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Binance reports $11 billion withdrawn in 46 hours as Zhao says few funds went to rivals

About $6 billion in deposits offset just over half of withdrawals in a 46-hour snapshot. Zhao said most withdrawn funds moved to self-custody.

Quick Take

  1. Binance processed about $11 billion in withdrawals over the 46 hours to 04:00 UTC on Nov. 3 after reopening services following the hack.
  2. About $6 billion in deposits offset just over half the withdrawals, leaving roughly $5 billion in net outflows.
  3. Zhao put other exchanges' share at 6% to 10%, citing public reports he did not identify in his post.

Binance reported about $11 billion in withdrawals between 06:00 UTC on Nov. 1 and 04:00 UTC on Nov. 3, after reopening services following its record $6 billion hack on Oct. 29.

Deposits of about $6 billion offset just over half the withdrawals, leaving roughly $5 billion in net outflows over the same period, according to data released by Binance on Tuesday.

BinanceBinance hourly deposits and withdrawals

All coins, Nov. 1, 2026, 06:00 UTC to Nov. 3, 2026, 04:00 UTC. Categories identify the start of each 60-minute bin. Printed whole-million-dollar labels were transcribed and converted to dollars. Rounded hourly withdrawals sum to $10.967 billion, versus the source headline of $10.970 billion; deposits sum to $5.695 billion.

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The net withdrawals represented about 3.1% of Binance's previously reported $171 billion in assets.

In the peak withdrawal hour, beginning at 08:00 UTC on Nov. 1, withdrawals exceeded deposits by $936 million.

The pace subsequently moderated, with incoming deposits increasingly offsetting withdrawals throughout Nov. 2.

By the hour beginning at 03:00 UTC on Nov. 3, Binance recorded $193 million in deposits against $183 million in withdrawals, producing a positive balance of $10 million.

BinanceBinance hourly netflow

All coins, Nov. 1, 2026, 06:00 UTC to Nov. 3, 2026, 04:00 UTC. Categories identify 60-minute bin starts. Netflow means deposits minus withdrawals: negative values are net outflows. Values preserve the screenshot's independently rounded whole-million-dollar netflow labels, rather than subtracting its rounded gross-flow labels. A displayed zero is rounded and may conceal a small flow.

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Binance co-CEO Richard Teng highlighted the development as evidence of improving customer activity. He stated:

“The trend is starting to show more positive inflows with hourly deposits exceeding withdrawals.”

The improvement also drew attention from Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley, who suggested that customers were responding positively to Binance's handling of the security breach.

“Users [are] putting a lot of trust in Binance,” Horsley said. “I imagine based on the way they handled the exploit.”

BinanceBinance cumulative netflow

All coins, Nov. 1, 2026, 06:00 UTC to Nov. 3, 2026, 04:00 UTC. Running sum of the screenshot's rounded hourly netflow labels, starting from zero immediately before the first bin. Each category names the bin start; each value is cumulative through that bin's end. Intermediate totals are derived from rounded labels, rather than digitized from the source line. Negative values mean cumulative net outflows.

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Zhao says most Binance withdrawals went to self-custody

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said a small share of withdrawn funds had gone to competing exchanges.

Citing unspecified public reports, Zhao said only 6% to 10% of withdrawals went to other centralized exchanges, while most funds were transferred to self-custody wallets that had not subsequently interacted with decentralized exchanges.

His post did not identify the public reports or provide the underlying wallet analysis.

Zhao also emphasized that Binance had absorbed the financial impact of the hack without seeking external funding or selling assets.

“Binance did not borrow money. Binance did not sell assets. Binance did not raise money,” he said, adding that the exchange covered the losses from its balance sheet.

The exchange also announced a further phased reopening of withdrawals beginning at 04:00 UTC on Nov. 3, including assets on Ethereum, Solana and BNB Smart Chain.

Binance said the reopening would continue in phases as security checks are completed, with further assets to be added as they become ready. In its Nov. 1 update, Binance also said it would publish a detailed post-incident report once its investigation was complete.

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Related Company Binance Global crypto exchange Related Asset Ethereum ETH $2,314.51 24-hour change: up 1.57% Related Asset Solana SOL $92.77 24-hour change: down 0.29% Related Company Bitwise The first cryptocurrency index fund Related Person Changpeng Zhao Former CEO & Co-Founder · Binance Related Person Richard Teng CEO · Binance Related Person Hunter Horsley Co-founder, CEO · Bitwise