Binance covers $6b of $6.3b stolen in record hack

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Crypto prices fell on Friday after the biggest heist in history. -AP

Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has covered $US6 billion ($A8.5 billion) of the $US6.3 billion ($A9 billion) ‌stolen from its platform by using company money to buy replacement tokens stolen in a record-breaking hack.

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