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Top story Binance says $6.3 billion hack began with fake job interview and internal AI tool

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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CFTC approves individual stock perpetual futures in the US for the first time, drawing lawsuit

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.

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Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over undisclosed UAE ties

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.

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Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after roughly $40 million hack

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.

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Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing after $320 million exploit

A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole from September's bug, with Blockstream providing funds, though the federation has not disclosed who paid.

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South Korea's president calls for a cybersecurity czar after $6.3 billion Binance hack

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.

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Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock venture

Objections have reached 56 companies, with nearly 80% of the venture's initial stock selection opting out ahead of a regulatory deadline.

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Arbitrum council moved $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker's key

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.

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Prediction markets price Democratic sweep of House and Senate in midterms

Bettors on Polymarket and Kalshi increasingly favored Democrats taking both chambers as polls closed across the US.

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Binance completes latest proof of reserves as it restores assets after hack

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.

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Strategy buys another 811 bitcoin for $65.5 million; Strive adds 124 BTC

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.

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Ark Invest buys $3.4 million in Coinbase, adds Circle and Robinhood

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.

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