Breakfast News Recap: Binance outflows, Gaza strikes and cyberattacks mark a tense global morning
Binance said users withdrew $3.6bn after a record hack, even as the exchange resumed services in phases and processed $4.649bn in withdrawals and $1.01bn in deposits over the day, leaving a net outflow of about $3.6bn. 🔗In the Middle East, Israeli strikes in Gaza killed eight people in two separate attacks, while the ceasefire remained fragile and violence continued despite the truce. 🔗 Iran also warned that any future war with the United States could last longer than the last round of fighting, after Donald Trump said Washington could carry out more strikes. 🔗Israeli forces kept up a siege on... [Continue Reading]
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