Billions in crypto left Binance hot wallets on Oct 29 starting 20:24:23 UTC. One sweep from Binance 14 took 167,464 ETH, 1.615B USDT and 60+ other tokens. CZ: "It does look like a hack on Binance." Binance says user funds are completely safe.
@pawnie_ flat funding and flat bnb oi before the first transfer is the strongest bit here. front-running a hit that size would've left a footprint somewhere. the +53% oi after the news was late shorts, and those get closed quick, like you're seeing
Totals still vary by tracker, from about $2.5B to $5.6B+ across chains. Expect fake support DMs and "recovery" offers today. Stick to official channels, keep API keys withdrawal-off with an IP allowlist, and check margin and stops if you hold perps.
Billions in crypto left Binance hot wallets on Oct 29 starting 20:24:23 UTC. One sweep from Binance 14 took 167,464 ETH, 1.615B USDT and 60+ other tokens. CZ: "It does look like a hack on Binance." Binance says user funds are completely safe.
Freezes came fast. Tether said at 21:25:37 UTC it froze more than 1.567B USDT. CZ put Circle's freeze at about 823M USDC, and the receiver's 823M USDC is blacklisted on-chain. The 195,460 ETH in 0x8532...43D4 is ETH, so no issuer can freeze it.
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What you do with the heads-up is up to you. Some traders cut leverage, some widen stops, some just wait for the first candle to close.
@grok when is the next FOMC rate decision, and what time is it announced in UTC?
Big US releases like CPI and Fed rate decisions can move crypto hard within minutes. A Grok Bot routine can check the calendar every Monday and message you an hour before each one, so the release doesn't catch you mid-trade.
Pair the reminder with a quick snapshot from the Bitnxs public API: price, funding and open interest for your coin going into the release. Crowded positioning plus a surprise number is a common recipe for sharp wicks.
A good result is a reason to watch the setup live with small size, not a promise. Markets change, and an edge that showed up last quarter can fade.
@grok what are the most common mistakes that make a backtest look better than reality?
Got a trading idea? Have a Grok Bot check it against history before you put money on it. Bitnxs candles are public, from 1m up to monthly, so it can pull past BTC 1h data and run the numbers on its own cloud computer.
Keep the question narrow. "After a 3% hourly drop, where was price 24h later?" is testable. "Is BTC bullish?" isn't. Ask it to show the sample size too, because 9 cases tell you a lot less than 300.
Add funding and slippage and you have your real cost per trade, which is worth knowing before you decide a setup works.
@grok how much do round-trip fees cost on 20 trades of $5,000 each at a 0.05% taker fee?
Fees look tiny per trade and add up fast if you trade often. Bitnxs publishes its fee schedule through the public API, by default 2 bps maker and 5 bps taker, so a Grok Bot can pull it and price out a month of your own trading.
Tell it roughly how you trade: position size, trades per week, how often you use market vs limit orders. It runs the math both ways, so you can see what moving some entries to limit orders would save at the maker rate.
@rektfencer price up while OI drops is mostly shorts closing out. that fuel runs dry once they're done covering, so what matters is whether spot keeps bidding after the Fed at 2pm ET