the installer for the malicious assignment evaded endpoint security tools through obfuscation and other evasion techniques.Binance stated that it has intercepted 57 suspected cyber threats related to North Korea so far this year, approximately one every five days. After the October attack, Binance announced that it has strengthened device and access controls, rebuilt affected wallet systems and internal AI tools, and increased investments in endpoint protection and development environment security.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the current price of BTC is $73,820. The thickest order book is on Binance perpetual: buy orders amount to $47.0703 million, sell orders amount to $42.3604 million, with buy orders exceeding sell orders by $4.7099 million.The sell orders on Binance spot, Coinbase spot, and OKX perpetual are all thicker than the buy orders. If a large buy or sell order suddenly appears, exchanges with thinner order books will be affected first, and price fluctuations will be more pronounced.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has accumulated and withdrawn 678.4 ZEC from Binance, worth approximately 667,800 USD.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Binance's perpetual ETH has approximately 5,034.53 sell orders at the price level of $2,053.00, with a nominal value of about $10.3359 million, which is an increase of about 0.24% from the mid-price of approximately $2,048.15 at that time.The total buy orders at the near-end market are about $60.3903 million, while the sell orders are about $62.918 million, resulting in a net sell of approximately $2.5277 million, accounting for 2.05% of the total depth.

Ember monitoring shows that two long-term holding addresses have transferred approximately 1,929.5 BTC to Binance and Kraken, worth about 143.6 million USD.