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TODAY reports $6 billion Binance theft as tech stocks tumble

Brian Cheung explains what was frozen, Binance's promise to cover losses and the unease surrounding huge AI investments.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 275,733 views a day, 55 times a normal first day on this channel (4,973).

Tech Stocks Plummet; Hackers Steal Over $6B in Cryptocurrency

A compromised laptop was the starting point for the Binance breach, NBC's Brian Cheung reports in a TODAY briefing that brings together cryptocurrency theft and a sharp sell-off in technology stocks.

Cheung says roughly half the stolen cryptocurrency was frozen and Binance has promised to cover all losses. That promise is an important distinction: the amount taken in a breach is not necessarily the amount customers will ultimately lose.

The report then turns to Alphabet, Google's parent company, whose shares fell by more than a tenth. Cheung raises the question hanging over enormous investments in artificial intelligence: how much of the excitement reflects future business, and how much might be a market bubble?

There is a counterpoint in the same segment. Cheung reports stronger-than-expected US economic growth, supported by spending and heavy AI-related investment. The investment helping lift the broader economy is also prompting questions on Wall Street.

The upload drew about 229,000 views in its first sixteen hours, far beyond TODAY's usual opening for a Short. Its comment section was also unusually busy, with viewers questioning cryptocurrency security and discussing who controls access to digital holdings.

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