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Binance reopens HYPE and Aptos withdrawals, two of the six coins it aimed to restore by the end of next week

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Binance has turned withdrawals back on for Hyperliquid's HYPE and Aptos's APT, crypto.news reported on Sunday, citing the exchange's latest recovery update. They were two of six assets, along with INJ, PLASMA, NEAR and LTC, that Binance said on Friday it was working to reopen by the end of next week, according to CryptoTicker. crypto.news said it could not confirm whether the other four have reopened.

The coins return more than a week after the October 29 theft of about $6.3 billion from the exchange. Binance began reopening withdrawals in phases on November 1. Its November 6 announcement, Recovery Update #9, listed asset and network pairs on nine networks, including BNB Smart Chain, Base, Ethereum and Tron, to reopen from 04:00 UTC that day. It said they would roll out progressively after security and readiness checks, that priority followed user demand over the past week, and that deposits stayed open.

crypto.news said Binance had not published a full list of remaining restrictions and had not answered its request for a timeline. Binance has said it will cover customer losses with company resources and its SAFU fund. The next marker is the mid-November target for the remaining assets.

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