Binance He Yi: WeChat was hacked in the early morning and was pretended to be promoting meme coins. It will compensate the victims with BNB but "will no longer compensate the victims."
The WeChat account of Binance co-founder and co-CEO He Yi was hacked in the early morning of the 10th. The hackers used his identity to vigorously promote a meme currency in Moments and private messages, causing many community members who followed the trend out of trust to suffer heavy losses. He issued an emergency apology in the evening and announced that he would personally take out BNB and airdrop it to compensate eligible victims within 24 hours, but at the same time emphasized that "this is the last time."
(Preliminary summary: After He Yi became the co-CEO of Binance, he responded to 34 highly condensed questions)
(Background supplement: Meme $DOYR’s market value exceeded 15 million US dollars, due to a typo by He Yi)
He Yi, the co-founder and co-CEO of Binance, had his uncommon WeChat account hacked by hackers in the early morning of today (10th). During the theft, hackers used He Yi's circle of friends and private messages to pretend to be her and strongly recommend a certain meme coin to multiple contacts, inducing community members to follow suit and buy "because of trust." As a result, the currency price skyrocketed in a short period of time and then quickly collapsed, causing many people to suffer serious losses.
In response, He Yi posted a message on the X platform this evening to confirm the matter and express his strong apology and sadness. She said that because the victim blindly followed the order because of "trust in me", she decided to take out part of the BNB in her own name and provide one-time airdrop compensation for users who traded the meme currency through the Binance private keyless wallet and the Binance Alpha platform "during the period when WeChat was stolen" and were currently in a state of "absolute loss". All airdrops will be distributed within 24 hours.
However, He Yi also emphasized that "if similar incidents occur in the future, there will be no similar compensation." This is tantamount to shouting to the community: Investments are ultimately responsible for themselves. He Yi also reiterated his position in the article: "I, the official Binance account, and all Binance employees will never recommend any meme coins." She reminded investors that such meme coins inherently lack long-term price support, and called on everyone to be more vigilant, carefully screen information, and not act impulsively due to FOMO (fear of missing out).
My WeChat account that I rarely use was stolen early this morning. Some users who read Moments and WeChat messages blindly bought this meme coin because of their trust in me and incurred losses. I feel very sad, so I will personally take out some BNB to trade this meme using the binance private keyless wallet and Alpha platform during the time when my WeChat account was stolen. Coin absolute loss users conduct airdrops, and the airdrops will be distributed within 24 hours. …
— Yi He (@heyibinance) December 10, 2025
