Binance Attacker Accidentally Transfers $3.5 Million in Tokens to NEWT Contract Address

The Newton Foundation announced that the attacker involved in the Binance theft incident allegedly made an operational error on October 30, transferring approximately 8 million NEWT and 17 other tokens to the NEWT token contract address. The total value of the related tokens is approximately $3.5 million at current prices, including ANIME, ANKR, ARPA, BARD, FTT, LQTY, SIGN, and WOO. The foundation emphasized that the NEWT token contract was not attacked, is immutable, and has no owner or administrator. All management rights were relinquished on-chain in 2025, and upgrade functions have been permanently disabled. Therefore, no one can retrieve tokens that were directly transferred to the contract. These tokens are now permanently locked, out of the attacker’s control, and cannot be sold on the market. The foundation has informed Binance of the investigation results and will continue to provide assistance.

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