Binance reopens withdrawals after record $6.3 billion hack, sees $3.64 billion in net outflows
The outflows equal about 2.1% of Binance's $171 billion in assets as the exchange works to restore balances and publish proof of reserves after the largest cryp
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Strategy resumes bitcoin buying, adding 811 BTC for $65.5 million while spending $208 million on STRC buybacks
The purchase follows Strategy's reported $19.5 billion third quarter net income, with preferred stock buybacks outpacing coin purchases and deployable cash fall
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Mercado Bitcoin halts deposits and withdrawals after roughly $40 million drained across 10 chains
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused operations after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, days after the $6.3 billion Binance breach, and Tether froz
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Bitcoin eases to about $77,900 as Binance outflows and ETF losses weigh on markets
Bitcoin fell about 0.4% since midnight UTC as customers pulled a net $3.64 billion from Binance and ETF investors withdrew $643 million, with midterm elections
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North Korean hackers launder Binance loot via Tron as FBI faces pushback from Pyongyang
Analysts say bridges including Relay and THORChain moved about $140 million of stolen funds off Tron, while North Korea's government denies involvement in the h
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Spot bitcoin ETFs shed $643 million in largest daily outflow since June 25 after Binance hack
The record single-day outflow came on the first trading day after the Binance breach, leaving 2026 flows barely positive.
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Morgan Stanley downgrades Coinbase and cuts its price target 53%
Analyst Michael Cyprys cited weak crypto trading activity and doubts about an earnings recovery, with Wall Street split on the stock after the Binance hack shif
Coindesk · +8 outlets
Strive buys 124 BTC for about $10 million, holdings reach 43,124 bitcoin
The purchase moves Strive closer to becoming the second-largest public company holder of bitcoin after Strategy and near Metaplanet in the treasury rankings.
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NYSE tokenized stock plans advance as Broadridge, Computershare, Equiniti and Superstate join
The transfer agents bring shareholder records and voting services onchain for the exchange's planned blockchain market.
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Nvidia, Costco and Nike join pushback as nearly 70% of companies opt out of OKX-ICE tokenized stock plans
Nineteen firms including Apple, Tesla and Amazon have no disclosed objection as the 30-day response window nears its end.
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BTCPay tells users to shut down servers after reports of drained wallets
The open-source bitcoin payment project says it is still investigating with no loss figure or fix announced, and its founder said the reported incidents appear
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ZachXBT links $106 million loss from crypto exchange accounts to unidentified EU entity
The attacker moved funds through ether, instant exchanges and Monero, but the victim and affected exchanges have not been identified.
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Bitmine adds 8,573 ETH as Tom Lee flags muted market reaction to Binance hack
The purchase lifts Bitmine's holdings to 6.06 million ETH, with the company's chairman calling the hack's market impact surprisingly small.
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Standard Chartered debuts tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients
The bank uses Hong Kong's EnsembleTX system to move deposits between participating banks around the clock, settling in central bank money.
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Anthropic swings to third quarter operating loss as compute costs surge ahead of IPO
The Claude developer generated $17 billion in quarterly revenue but higher computing costs produced a $567 million operating loss.
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XRP Ledger set to activate fix for flaw that could have let stablecoin partners print tokens
The fix is on track for Wednesday after validator support briefly dipped and restarted the two-week activation clock, with XRP itself unaffected.
Coindesk · +6 outlets
Crypto's Washington playbook and the 2026 midterm stakes
CoinDesk's election guide and opinion pieces frame what the midterms mean for crypto legislation and regulation over the next two years, and warn against abando
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DTCC tokenization launch could boost Securitize, StoneX says
StoneX reiterated its buy rating on SECZ, saying the DTCC service validates Securitize's model as the firm expands tokenized stocks.
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