Binance drained of about $6.3B in suspected hack; withdrawals suspended, exchanges on alert
A record-scale breach at Binance prompted freeze actions by Circle and Tether, exchange security reviews, and a sharp crypto market drawdown.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Binance says an engineer's hacked laptop was the initial entry point in $6.3B breach
Binance traced the breach to a compromised engineer machine and said it found additional points of intrusion.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Secret Service and FBI join Binance hack probe as Circle freezes $823M
US law enforcement opened an investigation while Circle froze a portion of the stolen funds.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
Binance sets aside $6.3B in matching tokens to cover hack losses, CEO says funds are safe
Binance said it holds matching token reserves worth billions to cover customer losses from the breach.
Decrypt · +6 outlets
Tether and Circle freeze $1.8B of Binance hack proceeds as launders hunt exit ramps
Stablecoin issuers moved to freeze stolen funds while DeFi venues paused markets as the hacker sought liquidation routes.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
Chainalysis and TRM attribute the $6.4B Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor
Blockchain analytics firms linked the breach to a North Korean state-backed group, echoing prior DPRK crypto thefts.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
Cardano Foundation joins Swiss CMTA to help write tokenized securities standards
Cardano's foundation is joining the Swiss Capital Market Technology Association as tokenization rulemaking accelerates in Switzerland.
Startup Fortune · +5 outlets
Bitcoin holds near $77K after Binance hack, still set for October losses
Bitcoin stabilized above $76,000 following the exchange breach and a broader tech sell-off, but remained lower for the month.
Yahoo Finance Australia · +14 outlets
Strategy's CFO resigns as Saylor touts $30B digital credit capacity for more bitcoin buys
The bitcoin treasury company said it could raise up to $30 billion in credit even as its finance chief departed.
cointelegraph.com · +3 outlets
ICE plans to bring Hyperliquid perpetual futures to the US, HYPE jumps
NYSE parent ICE moved to offer US-listed perpetual futures tied to Hyperliquid, lifting the HYPE token.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Coinbase posts $719M Q3 profit, revenue down 35%
Coinbase swung to profit largely on crypto gains despite a sharp revenue decline year over year.
Yahoo Finance · +6 outlets
Cardano's Midnight privacy sidechain integrates with Ethereum without asset migration
The Midnight privacy network connected to Ethereum, a step Cardano's founder framed as opening its ecosystem to broader DeFi.
Pluang · +6 outlets
Trezor warns CryptoBilis buyers to move funds over suspected hardware implant in Safe 5
Trezor flagged a suspected supply-chain tampering report affecting devices bought through reseller CryptoBilis.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Cardano's Dijkstra upgrade advances through testnet preparation, mainnet date unset
Cardano's next protocol upgrade is progressing on testnet as the team also advances Leios scaling work.
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Intel shares post worst crash in 50 years as weak forecast overshadows AI demand
Intel's guidance miss triggered its steepest single-day stock decline in five decades.
Decrypt · +10 outlets
Cardano price slips below $0.20 as ADA selloff deepens
ADA fell through the $0.20 level in a broad altcoin risk-off move that deepened Cardano's bearish technical setup.
Hokanews · +6 outlets
Reddit stock plunges 30% as Google AI search dents traffic and user growth
Reddit shares fell sharply amid concerns that AI-generated search results are eroding referrals.
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Cardano founder Hoskinson warns EIP-7702 code is 'seriously dangerous' after Binance exploit
Hoskinson flagged risks in the Ethereum account-abstraction standard used in the Binance attack as debate over the exploit's mechanics grew.
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