While they aren't a perfect company, there are 3 main reasons I selected Binance to hold and trade my alts.
- They are backed by Sequoia and another reputable backed VC for over $300m.
- They have the best system admins known to Fintech.
- Great service. Feel secure. They care about security and they know what they are doing.
Disclaimer. I have accounts with just about every high volume exchange. Even Mt Gox. Binance is unmatched.
I was reading this article and it feels good to know these folks handle my alts.
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While hacking rumors at the biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, led to panic in the community, an official statement claims that all funds are safe and the hackers are the ones losing money this time.
Yesterday afternoon, the VIA/BTC market on Binance experienced abnormal trading activity, causing a major pump in >Viacoin’s price, following which withdrawals on the exchange were suspended.
What exactly happened on Binance yesterday?
It appears that hackers had managed to accumulate user accounts over the past two months via phishing attacks (where fake websites are made to look like real ones and steal account info from legitimate users) and generated trading API keys for all compromised accounts.
The hackers patiently sat on these details until yesterday, when they launched a coordinated attack. First they choose the VIA/BTC market due to its low volume and then set up large sell orders at high prices. Then they executed trades on victims’ accounts, selling their alts for BTC and then buying VIA at high prices (while they sold their own VIA coins at the other end).
Finally, the hackers, now in possession of the stolen BTC, tried to withdraw it, but by then Binance had suspended withdrawals.
Trades reversed, hackers lose money
After an investigation, Binance has pinpointed 31 accounts which seemingly belong to the hackers, and all abnormal trades executed in the VIA/BTC market are going to be reversed.
Moreover, since all withdrawals were suspended at the time, the hackers’ original Viacoins were also withheld, and according to the CEO, they will be donated to charity.
Binance has reversed all irregular trades. All deposit, trading and withdrawal are resumed. will write a more detailed >account of what happened shortly. Interestingly, the hackers lost coins during this attempt. We will donate this to Binance Charity.