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$6.3BstolenBinance · 02:23 UTC$3BfrozenBinance · 02:23 UTC$3.2Bstill loosebitquery.io · 06:43 UTC

How much — by source

Totals differ by source and by the prices used.
Elliptic$6.43B
elliptic.co ↗
Chainalysis$6.4B
confirmed minimum·Oct 30 · 00:30 UTC·chainalysis.com ↗
TRM Labs$6.36B
at transfer-time prices·Oct 30 · 00:30 UTC·trmlabs.com ↗
Binance$6.3B
Oct 30 · 02:23 UTC·binance.com ↗
Bitquery$6.3B
at transfer-time prices·bitquery.io ↗
Glassnode$5.3B
investing.com ↗
crypto leveraged liquidations$1.57B
coindesk.com ↗

What was taken

By chain

Per-chain figures: mostly one tracer (trmlabs.com) — preliminary.
Tap a block for the amount in coins.

By currency

CurrencyAmountIn dollars
BTCtrmlabs.com ↗18,270 BTC$1.47B
USDCtrmlabs.com ↗823M USDC$823M
ETHtrmlabs.com ↗ · bitquery.io ↗200,630 ETH$464M
XRPtrmlabs.com ↗233M XRP$296M
SOLtrmlabs.com ↗970,500 SOL$96M
USD1trmlabs.com ↗27.8M USD1$27.8M
TRXtrmlabs.com ↗ · bitquery.io ↗46.4M TRX$16M
OPtozvan.com ↗44.2M OP$4.6M
VIRTUALtozvan.com ↗4.74M VIRTUAL$2.8M
ARBforum.arbitrum.foundation ↗74.6M ARB
Avalanche USDTtrmlabs.com ↗8.4M USDT
AVAXtozvan.com ↗1.81M AVAX
Ethereum USDTtrmlabs.com ↗1.88B USDT
Polygon USDT0trmlabs.com ↗6.2M USDT0
RLUSDtrmlabs.com ↗88.5M RLUSD
Tron USDTtrmlabs.com ↗613M USDT

The defenders

Frozen is not returned.
frozen

Tether

$1.77B
1.77B USDT
Tether: first freeze on Ethereum
frozen

Circle

$825M
825M USDC
Circle: first freeze on Ethereum
frozen

Ripple

$40.5M
40.5M RLUSD
Ripple freezes RLUSD
frozen

World Liberty Financial

$27.8M
27.8M USD1
World Liberty freezes USD1
frozen

Aave

V3
175 markets frozen · 16 networks affected
V4
117 markets frozen · 4 networks affected
Aave
292 markets frozen

Frozen in total — by source

Binance · verified$3Bbinance.com ↗
Elliptic · verified$2.84Belliptic.co ↗
Binance · verified$2.54BOct 29 · 23:35 UTC · trmlabs.com ↗
Bitquery · independently traced$2.7BOct 30 · bitquery.io ↗
TRM Labs · independently traced$2.7BOct 30 · 00:30 UTC · trmlabs.com ↗
Binance · verified$3BOct 30 · 02:23 UTC · binance.com ↗

The night — timeline

  1. Tether: first freeze on Ethereum
    trmlabs.com ↗
  2. Circle: first freeze on Ethereum
    trmlabs.com ↗
  3. Ripple freezes RLUSD
    trmlabs.com ↗
  4. World Liberty freezes USD1
    trmlabs.com ↗
  5. Arbitrum: emergency action
    forum.arbitrum.foundation ↗
  6. Chainalysis publishes its estimate: $6.4B
    reuters.com ↗
  7. TRM Labs publishes its estimate: $6.36B
    trmlabs.com ↗
  8. Binance publishes its estimate: $6.3B
    binance.com ↗

Still with the attacker

$3.2Bstill held by the attackerOct 30 · 06:43 UTC · bitquery.io ↗
18,270 BTCstill held by the attackerOct 30 · 06:43 UTC · bitquery.io ↗
508,621 ETHstill held by the attackerOct 30 · 06:43 UTC · bitquery.io ↗
729M USDTUSDT swapped before it could be frozenbitquery.io ↗

The attacker’s position on Aave

60M USDTsupplied as collateralgovernance.aave.com ↗
19,762 WETHborrowedgovernance.aave.com ↗

Markets

BTC

$76,469.82price-3% changereuters.com ↗

ETH

$2,185.83pricereuters.com ↗

BNB

$694price-8% in 24 hlive.euronext.com ↗

GHO

$0.997dollar peggovernance.aave.com ↗

Crypto derivatives

$1.5Bliquidations in 24 hcoindesk.com ↗

BTC derivatives

$468Mliquidationscoindesk.com ↗

ETH derivatives

$358Mliquidationscoindesk.com ↗

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