Binance hit by record $6.3B hack, sets aside $6.34B to cover losses and says assets are safe
Binance says it found additional breach points and has reserved funds to cover the largest crypto heist on record, with markets rattled by the scale and executi
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US Secret Service and FBI join Binance hack probe; Circle freezes $823M tied to stolen funds
US law enforcement involvement and a major stablecoin freeze signal the hack is being treated as a cross-border criminal case, while the CFTC chair cites it as
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Chainalysis and TRM tie $6.4B Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group
Attribution to a state-linked hacking unit would make the heist the largest known crypto theft tied to North Korea.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Crypto plunges after Binance hack: bitcoin slips below $77,000 as liquidations top $1.5B
Major tokens fell sharply with DOGE, XRP and ETH among the worst hit as leveraged positions were flushed out.
Yahoo Finance · +6 outlets
Trump says administration is looking into Binance hack as calls for crypto rules grow
Presidential comment on the hack adds political pressure to pending crypto market-structure legislation.
The Block · +13 outlets
Intel stock plunges nearly 30%, worst day since 1974, on weak forecast
The chipmaker's guidance disappointed despite AI chip demand, and the drop cut roughly $10B from the US government's equity stake.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Binance hacker's bitcoin holdings exceed Coinbase's corporate BTC treasury, report says
The scale of the attacker's crypto holdings underscores how much value is now concentrated in illicit wallets.
cointelegraph.com · +10 outlets
Alphabet's October wipeout reaches $766B, its worst month ever
AI spending concerns and search competition weighed on the stock through the month.
Yahoo Finance · +1 outlets
Strategy's preferred-stock fix sets up renewed bitcoin buying, analysts say
Saylor touts $30B of credit capacity and says the company does not need equity issuance to keep accumulating BTC.
The Block · +7 outlets
Decrypt: Binance hack shows why offshore exchanges need US oversight, CFTC chair says
Regulators point to the breach as evidence for extending US rules to offshore venues.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
CZ and Elon Musk trade barbs over hack, with Zhao citing a $1B SpaceX stake as backup
The public spat between Binance's co-founder and Musk drew attention to Binance's balance-sheet resources and briefly moved SpaceX-related shares.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Reddit stock plunges 30% as Google AI search hits traffic and user growth
The drop reflects investor fears that AI-generated search results are eroding referral traffic to the platform.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Trezor warns CryptoBilis buyers to move funds after report of hardware implant in Safe 5
The seller's compromised hardware wallets raise supply-chain security concerns for self-custody users.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Dogecoin falls below $0.075, its lowest level since August 20
DOGE hit a multi-month low as the broader market sold off after the Binance hack, with PE PE outperforming memecoins.
CryptoTicker.io · +12 outlets
Texas brothers get 15-year sentences over $8 million crypto kidnapping
The case highlights violent crime targeting crypto holders and the resulting enforcement response.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Nasdaq Composite posts worst month since March 2025 as AI spending fears rise
Broad tech weakness drove the index's steepest monthly decline in over a year.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
EIP-7702 upgrade was the mechanism behind the $6.4B Binance hack, Decrypt reports
The Ethereum account-abstraction feature's delegation design is drawing fresh scrutiny after being used in the breach.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
Nvidia's China ties complicated further as report says Jensen Huang was target of a spy plot
The reported plot adds to existing export-control and geopolitical friction around Nvidia's China business.
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