Bitcoin news
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THORChain halts swaps after block reorg bug, slowing Binance hackers
THORChain node operators paused swaps involving assets on 10 networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Tron.
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Bitcoin ETF Investors Head for the Exits After Record Binance Hack
Bitcoin ETFs saw $643.2 million in outflows Friday, the first full trading session after the $6.4 billion Binance hack, ending October with roughly $516 million in net outflows.
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Binance opens crypto withdrawals in phases starting with bitcoin following $6.3 billion hack
Binance reopens customer withdrawals following a record $6.3 billion exploit. Bitcoin leads the first phase.
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Binance Begins Reopening Withdrawals With Bitcoin After $6.3 Billion Hack
The exchange says it has replenished about 95% of the impacted amount, with less-liquid tokens accounting for the remaining 5%.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FBI confirms North Korea's role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community to block BTC, ETH, SOL addresses
While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this number to continue growing.
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Bitcoin's white paper turns 18, and small businesses are still paying for the bailouts it answered
Eighteen years after Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper, business owners are still covering the cost of a system built on bailouts, and they can protect part of their surplus by keeping it in bitcoin, argues Onramp CEO Michael Tanguma.
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b14g Says 97 Million CORE Drained, Pauses Contracts
The Bitcoin staking protocol says exchanges froze about 9 million CORE and that staked BTC was unaffected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Confirms 7,499 BTC SAFU Transfer After Hack
The exchange says it has replenished 90% of the amount lost and pledges to rebuild its emergency fund to about $1 billion.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin held up better than expected after Binance hack, Strive CEO says
Strive CEO Matt Cole says the Binance hack has not changed his long-term case for Bitcoin, but cautions it is too early to call a market bottom.
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Bitcoin turns 18: Has the original rebel grown up?
In typical Bitcoin style, the number one cryptocurrency turns 18 today, amid AI-driven security threats, quantum fears and the biggest exchange hack in crypto history.
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As big bitcoin miners chase AI profits, individuals get another shot at the rewards
Several companies offer access to bitcoin mining without the hassle of running equipment, but high costs and the 2028 reward halving make profits uncertain.
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18 years in, what has Bitcoin truly done?
The Bitcoin white paper achieved a lot of what Satoshi Nakamoto set out to accomplish, but the cultural impact it had may outweigh Bitcoin itself, writes CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De.
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A Nasdaq-listed company may sell $450 million bitcoin, citing Binance hack and quantum fears
Next Technology Holding cited exchange security and quantum computing risks in authorizing sales or loans against its 5,833 BTC. It says none of the coins are held at Binance.
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Bitcoin stolen from Binance tops Tesla’s holdings and is over twice El Salvador’s reserve
The 18,270 BTC haul is worth about $1.4 billion and comes within 442 coins of SpaceX’s disclosed holdings. Blockchain investigators link the attack to North Korea.
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MSTR Q3 2026 Earnings Call: Analyst Q&A
▶ Bitcoin Magazine MSTR Q3 2026 Earnings Call: Analyst Q&A The full analyst Q&A from Strategy's (MSTR) Q3 2026 earnings call. Phong Le and Michael Saylor take questions from BTIG's Andrew Harte, Treasury's Khing Oei, Galaxy's Alex Thorn, Citi's Pete Christiansen and Scott Melker on digital credit,...
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Mike Flaum: MSTR Performance “Massively” to the Upside During Next BTC Bull Run
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Mike Flaum: MSTR Performance “Massively” to the Upside During Next BTC Bull Run Mike Flaum, CEO of Log Scale Investments, joins Bitcoin Magazine TV to talk Strategy's Stretch, daily dividends, Strive's SATS, Bitcoin-backed preferreds vs. Treasury bonds for retirees, mNAV and the...
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What to Know About the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
▶ Bitcoin Magazine What to Know About the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack The biggest crypto-related hack in history by dollar volume just hit Binance, with more than $6.3 billion in affected assets moving on-chain. About $3 billion was frozen through stablecoin operators, but $3.3 billion has not been...
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Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the record $6.4 billion theft is a Binance security failure, not a crypto-wide threat, pointing clients toward proxies like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy.
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Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
The stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.
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Coinbase (COIN) Misses Revenue Estimates as Users Fall, Armstrong Sets Up New Share Sales
Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase (COIN) Misses Revenue Estimates as Users Fall, Armstrong Sets Up New Share Sales Coinbase had a mixed third quarter. Revenue came in at $1.20 billion, below the $1.233 billion analysts expected, according to company filings. Subscription and services revenue did better,...
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Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
Binance lost about $6.4 billion, the largest crypto hack on record, yet Bitcoin fell about 3%, against nearly 11% in 2018 when the exchange was last attacked.
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Strategy insiders sold millions, then the CFO resigned
Before Andrew Kang, Strategy’s Chief Financial Officer, announced his resignation on the day of the company’s quarterly earnings announcement, insiders at Michael Saylor’s bitcoin (BTC) company had sold 227,580 shares of MSTR over the course of the year. MSTR, the company’s Nasdaq-listed common...
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Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problem
Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF.
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Bitcoin risks worst October in 12 years as tech sell-off spreads to gold
Bitcoin circled $77,000 as crypto markets navigated US stock-market downside, while the gold price fell to its lowest in a year.
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1INCH Slides 13%, Extending Losses Beyond Bitcoin and Ether
1inch said its token was among assets stolen from Binance and that blocking attacker access to its apps cannot freeze the tokens themselves.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC Charges Two Companies in $130 Million Crypto Trading Scheme
Bitcoin Magazine SEC Charges Two Companies in $130 Million Crypto Trading Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two foreign-operated, Colorado-incorporated companies with running a crypto investment fraud that used false federal filings to raise more than $130 million from tens of...
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Strategy’s preferred-stock fix sets up renewed bitcoin buying, analysts say
Strategy fell after Q3 earnings, but StoneX & TD Cowen kept buy ratings, citing $4.83B cash reserve and more stable STRC preferred structure.
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Blockchain Firms Link North Korea to $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
Bitcoin Magazine Blockchain Firms Link North Korea to $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Blockchain analysis firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs have linked the $6.3 billion Binance hack yesterday to TraderTraitor, a unit associated with North Korea. If confirmed at this scale, the theft would be the largest...
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Coinbase and Strategy Sink After Binance Breach
Both stocks extended their opening losses, outpacing Bitcoin’s 4.65% decline and the S&P 500’s 1.24% drop over the same window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tyler Evans: Bitcoin ETF Flows Flipped From “Highly Negative” to “Strong Accumulation”
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Tyler Evans: Bitcoin ETF Flows Flipped From “Highly Negative” to “Strong Accumulation” Bitcoin has matured out of the bear market. So what's next? Tyler Evans breaks down the Fed, the bond market, JPMorgan naming Bitcoin its best-performing asset class, ETF flows flipping to...