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Fri, Oct 30, 7:16 PM ET
Binance Hack Drained Up to $5.8B, Exchange Says $6.34B Set Aside to Cover Losses
Binance confirmed suspicious outflows and said it has $6.34 billion in reserves to cover customer losses from what is being called the largest exchange hack on
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Chainalysis and TRM Tie $6.4B Binance Hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor
Attribution of the Binance breach to a state-linked Lazarus subgroup escalates it from an exchange incident into a geopolitical sanctions and cyber enforcement
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Secret Service and FBI Join Binance Probe as Circle Freezes $823 Million
US federal agencies entering the investigation and stablecoin issuers freezing funds marks an unusually fast regulatory and law-enforcement response to a crypto
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Binance Hack Began With $296M XRP Drain After 36-Hour Preparation: Report
Details of the attack's initial phase point to a methodically planned drain rather than an opportunistic exploit.
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EIP-7702, the Ethereum Upgrade Behind the $6.4B Binance Hack, Explained
Scrutiny of the account-abstraction upgrade raises questions about whether delegating account control introduced new attack surface.
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Binance Hack Draws US Oversight Calls as CFTC Chair Cites Offshore Exchanges
Regulators are using the breach to argue offshore venues need US supervision, framing the hack as a policy case for domestic oversight.
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Binance Hacker Hunts Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Front-end and venue shutdowns complicate the attacker's ability to launder stolen funds, though cross-chain routes remain a concern.
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Binance Finds 'Additional Points of Breach' in $6.3B Hack
The exchange's own forensics suggest multiple intrusion vectors rather than a single compromised key or contract.
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Hyperliquid's HYPE Jumps 13% as NYSE Owner ICE Moves to Bring Its Perpetual Futures to the US
A major exchange operator's interest in on-chain perpetuals signals institutional appetite for DeFi derivatives infrastructure.
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Coinbase Swings to $719 Million Q3 Profit on Crypto Gains
The US exchange's return to profit shows trading and mark-to-market gains still drive crypto brokerage earnings through volatility.
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Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Investigates Security Incident
A halt at one of the largest prediction markets highlights operational risk in venues that have grown rapidly around event contracts.
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Trezor Warns CryptoBilis Buyers After Report of Hardware Implant in Safe 5
An alleged tampered hardware wallet resold by a third party underscores supply-chain risk in self-custody devices.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Intel Stock Suffers Worst Crash in 50 Years as Weak Forecast Overshadows AI Chip Demand
A historic single-day decline for Intel highlights how far the company has lagged peers in the AI chip cycle.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Utah Files Felony Charges Against Kalshi and Co-Founders Over Sports Bets
Criminal charges against a regulated prediction market mark an escalation in state-versus-federal gambling disputes.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Walmart Blocks Its Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Trading Venue
The refusal shows corporate resistance to unapproved tokenized equity venues even as exchanges build them out.
Decrypt · +8 outlets
Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth
The drop reflects investor fear that AI-generated search results are eroding referral traffic for platform businesses.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
zkLink Nova Goes Offline After Hacker Steals More Than $780,000 From Its Bridge
The bridge exploit adds to a long run of cross-chain attacks and prompted the project to halt operations.
Yahoo Finance · +1 outlets
Justin Sun's HTX Agrees to Leave UK in Settlement With Financial Watchdog
The exit deal reflects continued UK pressure on unregistered offshore exchanges serving local users.
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