BITCOIN CRASHES as Binance Confirms $6.3B BIGGEST HACK EVER

Dan Held, Bitcoin marketer and former head of marketing at Kraken, joins Scott after Bitcoin dropped as low as $76,000 and Binance confirmed the largest crypto hack in history, roughly $6.3 billion. Scott and Dan break down how a single developer's laptop could lead to the Binance exploit, why it looks like social engineering rather than AI, how frozen funds and Binance's SAFU fund shrink the hole to about $2 billion, and the wider wave of attacks on Polymarket and hardware wallets. They cover self-custody and cold storage lessons, CZ's crisis communications, exchanges pushing back on tokenized stocks, Kraken and on-chain IPOs, and why institutions now agree Bitcoin was right. Dan shares what he's building with Perception, then Scott runs The Weekly Wreckoning: Strive's Bitcoin buying, Ripple's trust charter, the Fed holding rates, DTCC's tokenization service, Bitwise's $1.6 million target, ICE and Hyperliquid perps, and Coinbase earnings. In this episode:00:00 Bitcoin hits $76,000 as Binance confirms $6.3B hack04:05 Why the Binance hack points to social engineering07:02 Frozen funds, the SAFU fund and Binance's $2B hole10:12 Polymarket, Trezor and the wave of wallet attacks21:17 Self-custody lessons and cold storage backups26:16 CZ's crisis communications after the hack32:10 Tokenized stocks, exchange pushback and on-chain IPOs38:19 Institutions finally agree Bitcoin was right41:29 Dan Held on Perception and agentic marketing44:22 The Weekly Wreckoning: Strive, Ripple, Fed, DTCC and Hyperliquid Dan Held on X: https://x.com/danheld Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJNgEbHcD4 If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show and leave a rating. It helps more than you know. Follow Scott Melker:Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMelkerFollow Scott on X: https://x.com/scottmelkerThe Wolf Den newsletter: https://thewolfden.substack.comThe Daily Wolf on Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/daily-wolf/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices