Binance Hack Tops $6.3B as Exchange Finds 'Additional Points of Breach'
CEO Richard Teng said the attack was not a single one-click action, and Binance says about $3 billion has been frozen.
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Binance Drained of $5.5B in Suspected Hack; Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8B
An on-chain tally puts the suspected drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, with stablecoin issuers freezing $1.8 billion of it.
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Binance Hacker Swaps Freezable Stablecoins for ETH as DeFi Exchanges Pause
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack moving funds into Ethereum on decentralized exchanges as venues halt markets.
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Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Probes Security Incident
Users reported funds leaving accounts; Arkham data shows a suspected attacker wallet holding about $2.65 million in POL.
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Justin Sun-Linked Wallets Accumulate $51M of PEPE as Token Jumps 12% to 16%
Pepe rallied double digits on reports that wallets tied to Justin Sun piled into the token, narrowing PEPE's market cap gap with Shiba Inu.
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Hyperliquid's HYPE Jumps 13% as NYSE Owner ICE Moves to Bring Perps to US
Intercontinental Exchange signed a deal with Trade[XYZ] to launch regulated perpetual futures built on Hyperliquid in the US.
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Coinbase Swings to $719M Q3 Profit, Revenue Flat at $1.22B
The exchange's third-quarter net income was driven largely by gains on its crypto holdings.
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Trezor Warns CryptoBilis Buyers of Hardware Implant Report in Safe 5
The wallet maker has not examined the device but is treating the report as credible and told buyers to move funds.
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Pump.fun's PUMP Gains 5% on Hyperliquid-Powered Perpetuals Launch
The memecoin launchpad rolled out perpetual futures for crypto, stocks and commodities using Hyperliquid infrastructure.
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Strategy Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Preferred Stock, 99.3% in Favor
STRC begins paying per-calendar-day dividends from November, with STRF, STRK and STRD following in January.
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Walmart, JPMorgan, Coca-Cola Object to OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue
Objections to the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock trading venue have grown to 38 companies including Walmart, Eli Lilly and Cigna.
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Fed Holds Rates Steady in 10-2 Vote, With December Hike in Play
Bitcoin held near $80,000 after the Fed's decision, with two officials favoring a hike.
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Justin Sun's HTX Agrees to Leave UK in Settlement With FCA
The UK regulator says the Sun-linked exchange will stop targeting British consumers, ending its first crypto marketing case.
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Utah Files Felony Charges Against Kalshi and Co-Founders Over Sports Bets
The state says an undercover agent placed a dozen sports wagers on Kalshi, a day after the CFTC sued Utah to block enforcement.
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Galaxy: Hedge Funds Cut 68,000 BTC of Spot ETF Exposure as Sovereign Funds Added
Cash-and-carry hedge fund positions unwound even as wealth platforms and sovereign funds stepped into US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
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Crypto Spent $176M on Midterms, but Only 13% of Voters Call It a Priority
An Ipsos survey for the DeFi Education Fund found little voter salience for crypto despite heavy industry election spending.
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MemeCore Surges 17% to 25%, Overtaking PEPE in Memecoin Rankings
The memecoin rallied sharply as analysts debated whether the move was a rotation into higher-beta meme names.
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Moody's Rates Ripple's $2.6B RLUSD Stablecoin A2 After OCC Bank Approval
The ratings agency cited RLUSD's Treasury-heavy reserves but noted holders have no direct ownership interest in them.
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