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Binance Covers 90% of Losses After Record $6.3 Billion Hack

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 64 129 31 Oct 1 Nov 30 Oct 06:12 UTC · Binance freezes about $3 billion after potential record crypto breach 30 Oct 12:13 UTC · Binance freezes about $3 billion after record $6.3 billion cryptocurrency hack 30 Oct 18:19 UTC · Binance investigates possible hack after billions moved from crypto wallets 31 Oct 00:10 UTC · Binance works with US agencies after record $6.3 billion crypto hack 31 Oct 06:10 UTC · Binance freezes about $3 billion after record $6.3 billion cryptocurrency hack 31 Oct 18:11 UTC · Binance Covers 90% of Losses After Record $6.3 Billion Hack

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 31 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    Binance works with US agencies after record $6.3 billion crypto hack

  2. 31 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Binance freezes about $3 billion after record $6.3 billion cryptocurrency hack

  3. 31 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Binance Covers 90% of Losses After Record $6.3 Billion Hack

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • $6.3 billion · 12 outlets
  • $6.3 billion hack · 12 outlets
  • $6.3 billion security breach · 4 outlets
  • Richard Teng · 4 outlets
  • $6.34 billion company funds · 3 outlets
  • $1.5 billion heist · 2 outlets
  • $3 billion stolen assets · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 6.3 billion hack · from 30 Oct 17:15, 2 outlets
  • While Binance · from 30 Oct 17:39, 2 outlets
  • Sam Bankman · from 30 Oct 17:39, 2 outlets
  • $6 billion crypto heist · from 30 Oct 18:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • assets under: $155 billion (1 from 30 Oct 00:29) → $162.8 billion (4 from 30 Oct 02:05) → $160 billion (3 from 30 Oct 03:24) → $144 billion (1 from 30 Oct 04:00)
  • registered users: 335 million (6 from 30 Oct 02:05) → 300 million (1 from 30 Oct 05:15)
  • crypto hack: $5.7 billion (1 from 29 Oct 22:27) → $6.3 billion (4 from 30 Oct 13:30)
  • security breach: $3 billion (1 from 30 Oct 01:42) → $6.3 billion (4 from 30 Oct 04:13)
  • crypto assets: $2.87 billion (1 from 30 Oct 00:29) → $3 billion (2 from 30 Oct 03:24) → $2.5 billion (1 from 30 Oct 09:15)
  • ether fell: $76,368 (3 from 30 Oct 02:05) → $77,646 (1 from 30 Oct 03:24)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.