30 October 2026
The news today. Each line links to where it was said.
- Binance, the biggest crypto exchange, says about US$6.3 billion was taken. source · thestandard.co
- Its first check says it may have started with one engineer's hacked laptop. TRM Labs and Chainalysis, two firms that trace coins, name North Korea. source · rte.ie
- Binance paused withdrawals and expects to restart them within 48 hours. It says it will pay back every loss. source · rte.ie
- Binance's emergency fund for users (SAFU) held about US$1 billion in 2024. Tether froze US$1.5 billion of USDT; Circle froze US$800 million. source · thestandard.co
- Binance TH, the exchange licensed in Thailand, paused crypto withdrawals for a security check. source · thansettakij.com
- Thailand's SEC (the market regulator) has found no large effect on Thai customers' assets so far, and told licensed exchanges to check and report. source · thansettakij.com
How bad can it get
Each step is worse than the one before. Plan for the last one.
- 1
Paused for weeks
Your coins show on the screen, but you cannot move or sell them while the price falls.
- 2
Paid back in part, years later
Mt. Gox failed in 2014. Payments began in July 2024, and some customers are still waiting now. source · decrypt.co
- 3
Other exchanges slow down
Many people take money out at once. Exchanges, Thai ones too, slow or stop withdrawals. Zipmex, with many Thai users, stopped them in July 2022. source · reuters.com
- 4
USDT stops being one dollar
This week Tether froze US$1.5 billion of USDT. One company can stop any USDT address.
- 5
Your bank account is frozen
Sell crypto to a stranger and the baht may be stolen money. Thai banks freeze the account that receives it. source · keptbykrungsri.com
- 6
Fake callers
People pretend to be Binance or the police, or offer to get your coins back for a fee.
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Your own phone or laptop
One laptop may have opened Binance. A photo of your recovery words or a reused password can empty your wallet, and nobody can pause it.
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Your family cannot reach it
You are in hospital. Does anyone in your family know where your coins are, and who might pretend to help?
Four questions
Tap yes or no.
Is most of your crypto on one exchange?
Are your recovery words in a photo, a notes app, an email or a chat?
If you were in hospital tomorrow, could your family reach your coins?
Have you lost crypto to a thief or a fake offer?
Start with
These four questions found no gap. A check each year finds the ones they miss.
What we do
On a video call, in Thai or English.
- Safety check, 1 hourOne hour on a video call: where your coins are, your phone, email, passwords and two-step logins, where your recovery words are, the tricks thieves are using now. A written plan.฿3,000Buy
- Your own wallet, set up with youYou buy a hardware wallet (a small device that keeps your keys off the internet) from its maker. We set it up with you on a call and send a small test amount first.฿3,000Buy
- Plan for your familyWho can reach your coins if you cannot, and how, written for your family, with the kinds of people and messages that pretend to help. Your recovery words stay out of it.฿5,000Buy
- After a loss: the paperworkThe timeline of what happened with each transaction, the police report, the complaint to Thailand's SEC and the claim to the exchange. Stolen coins rarely come back.฿4,000Buy
How we work
- You keep your keys. On the call we see your screen; your recovery words stay off the camera and off every screen.
- For a wallet set-up, the device comes from its maker's own shop, not from a marketplace seller.
- This is about safety, not about what to buy or sell.
- Stolen coins rarely come back. In one year, fake law firms that offered to get coins back took over US$9.9 million from people already robbed (FBI, June 2024). source · ic3.gov