On-chain investigation · Bitcoin · 29–30 Oct 2026

18,270 BTC out of Binance, traced hop by hop

On 29 October 2026 at 20:20 UTC, 11 withdrawals moved 18,270.2 BTC from one Binance hot wallet to an attacker-controlled address, which split it into 19 wallets inside the same block. Using only the Blockstream Explorer API (Enterprise tier), we rebuilt the full transaction graph, profiled 2,700 transactions of the victim wallet, and checked every output against the chain tip.

Data as of block

What the data adds to published reports

TRM Labs, CoinDesk and others reported the 18,270 BTC outflow and the split into 19 wallets. The chain data also shows:

The thread

Ten posts, ready for X. Each card is drawn at 1200 × 675, X's 16:9 image size.

The 19 wallets

Unspent outputs created by the split, checked at block . "Dust" counts unsolicited payments received since.

The 11 withdrawals

All from bc1qm34lsc65zpw79lxes69zkqmk6ee3ewf0j77s3h to bc1q0mtc2f5agpkvlq6hhahmfr3hlr55kyfjhl2mnm, block 973,732.

Method and caveats

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