Bankless
Inside the $6 Billion Binance Hack | Ari Redbord
Sponsors in this episode
No sponsor reads found in this episode's notes.
Host-read ads that the notes don't mention can't be found this way.
Show notes
Binance was hit by a $6 billion hack. What happens when the stolen crypto starts moving? TRM Labs' Ari Redbord joins David Hoffman to unpack the frantic first hours of the response, how stablecoin issuers froze billions, and the clues pointing investigators toward North Korea.
---
📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24
https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium
---
BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:
🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK
https://bankless.cc/near2026
🌍 RIPIO | LOCAL CURRENCIES, ONCHAIN
https://bankless.cc/ripio
🛡️VIZOR | THE WALLET ZCASH DEVS USE
https://bankless.cc/vizor
---
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 The $6B Binance Hack
01:38 Inside TRM's War Room
03:29 Freezing Billions and Tracking Funds
08:51 Law Enforcement and Attack Clues
13:50 Why North Korea Is Different
21:26 The Regulatory Fallout for Crypto
24:53 AI and the Next Cyber Threat
27:43 Securing Crypto After the Attack
---
RESOURCES
Ari Redbord
https://x.com/ARedbord
TRM Labs
https://www.trmlabs.com/
---
Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
From the show's RSS feed.