Bitmine sees 6 reasons this recent Binance theft is a sign of crypto industry strength

“Late last week, Binance was hacked and $6.3 billion of customers’ funds was stolen. The FBI has named North Korea (DPRK) as the perpetrator. While this is a terrible development, in my view, the relatively muted crypto market reaction is very constructive, particularly compared to the market’s response to prior sizable crypto thefts,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine. “In February 2025, ByBit was also hacked by DPRK (with a very different methodology) and $1.5 billion of customer crypto was stolen. The day the ByBit theft was announced, ETH fell 8% and was down 20% within a week.