Binance's incident report attributes the record breach to a months-long North Korea-linked social engineering campaign that compromised hot-wallet signing infrastructure via Ethereum's EIP-7702, drawing official denials from Pyongyang and calls for industry security coordination.
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Nearly $11 billion left the exchange over 46 hours, half of Binance's SAFU bitcoin fund has been spent, and spot bitcoin ETFs saw their largest daily outflow in four months as the market absorbed the shock.
The approval opens a crypto-style trading model to US equities, and a group backed by Citadel Securities immediately sued, arguing the contracts belong under SEC jurisdiction.
Sun alleges World Liberty concealed its UAE citizenship for months during his $45 million lawsuit over WLFI tokens and plans to refile in California state court.
Brazil's largest exchange paused withdrawals after the breach, and partners including Tether, Circle and Chainalysis helped freeze about $11 million of the stolen assets.
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole from September's bug, with Blockstream providing funds, though the federation has not disclosed who paid.
Lee Jae Myung wants a government-wide agency to address AI-driven cyberattacks, and the Bank of Korea has begun surveying major banks on crypto hack exposure.
Spot bitcoin ETFs lost $399 million for a second straight day as the Nasdaq 100 slid into correction on a chip rout, though some analysts note bitcoin is breaking a midterm election pattern dating to 2014.
Objections have reached 56 companies, with nearly 80% of the venture's initial stock selection opting out ahead of a regulatory deadline.
A 12-person committee briefly rewrote a core Arbitrum contract to spend from an address it held no key for, the second such intervention this year, raising governance questions about who controls Layer 2 funds.
The Division of Corporation Finance said it will not recommend enforcement over Canton Coin's programmatic issuance, another signal of how the agency may classify certain tokens.
Bettors on Polymarket and Kalshi increasingly favored Democrats taking both chambers as polls closed across the US.
Users can independently verify 1:1 backing for BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP and more, with the exchange saying it replenished 95% of assets lost in the breach.
Changpeng Zhao, in his first interview since the Binance hack, said AI is accelerating cyberattacks and called for an industry-wide security alliance.
Michael Saylor's firm continued its accumulation after reporting $19.5 billion in third quarter net income, while Strive moved closer to becoming the second-largest public bitcoin holder.
Cathie Wood's firm added to crypto equities as the stocks traded lower, and Tether's CEO separately disclosed 150,000 BTC holdings worth $11.5 billion.
Ardoino did not specify where the extra coins sit, and holdings outside USDT reserves such as Tether's investments would not appear in its attestation report.
A $127 million accounting gain turned an operating loss into a reported profit for the bitcoin miner as it shifts toward AI infrastructure.
Tom Lee flagged the muted market reaction to Binance's hack as the treasury firm continued accumulating ether.
NEAR's House of Stake passed HSP-029, lowering maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months, a move to reduce inflation pressure on holders.
The consolidation combines two large decentralized exchange venues into a single multichain protocol.
The capital markets firm is betting on round-the-clock tokenized stock trading, though it did not say whether it trades them now, and a WFE study found stock exchanges still set prices.
The technology aims to let banks route and settle transactions across independent ledgers without moving assets, targeting institutional blockchain adoption.
The AI-focused blockchain project opened a developer testnet ahead of any token issuance.
The buyback and burn program is part of the SKR token's supply management strategy tied to Solana Mobile device activity.
The Aztec Foundation says the upgrade fixes earlier security issues and doubles the speed of private transaction proof generation on its Layer 2.
The service would offer sanctions screening and qualified validators for Wall Street use, though compensation for failed commitments is currently set at zero.
Open Standard will charge the fee on payment volume capped at $0.01 per payment and is offering an equity earning pool to holders.
StoneX said DTCC's tokenization service validates Securitize's model, reiterating a buy rating as the firm expands tokenized stocks.
A malicious airdrop app distributed through an official app store could expose users' wallet seed phrases, a reminder of ongoing phishing risks.
Monthly crypto venture funding increased, led by prediction market Kalshi.
The token launch follows a large public sale commitment round on the Solana network.
The Ukrainian firm behind crypto exchange WhiteBIT is making a large investment in a US startup.
The solo-GP firm closed its second fund targeting early-stage European deep tech startups.
The European VC firm closed its largest fund yet for early-stage investments.
The UK chip startup secured one of the largest recent European deep tech rounds.
Token Terminal's quarterly report showed TRON stablecoin supply and transfer volume reaching new highs.
Tether's leadership framed the company's role in the stablecoin ecosystem in a keynote appearance.
The Brazil-based stablecoin infrastructure startup raised a seed round led by Crescera and Triaxis.
Startups are building financial products around scarce compute capacity as AI demand outpaces supply.
The prediction market startup raised an early-stage round to build livestream betting products.
Rising valuations for listed AI companies are drawing capital away from early-stage venture in Taiwan.
The stock trading platform completed a strategic funding round without disclosing the amount raised.
Indian investors including a fund tied to Groww's founders and HCLTech participated in the round.
The company launched a self-serve platform for post-training AI models on production data while announcing the valuation.
The startup emerged from stealth with funding to build behavioral forecasting AI models.
The company launched autonomous AI employees for audit workflows alongside its seed round announcement.
The oracle protocol scheduled a testnet upgrade for its Palmito network.