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Trezor Warns CryptoBilis Buyers After Report of Hardware Implant in Safe 5
The hardware wallet manufacturer has yet to examine the device, but is treating the report as credible and told buyers to move their funds.
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Binance Finds 'Additional Points of Breach' in $6.3B Hack
CEO Richard Teng said the attack was "not a single 'one-click' action," as Binance confirmed about $3 billion has been frozen.
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Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
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Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion
An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.
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Coinbase Swings to $719 Million Q3 Profit on Crypto Gains
Coinbase reported third-quarter net income of $719 million, driven largely by gains on its crypto holdings, as revenue held flat at $1.22 billion.
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Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms
Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.
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Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Investigates Security Incident
Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.
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Hackers Publish Work Details of 41,000 Homeland Security Employees
A hacktivist group says it took names, titles, and phone numbers of 41,000-plus DHS staff from a login system.
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Crypto Spends $176 Million on Midterms, But Only 13% of Voters See It as a Priority
Only 13% of Americans say a candidate’s support for crypto growth is very important, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund, even as the industry spends heavily on next week’s elections.
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$11 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Tomorrow—Here's What It Means
A third of Deribit's Bitcoin options settle Friday, a day after the Fed held rates with two officials voting to hike. Here's why that matters for Bitcoin's price.
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4M Bitcoin Bought Above $85K Could Cap Recovery: Glassnode
Bitcoin is trading close to the average price paid by U.S. spot ETF holders, a day after the Federal Reserve held rates steady.
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Hyperliquid's HYPE Jumps 13% as NYSE Owner ICE Moves to Bring Its Perpetual Futures to the US
Intercontinental Exchange signed a deal with Trade[XYZ] to launch regulated perpetual futures built on Hyperliquid in the United States, sending HYPE soaring.
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Walmart Blocks Its Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Trading Venue
Walmart, Eli Lilly, Cigna, Carniva,l and Arcos Dorados objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 38.
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Polygon Extends Its Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure to Solana
The expansion gives Solana businesses one integration to connect bank funding, embedded wallets, cross-chain transfers and global payouts, with cross-border firm Kira among the first adopters.
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Justin Sun's HTX Agrees to Leave UK in Settlement With Financial Watchdog
The FCA says the Justin Sun-linked exchange will no longer target UK consumers, ending its first case against a crypto firm over marketing.
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Morning Minute: Hedge Funds Left the BTC ETF Trade and Sovereign Wealth Stepped In
Now the BTC ETFs have flipped green for the month after $400M+ inflows this week, setting the stage for a big November.
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Treasury Sanctions 11 Over North Korean IT Worker Scheme That Moved Millions in Crypto
Two Russian nationals converted more than $5 million in crypto for North Korean networks, according to OFAC, which listed their wallets.
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Utah Files Felony Charges Against Kalshi, Co-Founders Over Sports Bets
The state says an undercover agent placed a dozen sports wagers on Kalshi, a day after the CFTC sued Utah to block its enforcement actions.
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Bitcoin Treasury Datavault AI Says It Can’t Access Its BTC, Stock Tanks
Datavault AI says it has been unable to withdraw its Bitcoin from Biconomy since June and will restate four financial reports tied to a $150 million Scilex deal.
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Chip Maker SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply
SK Hynix's quarterly revenue topped 100 trillion won for the first time, and the chipmaker says memory demand will outrun supply through 2030, with DRAM and HBM sold out through 2029.
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AI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation
The cloud and AI security firm Upwind says revenue quadrupled in 2026 as it targets risks from autonomous AI agents.
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More Americans Have Tried Crypto, But Few Are Sticking With It: Survey
A survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund found that 22% of Americans have ever owned or used crypto, up from 18%, while past-year use held flat at 13%.
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OpenAI Plans to Buy Google's AI Chips as It Looks Beyond Nvidia: Report
OpenAI, one of Nvidia's biggest customers, reportedly plans to buy Google's TPU chips. Neither company has confirmed the report, and the price and size of the order were not disclosed.
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Fed Stands Pat, Bitcoin Holds Steady—But a December Rate Hike Is in Play
The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged Wednesday in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack favoring a hike.
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AI Can Quietly Influence Experts’ Decisions, Anthropic Study Finds
Professional analysts went along with their AI agent’s hidden opinion 86% of the time, and few credited it.
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Strategy Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Preferred Stock, With 99.3% in Favor
STRC will begin paying dividends for every calendar day from November, with STRF, STRK and STRD following in January.
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Aptos Advisor Leaves Post, Moves Meme-Fueled Campaign to Meta Stock
Former Aptos advisor "Buzz” has left the crypto project and is turning his attention to Facebook's parent company Meta—here's why.
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Wall Street’s Fast Money Fled Bitcoin ETFs, Sovereign Funds Stepped In
Galaxy Research found that nine hedge funds and banks cut 68,000 BTC worth of spot ETF exposure as the cash-and-carry trade dried up, while wealth platforms and sovereign funds added.
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Fed Rate Decision: What Markets and Bitcoin Traders Can Expect
The Federal Reserve decides today at 2 p.m. ET and traders see a hold as near certain. Here's what it means for Bitcoin and stock markets.
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JPMorgan, Coca-Cola Among 7 More Companies Objecting to OKX-ICE Tokenized Stocks
Seven more companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Coca-Cola and Dell, have objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 33.