18,270 BTC Stolen from Binance Exceeds Tesla’s Holdings and Doubles El Salvador’s Reserve

A cyber‑attack on Binance resulted in the theft of 18,270 BTC, valued at roughly $1.4 billion. The haul is 442 coins short of SpaceX’s disclosed Bitcoin holdings and more than twice the size of El Salvador’s national reserve. Blockchain analysis links the theft to actors associated with North Korea.