# Bitcoin stolen from Binance exceeds Tesla’s holdings and is more than twice El Salvador’s reserve

https://mins.news/en/item/123437

- CoinDesk, 2026-10-31 05:01 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/31/bitcoin-stolen-from-binance-tops-tesla-s-holdings-and-is-over-twice-el-salvador-s-reserve

> The 18,270 BTC stolen are worth about $1.4 billion, just 442 coins fewer than SpaceX’s disclosed holdings. Blockchain investigators link the attack to North Korea.

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