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

Binance's Nov. 3 incident report attributes the largest crypto theft on record to North Korea-linked social engineering that compromised employees and hot-wallet signing infrastructure via EIP-7702, prompting CZ to call for an industry security alliance.

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Binance net outflows reach $5.3B after hack; CEO says deposits now outpacing withdrawals

Nearly $11 billion left the exchange in 46 hours while the SAFU fund now sits below its own top-up trigger and thinly traded assets delay full replacement of stolen coins.

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CFTC clears perpetual futures on individual stocks, then faces lawsuit from Citadel-backed group

The CFTC's first-ever approval of US stock perps brings a crypto trading model to equities, but a group including Citadel Securities sued the regulator over jurisdiction it argues belongs to the SEC.

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US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $643M in largest daily outflow in four months after Binance hack

ETF redemptions compounded with exchange withdrawals as bitcoin dipped toward $76,300 amid a broader tech-stock selloff ahead of the US midterm vote.

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Strategy lifts bitcoin holdings to 849,327 BTC with 811 BTC, $65.5M buy

The purchase follows $19.5 billion in Q3 net income and is paired with a $208.2 million STRC buyback that cut deployable cash 45%, raising questions about per-share bitcoin dilution.

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North Korea denies role in Binance hack after FBI attributes it to TraderTraitor

Pyongyang's denial via KCNA follows FBI alerts identifying North Korean wallets tied to the record breach, deepening a diplomatic dispute over attribution.

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Justin Sun seeks sanctions against World Liberty Financial, alleging concealed UAE ties

The Tron founder wants to refile his $45 million WLFI lawsuit in California state court, arguing the Trump-linked firm hid its UAE citizenship to escape federal jurisdiction.

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Arbitrum council moved $30M 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 and a precedent for how L2 governance can seize funds.

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Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after $40M security breach

Brazil's largest exchange paused withdrawals during the incident and froze roughly $11 million of stolen assets with help from Tether, Circle, and Chainalysis.

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Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX-ICE tokenized stock objections; 56 companies have opted out

Nearly 80% of the venture's initial stock selection has asked to be excluded before the objection deadline, a significant test for tokenized equities.

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Morgan Stanley cuts Coinbase to Underweight, slashes price target 53% to $120

The downgrade cited a weaker recovery outlook, with Wall Street split on Coinbase after the Binance hack shifted sentiment on exchanges.

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Binance spends half its SAFU bitcoin, about $580M, leaving fund below top-up trigger

The user protection fund's bitcoin balance has fallen below the level Binance's own rules say requires a refill, with no stated timeline for replenishment.

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Tether holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5B, Ardoino says

The disclosure positions Tether among the largest corporate bitcoin holders, but Ardoino did not say where coins held outside USDT reserves sit on its balance sheet.

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Prediction markets price a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate ahead of polls closing

Polymarket and Kalshi bettors increasingly favor Democrats in both chambers, an election outcome with direct bearing on crypto legislation timelines.

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