Today's story: Binance customers withdraw $3.64 billion after a hack. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Les clients de Binance retirent 3,64 milliards de dollars après un piratage
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(01:31) Today's headline, slowly
(02:26) Days and a record event
(03:06) Value and digital assets
(03:51) Already replaced
(04:59) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-11-02
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Les clients de Binance retirent 3,64 milliards de dollars après un piratage
Binance a rouvert dimanche après un piratage record.
Après l’attaque, Binance a arrêté toutes les transactions.
Le piratage a touché des actifs numériques d’une valeur de 6,3 milliards de dollars.
Le FBI accuse la Corée du Nord de cette attaque.
Binance a déjà remplacé environ 95 % des actifs volés.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
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- verb (arrêter)
- vocabulary (d’une valeur de)
- vocabulary (accuse)
- vocabulary (déjà)
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