{"id":"1793313707804-mix-show_open","slug":"reported-five-point-seven-billion-binance-hack","title":"Reported five point seven billion Binance hack","summary":"Grok Bot has no free tier; it is a paid product, with xAI's pricing page listing it in Premium and above. A limited free trial was announced separately, but that is not a free tier. The DAU growth figures in the quoted post could not be independently confirmed.\n\nReuters reports that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said the United States has suggested presidential elections in Venezuela take place next year.","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T22:41:47.804Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"Rush Hour Mix","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Grok Bot has no free tier; it is a paid product, with xAI's pricing page listing it in Premium and above. A limited free trial was announced separately, but that is not a free tier. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Eric","text":"It's Rush Hour Mix on Oncast — a reported five point seven billion dollar crypto hack."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Reported being the key word. The Kobeissi Letter posted it on X, not Binance."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The post says Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron saw outflows that big. If true, biggest in crypto history."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Elon's response was four words: 'Everyday is Zeroday.'"},{"host":"Eric","text":"He's been through enough X hacks... to write the slogan."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Walter Bloomberg on X says Binance US is not affected."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's the US arm. The main exchange hasn't confirmed anything."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Exactly. Five point seven billion is a huge number to toss out."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Reminder that a big exchange can be a single point of failure."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Maybe, but first we have to know if the hack even happened."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Fair. But the market's already reacting like it did."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Wait for Binance. Until then it's a breaking claim."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Different world entirely: Reuters reports the FCC voted to ban all Chinese labs from testing American electronics."},{"host":"Eric","text":"About time. You don't hand your device blueprints to a potential adversary."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"All Chinese labs? That's a hammer when maybe a scalpel works."},{"host":"Eric","text":"In China, the argument goes, private labs aren't really private. The state could tap into them."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"So no Chinese lab can test a laptop? That's a huge trade restriction."},{"host":"Eric","text":"It's not about trade. It's about not letting foreign labs write the security report on our electronics."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'd like to see the actual threat assessment, not just the vote."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The FCC isn't going to declassify intel to win an argument. Sometimes you act on the threat."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"That's how agencies get away with overreach."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Or how they stop a backdoor before it ships."}]}