The $6.3 billion Binance hack paradox: Centralization made the hack possible, but also saved $3 billion
CoinDesk· Jamie Crawley· Oct 31, 2026 · 12:00 PM
The Binance hack has revived debates about whether decentralization is the digital asset industry’s greatest security advantage or its biggest point of weakness.
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