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Story: Binance Explains $0 Token Glitch, Payouts Reach $283 Million

By James Thorp

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How the Glitch Occurred. Binance explained that the issue stemmed from updates to certain trading pairs, which reduced the…

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Token Depegging and Compensation. Adding complexity to the situation, three Binance Earn assets—Ethena’s USDe, Binance Solana liquid…

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Speculation of Exploit. Some traders suggested that Binance may have been exposed to a potential exploit during the…

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Calls for Regulatory Oversight. The incident has reignited debates over the need for stronger oversight of centralized exchanges.

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Market Recovery. Despite the disruption, the cryptocurrency market staged a strong rebound over the weekend.

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Future Safeguards. Binance has announced measures to prevent similar issues in the future, including sourcing price…

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Looking Ahead. As cryptocurrencies continue to gain mainstream adoption, incidents like the Binance display…

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has clarified that a recent incident in which several tokens appeared to drop to $0 was caused by a display issue and not…

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The glitch emerged during Friday’s market sell-off, which resulted in up to $20 billion in leveraged positions being liquidated—the largest 24-hour crypto liquidation on record.

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Binance explained that the issue stemmed from updates to certain trading pairs, which reduced the number of decimal places allowed for minimum price movements.

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“Certain trading pairs, such as IOTX/USDT, recently reduced the number of decimal places allowed for minimum price movement, causing the displayed prices in the user interface to…

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While this clarification helped ease fears, the glitch exposed the fragility of user perception during periods of extreme market volatility, highlighting the importance of…

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Adding complexity to the situation, three Binance Earn assets—Ethena’s USDe, Binance Solana liquid staking token (BNSOL), and Wrapped Beacon ETH (WBETH)—temporarily depegged from…

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To protect users, Binance fully reimbursed traders affected between 21:36 and 22:16 UTC on October 10.

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Ethena Labs CEO Guy Young emphasized that the depeg was confined to Binance and did not reflect wider market conditions.

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