Binance Hackers Swap Stablecoins for Ether as DEXs Pause

The pivot from freezable stablecoins to ether is a telling sign of how attackers now view the stablecoin ecosystem's ability to respond to illicit flows. DEXs pausing markets shows that even permissionless venues are making judgment calls under pressure, raising questions about how decentralized they remain when targeted. The open question is whether this cat-and-mouse dynamic pushes attackers toward more privacy-focused assets and whether DEXs' ad-hoc pauses become a precedent or a one-off.