Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and internal AI tool in $6.3 billion breach
Binance disclosed that North Korea-linked attackers spent months inside its systems using fake recruiter interviews and an internal AI tool before the record he
The Block · +14 outlets
US midterm elections hand crypto a new Congress, Democrats surge toward majorities
Democrats moved toward Senate and House control, ousting crypto PAC Fairshake's favored candidate Sherrod Brown's rival in one race, with the industry braced fo
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
North Korea denies FBI's TraderTraitor attribution in $6.4 billion Binance hack
Pyongyang rejected the FBI's finding that North Korea's TraderTraitor unit carried out the Binance breach, as investigators charted how the group penetrated cry
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs shed $643 million as Binance hack shakes crypto markets
Spot bitcoin ETFs saw steep outflows and BTC slid below $77,000 as the Binance breach compounded pressure from a broader chip-stock selloff ahead of US midterms
CoinDesk · +8 outlets
Binance hit by $5.3B net outflow as post-hack withdrawals accelerate
Data showed heavy customer withdrawals from Binance after the breach, including roughly $580 million drawn from the exchange's SAFU insurance fund.
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
CZ calls for crypto-wide security alliance, warns pre-AI defenses may not hold
Binance's founder urged the industry to coordinate on security and adopt AI-driven defenses after the $6.4 billion hack, saying legacy systems are increasingly
CoinDesk · +1 outlets
ZachXBT names French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as suspected victim of $133 million theft
The on-chain investigator linked a nine-figure crypto theft to the French lender days after the Binance hack heightened scrutiny of exchange and bank custody.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Ripple CEO says XRP and RLUSD work together as investor criticizes RLUSD focus
Brad Garlinghouse framed the RLUSD stablecoin as complementary to XRP for customer needs, while some holders accused Ripple of prioritizing the stablecoin over
Bitcoin News · +12 outlets
Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO says, above reserve report
Paolo Ardoino said Tether holds about 50,000 more BTC than its attestation shows, raising questions about disclosure in its reserves.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40 million hack
Brazil's largest bitcoin exchange said it would make users whole following a roughly $40 million breach, the latest in a run of crypto security incidents.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Institutional players push tokenization as Morgan Stanley cites RWA work and NYSE studies public keys
Banks and exchanges advanced real-world asset tokenization, with Morgan Stanley claiming early status and Amazon, Tesla, and SpaceX objecting to a rival tokeniz
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
South Korea weighs a single cybersecurity czar across finance and state after Binance hack
Korean authorities pressed major banks on how a large crypto hack would hit them and floated consolidating cyber oversight in response to the breach.
CoinDesk · +3 outlets
CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, then lands in legal clash over stock perps
The regulator opened a crypto-style trading model to Wall Street equities before facing a legal challenge over the same product class.
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
SEC staff views Canton Coin as a digital commodity in no-action letter
The SEC division's no-action position gave a token a commodity classification path, a signal for how the agency may treat similar network assets.
The Block · +8 outlets
Moscow Exchange, under US sanctions, to list bitcoin and Tether's USDT in December
The sanctioned Russian bourse plans to add BTC and USDT trading, deepening crypto access in a market cut off from much of global finance.
CoinDesk · +3 outlets
Moody's rates Ripple's RLUSD A2/P-1, but stablecoin stays unauthorized in EU until 2027
The credit rating agency assigned RLUSD investment-grade marks while noting the token lacks EU authorization under MiCA for now.
Pluang · +1 outlets
Ripple mints $110.57 million in RLUSD as Binance reopens XRP withdrawals
Ripple issued a large single RLUSD tranche as Binance restored XRP withdrawals following its breach, a sign of the stablecoin's scaling role on the XRP Ledger.
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XRP Ledger patches flaw that could have let partners mint extra stablecoins
A vulnerability in XRPL stablecoin issuance was addressed, with the fix's governance votes still short, highlighting oversight of the network's partner tokens.
Yahoo Finance · +2 outlets