Binance details $6.3B hack, says fake job interviews and months of infiltration preceded it
North Korea-linked attackers spent months inside Binance before the heist, and CZ warned that pre-AI security systems may not hold up against AI-driven attacks.
Yahoo Finance Australia · +14 outlets
Democrats take Congress after $170.5M crypto election push fails
A Democratic sweep of the House and Senate puts the Clarity Act market structure bill at risk despite heavy spending by crypto super PAC Fairshake.
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Bitcoin rebounds from midterm dip as DeFi leads gains
BTC slid below $76,000 on Democratic sweep bets before recovering, with analysts split on what a blue Congress means for crypto regulation.
CoinDesk · +8 outlets
Binance outflows hit $5.3B post-hack as exchange publishes zero-knowledge reserve proof
Withdrawals and a $643M Bitcoin ETF selloff followed the hack, while Binance published zero-knowledge proofs covering BTC, ETH and eight other tokens.
Yahoo Finance · +3 outlets
Zcash Community Grants drops plan to redirect 98,000 ZEC to future mining rewards
The committee withdrew its week-old offer to shift treasury funds to miners days before the NU7 upgrade, leaving the 8% dev fund share to Zcash's normal governa
finance.yahoo · +10 outlets
North Korea denies role in $6.4B Binance hack after FBI points to TraderTraitor
Pyongyang rejected US allegations of involvement in the largest crypto exchange hack on record.
CoinDesk · +8 outlets
CFTC brings crypto-style perpetual futures to US stock markets, then gets sued the same day
The agency cleared stock perpetuals and immediately faced legal challenge over the novel product.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Morgan Stanley tokenizes securities as Wall Street's onchain push widens
Tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure are seen as insulated from a Democratic sweep even as broader crypto rules face uncertainty.
Decrypt · +6 outlets
ZEC surges as Zcash nears NU7 upgrade activation
Zcash rallied double digits in a week when the network's NU7 upgrade, which shortens block times from 75 seconds to 25, is set to activate around Nov. 5.
finance.yahoo · +11 outlets
Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue
Major issuers moved to block their shares from being offered on the tokenized trading venue before the objection deadline.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Democratic wins pressure AI trade as Wall Street turns cautious on data center boom
A Democratic sweep and a Texas election result weighed on AI infrastructure names, with Microsoft gaining while Tesla and Nvidia fell.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Circle beats revenue expectations but cuts 5% of workforce
The USDC issuer booked $9.1 million in restructuring costs as reserve income fell 8% in a still-profitable quarter.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
US bank regulator issues first AI supervisory framework for banks
The OCC told examiners to focus less on model power and more on operational risk from AI agents.
Decrypt · +7 outlets
Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin, CEO says, about 50,000 more than reserve report shows
Paolo Ardoino valued the holdings at roughly $11.5 billion, a figure that exceeds what Tether's own attestation discloses.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
ZachXBT names Credit Mutuel Arkea as suspected victim of $133M crypto theft
The French bank is alleged to be the source of funds traced into Ethereum and Monero after the theft.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all losses after near $40M hack
The country's biggest bitcoin exchange said it would make users whole following the breach.
CoinDesk · +8 outlets
Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether's USDT in December despite US sanctions
The sanctioned Russian venue plans to add crypto trading pairs, deepening the split in global market access.
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Arbitrum council moved $30M of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key
The governance action illustrates how much control layer-2 councils hold over frozen assets.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets