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Binance Lacks Cyber Insurance for $6.3B Hack, Bloomberg Law Reports

Binance did not purchase cyber insurance and holds only directors and officers (D&O) coverage for executives facing potential regulatory probes or lawsuits tied to a record $6.3 billion hack, Bloomberg Law reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Insurance may cover only a small fraction of the losses as the exchange compensates affected users, since crypto, crime and D&O policies typically carry exclusions. Binance has said the reimbursement was funded from part of its SAFU fund, part of its futures insurance fund and company funds.

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The absence of cyber coverage turns a record loss into a direct balance-sheet event rather than an insured one, leaving Binance's own reserves, including SAFU and its futures insurance fund, as the visible backstop. That distinction matters most for users evaluating how much protection sits behind an exchange's promises, and for counterparties and regulators assessing how the industry prices operational risk. Whether other large venues disclose comparable coverage, and whether insurers keep excluding crypto and crime exposures, is the open question worth watching.

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