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Top story Binance hack total climbs to $6.3B as North Korea-linked TraderTraitor breach details emerge

Hackers allegedly linked to North Korea spent months inside Binance before the largest crypto theft on record, drawing FBI attribution and denials from Pyongyang.

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Democrats surge toward Senate and House majorities, with crypto braced for a new policy direction

Midterm gains by Democrats reshape the Washington outlook for crypto legislation and oversight just as the industry pushes for friendlier rules.

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Binance sees billions in net outflows after hack as customers pull funds

Exchange data shows large net withdrawals and a drawdown of Binance's SAFU insurance fund as user confidence is tested by the record breach.

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Bitcoin ETFs hit by $643M selloff as Binance hack and outflows shake crypto

Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded one of their largest single-day outflows, led by BlackRock and Fidelity, as the hack fallout weighed on sentiment.

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CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto-style trading to Wall Street

The approval lets traders take leveraged positions on US equities using the perpetual futures model long standard in crypto, though a legal challenge has already surfaced.

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ZachXBT links $106M and $133M crypto thefts to French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa

The on-chain sleuth says the French lender was the victim of large unauthorized transfers from crypto exchange accounts, days after the Binance breach.

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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5B, CEO says, above reserve report

Paolo Ardoino said the stablecoin issuer holds about 50,000 BTC more than its published reserve attestation shows.

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CZ warns AI-driven hacks will grow after Binance's record heist

Binance's founder said pre-AI security systems may not hold up and predicted superintelligent agents could use DeFi, while investigators probe how the breach happened.

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

Major listed companies and peers are pushing back on a platform that would offer tokenized versions of their shares as an objection deadline nears.

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Polkadot's Hyperbridge exploit mints 1 billion DOT tokens, CertiK reports

An attack on a Polkadot bridge created roughly a billion DOT out of thin air, raising fresh questions about cross-chain security.

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Morgan Stanley says it is among first banks to tokenize real world assets

The Wall Street bank's move adds momentum to efforts to put traditional assets on blockchain rails, despite recent hacks raising security questions.

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North Korea launders Binance hack loot through a new wallet every 25 seconds

Blockchain analysts trace rapid wallet-hopping as the stolen funds are moved in an effort to break the on-chain trail.

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Jack Dorsey's Block faces $764M DOJ settlement as bitcoin profit plunges 50%

The payments company disclosed a proposed federal settlement alongside a sharp drop in bitcoin-related earnings.

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Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40M hack

Brazil's largest crypto exchange said it will reimburse customers following an exploit, one of several hacks reported in the days after the Binance breach.

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Polkadot caps DOT supply at 2.1B and shifts staking to Asset Hub with 2-day unbonding

A network upgrade fixes the token supply and moves staking and governance to Asset Hub, cutting the unbonding period from 28 days to two.

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Moscow Exchange, under US sanctions, to list bitcoin and USDT in December

Russia's main bourse plans to add crypto trading pairs, deepening the split between Western and Russian crypto markets.

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