Attribution of the largest crypto hack on record to a state actor, plus a call for THORChain and other DeFi venues to freeze laundering routes, raises the stake

Binance says company cash covered about 95% of hack losses, but tracked wallets show large outflows as the exchange phased withdrawals back on starting with bit

Roughly $643 million left US spot bitcoin funds in a single session, leaving 2026 flows barely positive and weighing on the post-hack price recovery.

Bitcoin clawed back toward $79,000 and held lows near $76,300 into US midterms week as traders assessed the hack fallout and upcoming macro data.

On-chain trackers say the attackers moved funds through Tron and lost about $119 million to rushed trades, with Ethereum validators collecting a fee windfall.

The reported RLUSD decline on XRPL came with little change in the main XRP/RLUSD pool, leaving the cause unresolved and raising questions about stablecoin liqui

Ripple maintained that XRP remains central to its strategy as its dollar stablecoin passed a billion in supply, a claim some community members contested alongsi

Stablecoin transfers on the XRP Ledger jumped about 39.5% to $14 billion, driven almost entirely by Ripple USD, extending the ledger's shift toward tokenized do

The scheduled escrow release lands with XRP trading near $1.25 after a 16% October decline, and exchange flow data showed a large one-day withdrawal.

A custody expansion by a major US bank adds another institutional on-ramp for XRP, though custody access does not by itself create client demand.

Ripple's regulatory and partnership wins in October did not translate into token performance, with XRP losing ground despite the company's institutional progres

Garlinghouse's five-year vision for XRP came with a caveat noted by some coverage, that the XRP Ledger still lacks a fully active validator set.

Issuer freeze powers on stablecoins drew fresh attention after Ripple blocked RLUSD linked to the hack, though verified amounts fell well short of initial claim

XRP fund inflows led competing single-asset ETFs last month even as the token price slid, a divergence worth watching for flows-versus-price effects.

Industry political spending is concentrated on a handful of Senate and House races that could decide how crypto legislation moves next year.

The case shows regulator-branded material being repurposed for investor deception, a recurring pattern in enforcement filings.

The self-hosted bitcoin payment processor issued an urgent warning, a notable incident for merchants that run their own infrastructure.

Beijing's anti-graft push explicitly names crypto channels, reinforcing that mainland enforcement remains hostile despite Hong Kong's separate licensing regime.