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Wed, Nov 4, 6:16 AM ET
Binance says hackers used fake job interview and internal AI tool in $6.3B breach
Binance's account of the attack details social-engineering and tooling weaknesses at the center of the largest crypto theft to date, feeding a broader debate ab
The Block · +13 outlets
FBI blames North Korea's TraderTraitor for Binance hack; Pyongyang denies role
Attribution remains contested, with North Korea's government and its leader's sister rejecting FBI findings while researchers trace the stolen funds.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Binance withdrawals top $5.3B as post-hack outflows drain the exchange
Heavy redemptions followed the disclosure of the breach, a real-time gauge of user confidence in the venue.
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks after earlier approving crypto version
Bringing crypto-style perpetuals to equities is a significant expansion of derivatives markets, and it is already drawing legal challenges.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Binance reopens withdrawals and publishes zero-knowledge proof of reserves
The exchange restored operations and turned to cryptographic attestations to reassure users after the record hack.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX-ICE tokenized stock objections, total hits 50
A widening coalition of issuers is pushing back on a venue that lists tokenized versions of their shares without consent.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs post $643M of outflows as Binance hack shakes crypto markets
Spot bitcoin funds saw their largest daily redemptions in months as the hack rippled into traditional-market crypto products.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin slips below $77,000 as Binance fallout and chip rout weigh on markets
Price weakness reflected risk-off sentiment ahead of the U.S. midterm vote, though bitcoin later steadied near $78,000.
Yahoo Finance UK · +7 outlets
NYSE taps Broadridge to bring shareholder voting onto blockchain rails
The initiative moves a core piece of market infrastructure onto distributed-ledger technology, a notable step in institutional tokenization.
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
Binance has spent roughly half its SAFU bitcoin, about $580 million, data shows
Drawing down the emergency insurance fund signals the scale of the losses Binance is absorbing from the breach.
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
Ethereum privacy network Aztec ships Tierra upgrade cutting deposits to 12 seconds
The release targets faster private applications on Ethereum, a key test for privacy-focused layer 2s.
BigGo Finance · +4 outlets
North Korea is laundering Binance hack loot through one new wallet every 25 seconds
Rapid wallet rotation illustrates the laundering playbook, while Elliptic said it found no evidence of AI use in the process.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Ethereum ETFs log worst month for flows since their 2024 launch
Sustained ETF selling has coincided with holders sitting on losses even as ether prices attempted a recovery.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Arbitrum council moves $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key
The move shows how governance-controlled chains can intervene in funds linked to the heist, raising questions about decentralization claims.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Standard Chartered debuts tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients
A global bank's launch of deposit tokens adds to evidence that regulated institutions are adopting blockchain settlement.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The filing adds a political dimension to disputes over a Trump-affiliated DeFi venture's disclosures.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Coinbase downgraded at Morgan Stanley with price target cut 53%
The downgrade reflects a weaker earnings outlook for the exchange amid a tough market backdrop.
CoinDesk
South Korea asks major banks how a large crypto hack would hit them
Supervisors are stress-testing lenders and weighing a single cybersecurity czar over finance and state systems in the wake of the Binance breach.
CoinDesk

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