FBI Ties North Korea to Record $6.3B Binance Hack as Market Climbs

Bitcoin pushed up 1.76% to $77,862.14 and ether climbed 2.21%, with 90 of the top 100 coins tracked finishing in the green. It's a clear risk-on day, though the market's biggest headline has nothing to do with price action.

The FBI formally attributed the record $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, with Chainalysis and TRM Labs backing the finding independently. Binance has pledged to cover all losses and set aside $6.34 billion, and separately detailed how the theft began with a fake job interview and a compromised internal AI tool. North Korea has denied involvement and called the FBI's claim a political provocation.

Zcash led gainers, up 11.03%, while Official Trump was the day's worst performer, down 3.73%. Elsewhere, Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin disclosed a separate $40-46 million hack and the CFTC cleared equity perpetual futures for US exchanges, both adding to a busy week for exchange security and market structure.

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Crypto is not down today. Bitcoin is up 1.76% to $77,862.14 and ether has gained 2.21%, with 90 of the top 100 coins tracked trading higher.

On days when people search this, it's usually because of a specific jolt: a large exchange hack, a regulatory crackdown, a leverage flush that liquidates overextended longs, or a macro scare that pulls risk assets down together.

Exchange security has actually been in the headlines this week, with the Binance hack and the Mercado Bitcoin breach both making news, but neither has dragged the broader market down today. News and price don't always move in the same direction on the same day.

If you're seeing red in your own portfolio, check which coins specifically: today's one clear loser is Official Trump, down 3.73%, against a market that's mostly higher.

Bitcoin's 1.76% gain to $77,862.14 is the backbone of today's move, and ether's 2.21% climb adds to it, with 90 of the top 100 coins tracked in the green.

Broad green days like this usually come from a mix of easing fear, fresh buying interest, or simply a bounce after a rough stretch. Breadth matters here: when 90 out of 100 coins rise together, it points to money flowing into the market generally rather than one isolated story.

Zcash was the standout, up 11.03%, showing the kind of outsized move that can happen even on a broadly positive day. Meanwhile the week's biggest news, the FBI's attribution of the Binance hack to North Korea, hasn't stopped the market from climbing, a reminder that security headlines and price don't always track together.

Of yesterday's 91 settled calls on BitPredict, 44% landed correctly, and the standout call was BMT's upward move, which gained 29.4%.

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