Changpeng Zhao says U.S. law enforcement agencies assisted Binance in tracking and freezing stolen funds
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Changpeng Zhao says U.S. law enforcement agencies assisted in tracking and freezing Binance’s stolen funds, potentially reducing downward pressure on Bitcoin.
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【CZ: Bitcoin’s failure to fall further is largely thanks to U.S. law enforcement agencies】
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao posted on X, saying that FBI, the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other U.S. law enforcement agencies provided crucial assistance in the Binance theft incident, including tracking and freezing the funds. Zhao said that one post could not fully express his gratitude, and that many crypto users may not realize that “why Bitcoin did not fall further” is largely thanks to them. Previously,FBI confirmed North Korea as the perpetrator behind the theft of more than 6000000000 USD.
Key points
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Changpeng Zhao said on X that FBI, the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided crucial assistance in the Binance theft incident.
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Changpeng Zhao said the assistance included tracking and freezing funds.
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Changpeng Zhao said that Bitcoin’s failure to fall further is largely thanks to these U.S. law enforcement agencies.
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Previously,FBI confirmed North Korea as the perpetrator behind the theft of more than 6000000000 USD.
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This report relays Changpeng Zhao’s statement that multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies assisted in handling the Binance theft incident, including tracking and freezing funds. He believes this may explain why Bitcoin did not fall sharply further.
Why it matters to readers
The tracking and freezing of funds may have influenced the market’s assessment of the risk that the stolen funds would continue circulating and be sold, but the article’s connection between this and Bitcoin’s decline is primarily Zhao’s view.
Beginners should distinguish between the event description that “law enforcement agencies provided assistance” and the not independently verified causal judgment that “therefore Bitcoin did not fall further.”
Risks and unknowns
The original article did not provide Zhao’s original X post, announcements from the law enforcement agencies, or details of the funds frozen.
The original article did not specify the results of tracking and freezing the stolen funds.
The causal relationship between Bitcoin’s failure to fall further and law enforcement assistance has not been independently verified.
The original article stated that the amount stolen exceeded 6000000000 USD, but did not provide the specific amount.
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