Binance resumes bitcoin and ether withdrawals in phases after record $6.3 billion hack
Binance is restarting customer withdrawals in stages and says it covered the bulk of the stolen funds with corporate reserves, futures reserves and SAFU while u
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FBI confirms North Korea role in $6.3 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi to block BTC, ETH, SOL addresses
Investigators attribute the exchange breach to a North Korea-linked group and warn that the attackers are spreading funds across thousands of addresses.
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Binance says it arranged $6.34 billion to cover hack losses and replaced about 90% of stolen crypto
Binance is absorbing the losses from its own funds rather than passing them to users, and says roughly $3 billion in stolen assets has been frozen by industry p
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Trump says administration is looking into Binance hack as calls grow for crypto legislation
The record breach has revived Washington pressure for crypto market rules ahead of the US election.
Theblock · +11 outlets
Bitcoin falls as Binance hack rattles markets, with fear gauges surging and further downside flagged
Crypto stocks and tokens slid after the largest-ever exchange exploit, with analysts warning of continued volatility.
Yahoo Finance UK · +13 outlets
Wall Street analysts urge buying crypto stocks on weakness after $6.3 billion Binance hack
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point argued the hack is unlikely to derail the crypto market recovery.
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Stolen Binance bitcoin (18,270 BTC) exceeds Tesla's holdings and tops twice El Salvador's reserve
The roughly $1.4 billion haul is within 442 coins of SpaceX's disclosed holdings, underscoring the scale of the breach.
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Ethereum permission upgrade enabled attacker to drain $2.5 billion from Binance, CoinDesk finds
The attacker used a 2025 account-abstraction upgrade with dozens of signatures from Binance's own wallet to move funds.
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Experts split on Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery for smaller victims is another matter
Tether and Circle blocked billions within hours, but legal experts question whether average users would receive the same protection, reviving the centralization
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Nasdaq-listed Next Technology may sell or pledge $450 million in bitcoin, citing Binance hack and quantum fears
The company authorized sales or loans against its 5,833 BTC and said none of the coins are held at Binance.
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Saylor calls start of a new bitcoin bull market as Strategy posts record $20.9 billion quarterly operating income
Strategy reported $19.5 billion in third-quarter net income, though its own figures also show a costly gap between reported gains and its capital structure.
Cryptoslate · +14 outlets
Strategy CFO resigns as company defends BTC sales and $30 billion digital credit plan
Saylor defended bitcoin sales as core to Strategy's digital credit business, saying the company could create up to $30 billion of digital credit to fund more BT
finance.yahoo · +2 outlets
Strategy's STRC preferred-stock overhaul sets up renewed bitcoin buying, analysts say
StoneX and TD Cowen kept buy ratings on Strategy, citing a $4.83 billion cash reserve and a more stable preferred structure, even as the STRC pause drew critici
Theblock · +11 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs lose $643 million in a day, erasing the week's inflows
Five funds recorded withdrawals on October 30, with no inflows elsewhere to offset the reversal as derivatives exposure rose.
Cryptoslate · +6 outlets
Bitcoin treasury firms hold 1.3 million BTC as Bitfinex warns on preferred-share funding risks
Corporate bitcoin holdings continue to grow while questions mount over the sustainability of preferred-share structures used to finance purchases.
BigGo Finance · +5 outlets
Chainalysis breach exposed customer names, emails and company roles
The blockchain analytics firm said a hacker using offensive agentic techniques accessed customer records and urged vigilance over unexpected authentication prom
Cryptoslate · +14 outlets
Hackers hijack a dozen DeFi websites, all registered via Name.com, stealing about $138,000
Registry records point to a compromise at the domain registrar affecting multiple DeFi front ends.
Theblock · +1 outlets
Uber tests tokenized money market funds with HSBC and Franklin Templeton to put idle cash to work
The pilot let Uber keep funds invested while retaining weekend cash access for payments, a test of tokenization for corporate treasury.
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