Binance halts, then restores crypto withdrawals after record hack; $6.3B stolen, FBI blames North Korea
Binance reopened withdrawals in phases (bitcoin first) and reported billions in net outflows while pledging to cover customer losses, in the largest hack in cry
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
FBI blames North Korea for $6B Binance hack; North Korea laundering loot through a new wallet every 25 seconds
US authorities attributed the Binance theft to North Korean actors and asked THORChain to block stolen funds, while Elliptic said it found no evidence AI was us
Decrypt · +8 outlets
Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 chains
Brazil's largest exchange paused withdrawals and later reported transfers continuing, underscoring operational risk at centralized venues amid a broader wave of
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
Spot bitcoin ETFs post largest daily outflows in four months after Binance hack
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $643.3 million on Friday, their biggest one-day outflow since June 25, as investors de-risked after the record exchange hack.
The Block · +14 outlets
EU entity suspected of losing $106 million from multiple crypto exchange accounts, ZachXBT says
The on-chain sleuth reported a nine-figure theft across exchange accounts tied to a European entity, adding to a surge in large crypto security incidents.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Strategy buys another 811 bitcoin for $65.5 million and spends $208 million on STRC buybacks
Michael Saylor's Strategy continued accumulating bitcoin while retiring convertible preferred stock, keeping it the largest corporate holder.
The Block · +6 outlets
Traders see $78,000 as bitcoin's line in the sand as markets rebuild after the Binance hack
Bitcoin clawed back toward $79,000 with broader crypto mixed and traders focused on the coming US midterms and macro data.
finance.yahoo · +3 outlets
Crypto PACs spend $170 million before midterms, most of it backing Republicans
Industry political committees concentrated spending in the final weeks of the campaign, making this cycle a referendum on crypto's Washington strategy.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Ripple wins US bank approval and BNY custody tie-up but XRP ends October down 16%
Ripple's regulatory and institutional wins did not translate into token price gains, a divergence holders have seized on amid criticism of the company's priorit
Coinpaper · +6 outlets
XRP Ledger moves to fix flaw that could have let stablecoin partners print new tokens
A vulnerability in the XRP Ledger's stablecoin issuance path drew a planned fix, drawing attention to the network's newer tokenization features.
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
NYSE taps Broadridge to put shareholder voting on blockchain rails
The exchange operator is working with the Wall Street infrastructure firm to move proxy voting onto distributed ledger rails.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets
BNY Mellon expands XRP custody through Ripple partnership
The custody giant broadened its XRP safekeeping offering via Ripple, giving institutions a regulated route to hold the token.
ad-hoc-news.de · +14 outlets
Nvidia, Nike and Costco join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stocks, bringing total to 50
A widening group of listed companies is pushing back on tokenized equity offerings, a test case for how far blockchain-based stock trading can spread.
CoinDesk · +5 outlets
XRP spot ETFs mark their first year with roughly $2 billion in inflows but the token's price still lags
A year of XRP ETF demand pulled in nearly $2 billion yet the coin traded far below its $3.65 record high, clouding the case that fund flows help holders.
finance.yahoo · +6 outlets
Standard Chartered launches 24/7 tokenized deposit settlement in Hong Kong without XRP
The bank rolled out round-the-clock corporate settlement using tokenized deposits, a bank-led alternative to crypto rails that unsettled some XRP holders.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Claude-built Linux exploit targets a bug Ubuntu still has not patched
An AI-generated exploit for an unpatched kernel flaw renewed scrutiny of how quickly models can produce working attack code.
Decrypt · +12 outlets
RLUSD crosses $1 billion as Ripple rejects talk it is replacing XRP
Ripple's stablecoin topped $1 billion and captured most XRPL stablecoin supply while the company pushed back on claims it sidelines the XRP token.
BigGo Finance · +1 outlets
Anthropic posts $567 million Q3 operating loss as growth cools ahead of IPO
The filing peels back the economics of a leading AI lab just as it approaches public markets.
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