North Korea-linked hackers breached Binance for months before $6.3B heist, FBI blames TraderTraitor
The FBI attributed the record exchange hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, while Pyongyang denied involvement and investigators tracked laundering across
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Binance hit by $5.3B net outflow after hack as it restores withdrawals and publishes reserve proof
Customer withdrawals surged following the breach, Binance drew down roughly half its $580M SAFU bitcoin insurance fund, and the exchange published zero-knowledg
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Bitcoin ETFs post $643M outflow as Binance hack shakes markets; BlackRock fund loses $405M
Spot bitcoin ETF outflows reached their heaviest level since June as the exchange hack compounded an already weak stretch for crypto funds.
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Bitcoin slides below $77,000 on Binance fallout and chip-sector rout ahead of US midterms
BTC tested multi-week lows as macro weakness and post-hack caution weighed on risk assets before the November midterm vote.
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CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto-style trading to Wall Street
The approval extends the perpetual futures model long used in crypto to equities, prompting a legal clash over the new listing pathway.
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Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin pledges to refund users after $40M hack across 10 blockchains
Brazil's largest exchange said it would cover all user losses after attackers drained funds on multiple chains and withdrawals were briefly halted.
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Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Nvidia and Nike join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue
The list of companies objecting to the tokenized equity offering grew past 50 as a regulatory deadline approached.
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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5B, CEO says, about 50,000 more than reserve report shows
The disclosure of extra BTC holdings raises fresh questions about the transparency of Tether's reserve accounting.
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Coinbase downgraded at Morgan Stanley, price target cut 53% on weak earnings outlook
The downgrade reflects expectations of softer trading revenue as market conditions deteriorate.
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Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The filing alleges the venture is using foreign ties to avoid federal court jurisdiction, adding to scrutiny of politically connected crypto projects.
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South Korea weighs single cybersecurity czar and quizzes banks on crypto hack exposure
Citing the Binance breach, Seoul is moving to consolidate financial and state cybersecurity oversight and stress-test major banks.
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Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing two months after $320M exploit
The Bitcoin sidechain said its tokenized bitcoin IOUs are fully collateralized again after the September bridge breach.
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Privacy coins tumble as Zcash plunges while Monero defies the selloff
ZEC fell sharply amid a governance dispute over community grants, while XMR held up better as bitcoin sold off.
Bitcoin News · +6 outlets
NYSE taps Broadridge to bring shareholder voting onto blockchain rails
The partnership is one of the largest traditional-market moves to put governance infrastructure on distributed ledger technology.
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Arbitrum council moves $30M of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key
The governance intervention shows how centralized control can recover stolen assets, but also raises questions about decentralized claims.
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Zcash drops 11% as ZCG grants dispute escalates ahead of NU7 upgrade
A founder's support for ending community grants unsettled holders as the network prepared a major protocol upgrade.
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Anthropic posts $567M Q3 operating loss as growth cools ahead of IPO
The disclosure offers a rare look at AI lab economics as cheaper model inference pressures margins.
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Standard Chartered debuts tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients
The bank joins a growing field of institutions piloting tokenized deposit rails for cross-border corporate payments.
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