Binance says fake job interview and internal AI tool led to $6.3 billion hack
Binance's incident report attributes the record theft to months-long social engineering of employees, with North Korea-linked attackers exploiting hot-wallet si
Theblock · +13 outlets
North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack after FBI points to TraderTraitor
Pyongyang's state media rejected the FBI's attribution of the largest crypto exploit in history, which named North Korean wallet addresses tied to the theft.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
CFTC clears perpetual futures on individual stocks for first time in US
The approval brings a crypto-native trading model to Wall Street and prompted a lawsuit from a Citadel-backed group arguing stock perps belong under SEC jurisdi
Theblock · +14 outlets
Binance net outflows hit $5.3 billion after hack, CEO cites recovery
Nearly $11 billion left the exchange over 46 hours, though CEO Richard Teng said hourly deposits were beginning to exceed withdrawals.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
Bitcoin slips below $77,000 as ETF outflows and midterms weigh on crypto
Spot ETFs bled hundreds of millions for a second day as chip stocks slid into correction and Bitcoin faced its fifth straight weekly decline.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs post nearly $400 million in net outflows for second straight day
BlackRock's IBIT logged its biggest outflow since June at $405 million as the Binance hack and election uncertainty dampened sentiment.
Cointelegraph · +13 outlets
Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin pledges to refund users after $40 million hack
The exchange said partners including Tether, Circle and Chainalysis helped freeze roughly $11 million of the stolen assets.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing after $320 million exploit
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole left by September's bug, with Blockstream providing the funds, though the federation has not disclosed who paid.
Theblock · +13 outlets
Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Ardoino says
The disclosure is about 50,000 BTC more than Tether's reserve report shows, with Ardoino not saying where the extra coins sit.
Coindesk · +13 outlets
CZ warns of AI-driven hacks, calls for industry security alliance after Binance breach
In his first interview since the heist, Changpeng Zhao said automated tools are lowering the barrier for complex breaches and urged an industry-wide response.
Theblock · +8 outlets
South Korea's president seeks 'cybersecurity czar' after $6.3 billion Binance hack
President Lee Jae Myung wants a government-wide agency to tackle cyberattacks, while the central bank surveyed its largest lenders on crypto hack exposure.
Coindesk · +6 outlets
Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX-ICE tokenized stock objections as 56 firms push back
Nearly 80% of the venture's initial stock selection has opted out of the tokenized securities venue ahead of a looming deadline.
Coindesk · +10 outlets
Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The Tron founder alleges World Liberty failed to disclose its UAE connections until months into his lawsuit over $45 million in WLFI tokens, and plans to refile
Coindesk · +10 outlets
Strategy's bitcoin bet produces big quarter as deployable cash falls 45%
The company's deployable USD cash dropped from $242 million to $133 million as preferred-stock buybacks outpaced bitcoin purchases.
Cryptoslate · +2 outlets
Arbitrum council moved $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key
A 12-person committee briefly rewrote one of Arbitrum's core contracts to spend from an address it held no key for, the second such intervention this year.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
SEC division views Canton Coin as digital commodity in no-action letter
The Division of Corporation Finance said it won't recommend enforcement over Canton Coin's programmatic issuance, another signal of the SEC's shifting crypto po
Theblock · +6 outlets
Binance has spent half its SAFU bitcoin, roughly $580 million, data shows
The user protection fund now sits below the $800 million level that Binance's own rules say triggers a top-up, with no timeline given for refilling it.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Aave borrowers faced up to 36% APR while freeze blocked fresh collateral during Binance hack
Borrowers in frozen reserves kept paying interest while restrictions prevented new deposits, including the extra collateral they might need to protect loans.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets