North Korea denies role in $6.4B Binance hack after FBI links theft to TraderTraitor
The denial follows FBI alerts identifying North Korean-controlled wallets tied to the largest crypto exploit on record, with researchers tracking the laundering
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Binance publishes zero-knowledge proof of reserves as it replenishes assets after record hack
Users can verify 1:1 backing for BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP and others while the exchange says replenishment is roughly 95% complete and warns of a second wave of
Theblock · +10 outlets
Binance has spent half its SAFU bitcoin, about $580 million, data shows
The user protection fund now sits below the $800 million threshold that Binance's own rules say triggers a top-up, and the exchange has not said when it will re
Coindesk · +9 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs hit by $643 million selloff as Binance hack shakes crypto markets
The outflows mark a sharp reversal in spot Bitcoin fund flows days after the record exchange breach.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Arbitrum council moved $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key
A 12-person committee briefly rewrote a core Arbitrum contract to spend from an address it held no key for, then restored the code, the second such action this
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin drops below $77,000 as chip rout deepens ahead of US midterm vote
ZEC fell nearly 10% and BNB slipped under $700 as the Nasdaq 100 slid into correction territory, dragging Asian equities lower.
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Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40 million hack
The exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were drained, and partners including Tether and Circle helped freeze part of th
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BlackRock's IBIT sees $405 million outflow, biggest single-day exit since June
US spot Bitcoin ETFs opened November with nearly $399 million in net outflows for a second straight trading day.
Cointelegraph · +1 outlets
Bitcoin faces fifth straight weekly loss as midterm uncertainty weighs on markets
A fifth consecutive weekly decline would mark bitcoin's joint third-longest losing streak, with oil rebounding and Apple's margin warning adding to caution.
Coindesk · +6 outlets
Strategy's deployable cash falls 45% as preferred buybacks outpace bitcoin purchases
Deployable cash fell from $242 million to $133 million in the week ended Nov. 1, with $208 million spent on STRC buybacks against $65.5 million of bitcoin bough
Cryptoslate · +4 outlets
Coinbase downgraded at Morgan Stanley with price target cut 53% on weak earnings outlook
Analyst Michael Cyprys cited weak crypto trading activity and doubts about an earnings recovery.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Mystery $106 million crypto theft hits EU entity, onchain sleuth ZachXBT says
The unidentified attacker moved funds through ether, instant exchanges and Monero, but the victim and affected exchanges remain unknown.
Coindesk · +3 outlets
Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Ardoino says
Ardoino did not say where the extra coins sit, and holdings outside USDT reserves would not appear in Tether's attestation report.
Coindesk · +6 outlets
Nvidia, Nike and Costco join OKX-ICE tokenized stock objections, total reaches 50
Nearly 70% of the companies initially picked for trading have opted out as the 30-day response window nears its end.
Coindesk · +9 outlets
BTCPay urges bitcoin merchants to replace wallets after hackers steal about $1.6 million
The update links hot-wallet thefts to an August-patched flaw and warns that updating cannot remove access already gained.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets
Bitcoin's chart flashes bearish signal as price tests $77K support
The Guppy Multiple Moving Average bands signal bearish momentum, and bitcoin has fallen below the realized price of one-to-three-month-old buyers.
Coindesk · +9 outlets
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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Cipher posts $31 million profit as bitcoin miner pivots toward AI
Revenue fell 63% in the third quarter, and a $127 million accounting gain turned an operating loss into a reported profit.
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