Unit Delays All Deposits and Withdrawals After Binance Breach

The freeze of roughly $3 billion in affected assets shifts this from a single-exchange problem into a cross-platform liquidity event, as Unit's halt shows how quickly a Binance-side breach can propagate to infrastructure providers that custody or route assets for others. The near-term exposure sits with users and downstream platforms relying on Unit's rails, who now face settlement uncertainty rather than a direct loss. The open question is whether Guardian's screening is a temporary bottleneck or a sign that compliance checks are being tightened across the on-ramp layer — and whether other partners follow Binance's lead in freezing assets.