Binance Adds Withdrawal Lockdown to Block Wrench Attacks
The new 1–7 day freeze is the first major exchange feature aimed squarely at physical coercion, not phishing — and it lands as CertiK data shows 75% more wrench attacks in 2025.
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The new 1–7 day freeze is the first major exchange feature aimed squarely at physical coercion, not phishing — and it lands as CertiK data shows 75% more wrench attacks in 2025.
Binance is rolling out a withdrawal lock — a setting that lets users freeze outgoing transfers without disabling their…
The opt-in feature lets users freeze on-chain withdrawals for up to a week, a security control that targets social-engineering and account-takeover vectors, not just external hacks.
The 1–7 day lock is opt-in and only fires when a user flips it on — a UX nudge toward self-custody-grade caution that depends entirely on the user opting in ahead of the hack, not during it.
Slippage tolerance is permission, not protection. A 0.5% default can quietly let MEV bots and sandwich attacks take a much larger cut on a low-liquidity swap.
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The cliff hits at a moment when most majors are already off their summer highs — SUI, JUP, EIGEN and OMNI carry the heaviest one-time loads, while SOL adds steady daily supply pressure.
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The figure spans one-time cliffs across HYPE, PUMP, H, ZRO, CONX, ENA, and KAITO plus monthly linear unlocks on SOL, WLD, TRUMP, TAO, and a dozen others, a broad-based supply event with no single…
A packed cliff calendar led by HYPE, H, SUI and APT meets heavy linear unlocks on SOL, WLD and TRUMP — supply pressure meets an already cautious tape.
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Qureshi points to strategic investors selling every batch across a four-year vesting schedule, a pattern that scares off secondary buyers and can lock a token into a down-only trajectory.
Seven altcoins face scheduled vesting releases totaling more than $56M, with H and GRVT alone accounting for over half the combined sell pressure.
Seven token unlocks worth roughly $120M in aggregate are scheduled this week, but the calendar is dominated by a single…