● BINANCE HACK HITS $6.3 BILLION, CRYPTO SLIDES

Bitcoin dropped 4.8% to below $77,000 after Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, said hackers took an estimated $6.3 billion in assets, with $3 billion already frozen and roughly $3.3 billion still untraced. BNB fell 8% and Ethereum slid 5.7% as the exchange suspended withdrawals and pledged to cover user losses in full.