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CFTC gets into legal clash over stock perps after having cleared path for crypto version
A group backed by Citadel Securities and other firms sued the U.S. derivatives regulator for opening a path for perps that it argued belong in the SEC's hands.
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Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The Tron founder says World Liberty failed to disclose its UAE ties until months into his lawsuit over $45 million in WLFI tokens.
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South Korea's president says country needs a ‘cybersecurity czar’ following $6.3 billion Binance hack
Lee Jae Myung said he wants a government-wide agency to tackle cyberattacks as AI raises security concerns across financial institutions and critical infrastructure.
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Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX–ICE tokenized stock objections as deadline looms
Objections have reached 56 companies, with nearly 80% of the venture’s initial stock selection opting out.
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Stablecoin governance group behind OUSD sets out management fee, offers equity earning pool
Governance group Open Standard will charge a 0.1 basis point management fee on payment volume, capped at at $0.01 per payment.
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CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto trading model to Wall Street
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the move gives U.S. traders a regulated alternative to “offshore, and often unregulated, venues.”
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Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, exchange says
North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism.
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South Korea asks its biggest banks how a major crypto hack would hit them
In its first such survey, the BOK also asked about a crypto price crash, losses at another firm, and each firm’s crypto teams, budgets and investments.
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CZ warns of more AI-driven hacks following Binance’s historic $6.4 billion heist
While investigators found no evidence that AI agents laundered the stolen Binance funds, Zhao stressed that automated tools are lowering the barrier for complex breaches.
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LO:TECH raises $12 million to expand crypto trading into U.S. and Asia
LO:TECH is betting on round-the-clock tokenized stock trading but didn’t say if it trades them now; a WFE study found stock exchanges still set prices.
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Binance net outflows reach $5.3 billion after record hack. CEO says recovery underway
Nearly $11 billion left the exchange over 46 hours, although CEO Richard Teng said hourly deposits were beginning to exceed withdrawals.
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Bitcoin is breaking a midterm election pattern going back to 2014
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 3, 2026
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ETHGas wants to bring Wall Street to public Ethereum by selling advance block reservations
But there’s a catch: validators that fail to deliver on their commitments currently face no financial compensation requirement under the service.
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Bitcoin steadies after dip to $76,300 as ETF outflows and midterm elections weigh on crypto
Bitcoin edged up 0.2% to around $76,900 since midnight UTC as spot ETFs lost $399 million for a second day and Binance customers pulled a net $4.72 billion.
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Liquid’s bitcoin IOUs are fully backed again after a $320 million exploit
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole left by September’s bug, but the federation behind the network still hasn’t said who paid to fill it.
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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says
Ardoino didn’t say where the extra coins sit. Holdings outside USDT reserves, such as Tether’s investments, wouldn’t appear in the report.
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Live news: Bitcoin faces fifth weekly loss as midterm uncertainty and apple warning weigh on markets
A fifth straight weekly decline would mark bitcoin’s joint third-longest losing streak, as oil rebounds and Apple’s margin warning adds to investor caution ahead of the U.S. midterms.
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North Korea denies role in $6.4 billion Binance hack after FBI points to TraderTraitor
The high-profile denial follows FBI alerts identifying North Korean-controlled wallet addresses tied to the largest cryptocurrency exploit in history.
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Mercado Bitcoin pledges to cover all user losses after near $40 million hack
Partners like Tether, Circle, and Chainalysis helped freeze $11M of the stolen assets.
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Bitcoin’s price chart is flashing a red signal
The Guppy Multiple Moving Average bands signal a bearish momentum, even as seasonality and post-midterm history lean bullish.
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Binance has spent half its SAFU bitcoin, about $580 million worth, data shows
The user protection fund now sits below the $800 million level that Binance’s own rules say triggers a top-up, and the exchange hasn’t said when it will refill it.
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Bitcoin miner Cipher posts $31 million profit as AI pivot begins
The company's revenue dropped 63% in the third quarter, while a $127 million accounting gain helped turn an operating loss into a reported profit.
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Arbitrum’s council moved $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker’s key
A 12-person committee briefly rewrote one of Arbitrum’s core contracts to spend from an address it held no key for, then put the code back. It’s the second time this year.
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Bitcoin drops below $77,000 as chip rout deepens ahead of U.S. midterm vote
ZEC tumbled nearly 10% and BNB fell under $700 as the Nasdaq 100 slid into a correction, dragging Asian stocks lower.
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Big crypto wants the one thing it can’t buy: your vote
Our loyalty has been to the technology. This election, the trap is to let the biggest intermediaries claim it for themselves, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
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Bitcoin traders eye post-election rally as exchange outflows point to supply squeeze
Bulls are watching short positions, exchange withdrawals and key price levels for signs of a rebound after the midterms.
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EU entity suspected of losing $106 million from crypto exchange accounts, ZachXBT says
The unidentified attacker moved funds through ether, instant exchanges and Monero, but the victim and affected exchanges remain unknown.
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NYSE taps Wall Street giant Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks
A key provider of shareholder voting and corporate services on Wall Street, Broadridge will help bring investor rights onchain for the exchange's upcoming venue.
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Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 chains
The Brazilian exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack.
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Nvidia, Costco and Nike join pushback against OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans
Nearly 70% of the companies initially picked for trading have opted out, while 19 firms including Apple, Tesla and Amazon have no disclosed objection as the 30-day response window nears its end.