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Wild West crypto: Staggering Binance heist exposes sector fragility

NPR | By Scott Simon,

Rafael Nam

Published October 31, 2026 at 6:42 AM CDT

A massive cyber heist of crypto exchange Binance is exposing some of the fragilities of the sector and reinforcing perceptions of the industry as a financial Wild West, critics warn.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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Rafael Nam

Rafael Nam is NPR's Senior Business Editor.

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