Binance says North Korea-linked hackers used fake job interviews and internal AI tool in $6.3B breach
The record theft drained billions from Binance and prompted a global rethink of exchange security, with Pyongyang denying involvement after the FBI attributed t
The Block · +14 outlets
Binance withdrawals reopen as post-hack net outflows reach $5.3B and SAFU fund is half spent
Customer exits and drawdowns from Binance's emergency insurance fund underscore the scale of the fallout from the exchange's historic breach.
CoinDesk · +3 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs shed $643M as Binance hack fallout and midterm jitters hit crypto
Institutional outflows and a brief slide to $75,700 show how macro-political uncertainty and the Binance breach combined to pressure crypto markets.
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
Democrats surge toward House and Senate majorities, with crypto braced for a new direction
Midterm results and Sherrod Brown's win over Jon Husted signal setbacks for crypto-friendly PACs and a potential shift in U.S. digital-asset policy.
CoinDesk · +10 outlets
Binance publishes zero-knowledge proof of reserves for BTC, ETH and eight other tokens
The exchange moved to a cryptographic reserve attestation as it worked to restore user confidence after the hack.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
ZachXBT names French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as suspected victim of $133 million crypto theft
The on-chain investigator's attribution of the multimillion-dollar exploit adds to a wave of crypto thefts in the days after the Binance breach.
CoinDesk · +10 outlets
CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, then faces legal clash over the move
Bringing the crypto perpetual model to U.S. equities is a significant regulatory shift, and the legal fight that followed shows how contested it is.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Ethereum researcher targets post-quantum transition by December 2028
Justin Drake said it is the Ethereum community's hope to complete its post-quantum and post-AI transition roughly a year earlier than previously expected.
Cointelegraph · +10 outlets
Morgan Stanley says it is among the first banks to tokenize real world assets
A major U.S. bank claiming an early position in real-world asset tokenization adds momentum to Wall Street's move onto public blockchains.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
NYSE taps Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks
Extending governance to tokenized equities is a step toward making on-chain shares functionally equivalent to traditional ones.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitmine adds 8,573 ETH, pushing its Ethereum holdings past $13.7B as Tom Lee calls hack reaction bullish
The treasury company's continued accumulation and its chairman's read on the muted post-hack price reaction became a focal point for Ethereum bulls.
Cryptoslate · +8 outlets
Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX and Nvidia among 50 firms objecting to OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue
Growing corporate pushback against a tokenized-equity venue highlights unresolved legal questions over trading shares without issuer consent.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40 million hack
The exchange's halt on withdrawals and promise to reimburse users, after funds were drained across ten chains, tests confidence in a major regional venue.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing after $320 million exploit
The Bitcoin sidechain said its tokenized bitcoin IOUs were fully collateralized again following the breach.
The Block · +13 outlets
Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin, about 50,000 more than its reserve report shows, CEO says
The disclosure that Tether's bitcoin holdings exceed its published attestation raises questions about the transparency of its reserves.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
EU entity suspected of losing $106 million from crypto exchange accounts, ZachXBT says
The theft, flagged days after the Binance breach, involved a large overnight ETH purchase later tied to the attacker.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Citing Binance hack, South Korea weighs a single cybersecurity czar across finance and state
Regulators asked the country's biggest banks how a major crypto hack would affect them as they considered consolidating cyber oversight.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets
Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over alleged hidden UAE ties
The filing escalates a public dispute between the Tron founder and a Trump-affiliated crypto venture.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets