Ethena flags potential security incident involving Binance, says collateral sits off-exchange
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The USDe issuer says exchange-exposed collateral is held with off-exchange custodians rather than on Binance itself Ethena Labs, the team behind the synthetic dollar USDe, said it is aware of a potential security incident involving Binance . The alert came on October 29, 2026. Ethena said its exchange-exposed collateral is kept with off-exchange custodians, not parked on the exchange itself. Neither the nature nor the scope of the possible incident at Binance has been disclosed. Ethena’s message focused on where its money is. Ethena indicated that USDe’s core functions remain unaffected.
Source: Crypto Briefing
