New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia was hacked two days ago. The thief (or thieves) made off with approximately $3.6 million in cryptocurrency. Now, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has frozen tokens sent to its wallet by the alleged hackers.

Binance Freezes Tokens

According to Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the exchange reportedly received an unspecified amount of cryptocurrency that social media users noted looked suspicious. The transactions were coming from addresses known to be related to the Cryptopia hack.

Cryptopia currently remains shut down while police investiGate the hacking.

The Frozen Tokens

CZ spoke on the matter and said Binance staff are holding the tokens while the investigation is underway. The tokens arrived on the exchange in several batches of MTL coins valued at $7,830 and KNC tokens valued at $6,867 at the time of writing.