Binance, one of the largest transaction-level encryption transactions according to CoinMarketCap, had to continually refute the accusations of Piracy

The offline time was to last only a few hours, but, in the same way that Kraken's extended downtime of more than two days in January, Binance announced that it was only a matter of hours. It will be online only on February 9 at 4:00 am (UTC) (1945: 00)

While Kraken was reprimanded by its users for its relative silence and its sporadic update during its 48 hours without service, the exchange of Binance and his CEO Changpeng Zhao has updated his Twitters about every two hours with progress reports and assurances that they have not been hacked :

We will maintain the communication we have difficult moments. These are hot wallets, only a tiny% there. But it should be clear that your coins are safe. We want the discs to move faster. We will design them around them in the future. Your words of encouragement are everything we work for. https://t.co/1i0Dw3YjV1 – CZ (@cz_binance) February 8, 2018

However, some on Twitter have repeatedly accused Binance of concealing a hack, including crypto character John McAfee , who tweeted that while "he was not trying to spread FUD", he had received several reports alleging that Binance was really hacked:

People say that Binance is back. Can anyone prove that with hard evidence that they have successfully exchanged something about Binance over the last 11 hours? I am unable to do so – John McAfee (@officialmcafee) February 8, 2018

In response, Binance tweeted that "Blockchain happily provides a public registry that can refute any FUD" and provided their Ethereum Wallet and Bitcoin wallet addresses to prove that all the money is there:

Binance suspended the trade. The company says they're upgrading the system and will resume at 2:00 GMT on Friday. Although I have no tangible evidence, rumors are circulating among key crypto influencers saying that they may have been hacked. I'll keep you informed. – John McAfee (@officialmcafee) February 8, 2018

Zhao also replied to McAfee saying that he would "prove it wrong":

But you lay fud. We will prove to you that you are wrong. https://t.co/QTuK6t2ZS3 – CZ (@cz_binance) February 8, 2018

At the time of going to press, the Bitcoin and Ethereum storages provided by Binance show positive balances of 263 million dollars and $ 151 million worth of coins respectively.

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