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Top story ZachXBT links French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa to $133M crypto theft; bank confirms cyberattack

Onchain investigator ZachXBT traced the theft and accused the bank of slow disclosure, while the bank says customers face no losses.

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North Korea denies FBI finding it stole $6.3B from Binance, calls it 'political provocation'

The denial follows a US indictment attributing a massive Binance hack to North Korean operatives, escalating state-level attribution disputes.

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CFTC approves crypto-style perpetual futures on US equities, and is sued the same day

The approval opens stock perpetuals to US traders but immediately drew legal challenge over the agency's authority.

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Bitcoin rebounds from midterm dip as Democrats sweep Congress; analysts say result was priced in

Crypto markets rallied after a brief selloff below $76K, with attention turning to how a Democratic Congress will shape US crypto policy.

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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF posts $405M outflow, its largest since June

The outflow is among the biggest single-day redemptions for the spot bitcoin fund and signals cooling institutional demand.

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Canton Coin gets SEC staff no-action letter; token rises 4% as Wall Street tokenization expands

The SEC staff relief clears a path for the institutional-focused token amid a broader push to tokenize traditional securities.

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Morgan Stanley tokenizes securities as Wall Street's plumbing moves onchain

A major US bank moving securities onto blockchain rails marks a notable step in institutional adoption of tokenized assets.

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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin, CEO says, about 50,000 more than its reserve report shows

The disclosure raises fresh questions about the transparency of the reserves backing the largest stablecoin.

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Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin discloses $38M security incident, says clients will not lose assets

The exchange paused withdrawals and pledged refunds, making it one of the largest disclosed exchange incidents in the region.

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Liquid Network restores full bitcoin backing two months after $320M exploit

The Bitcoin sidechain's recovery of the shortfall is worth watching as a test case for post-exploit remediation.

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Circle cuts 5% of staff in a profitable quarter

The USDC issuer trimming headcount despite profitability points to cost discipline as stablecoin competition intensifies.

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US voters back AI data center restrictions in at least 29 communities

Local ballot wins against data center expansion signal growing political resistance to AI infrastructure buildout.

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THORChain restores swaps after bug; RUNE jumps 15%

Resumption of cross-chain swaps follows a protocol flaw that had halted activity on the network.

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GitBook hit by AI agent security breach, urges users to rotate keys

The crypto documentation host incident highlights emerging attack surfaces as AI agents gain access to developer tooling.

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Swan Bitcoin founder warns of growing AI cybersecurity risks in crypto

The warning ties the industry's rising AI tooling adoption to new attack vectors.

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Wall Street has ended bitcoin's wild rallies, says analyst Markus Thielen

The argument is that ETF-driven institutional flows have dampened bitcoin's volatility regime.

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