Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange that apparently needed a weekend to recover from a $6.3 billion heist, announced early Sunday that it would begin allowing withdrawals in a phased process. Because nothing says "trust us with your money" like a phased process.

The company had frozen all deposits and withdrawals after hackers stole $6.3 billion worth of crypto from Binance wallets. In its latest update, Binance said it has now covered 95% of the stolen assets, and it's still working to buy the "remaining affected assets," which are "less liquid in the market and take longer time to source at the required scale." Translation: the leftover tokens are the ones nobody wants to touch, even with a ten-foot ledger.

"Our commitment remains unchanged: Binance will bear the financial impact of the stolen funds," the company added. "These losses will not be passed on to users." A refreshing stance, though one suspects users might prefer their funds not be stolen in the first place.

As for the withdrawal freeze, Binance said it did not make the decision lightly, as it understands "how important reliable access to withdrawals is for our users." Nonetheless, the company said this was a necessary "precaution while our teams worked to contain the incident loss, assess its impact, restore affected services, and complete security checks." In other words: the vault was open, the guards were on a coffee break, and now everyone's doing a lot of paperwork.

Binance will resume supporting withdrawals in phases, depending on network and asset type. As of Sunday morning, the company's network status page showed a mix of normal, partially suspended, and fully suspended statuses - for example, Bitcoin withdrawals and deposits are still listed as partially suspended, while Ethereum deposits are normal and withdrawals are partially suspended. So, a little of everything, like a crypto buffet where some dishes are still behind glass.

The company also said users should expect "temporary delays or longer processing times due to traffic volume." Because nothing speeds up a recovery like a digital stampede for the exits.

"Resuming withdrawals is a major milestone, but our work continues," Binance said. "We will continue strengthening our safeguards, completing the recovery process, and providing updates as progress continues." The company also said it will publish a more in-depth incident report when its investigation is complete - presumably with a chapter on how $6.3 billion is a lot of money.

Binance previously blamed North Korea hackers for the breach. On Saturday, the FBI said that a North Korean group known as TraderTraitor was responsible, and that the group was converting the assets primarily into Ethereum, with further laundering likely. Because if there's one thing North Korean hackers love, it's a blockchain with a good conversion rate.