Security news
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Trezor lifts password ceiling after Coldcard’s $100M wallet thefts
Trezor cited July’s Coldcard attacks, in which strong passphrases helped protect some users whose wallet recovery information was compromised.
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FBI Blames North Korea for $6B Binance Hack as Exchange Reopens Withdrawals
Binance saw $3.64 billion in net outflows in the first nine and a half hours after reopening withdrawals, or 2.1% of its assets, it said.
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Binance hack fallout, U.S. midterms and jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 2.
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Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank theft
The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to protect once hackers get inside.
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Binance Restores USD Withdrawals as Post-Hack Reopening Expands
The exchange says all 15 initial crypto network groups have reopened, but withdrawals for several other tokens remain suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs sink into October outflows with $643M exit after Binance hack
US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended October with $515 million in net withdrawals, while Ether funds posted a record $1.61 billion in monthly outflows.
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Binance Attacker Splits $292 Million in XRP Across Six Wallets
The six recipients showed no outgoing payments, but native XRP cannot be frozen by Ripple, leaving exchanges as a potential interception point.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BTCPay Links Hot-Wallet Drains to Versions 2.4.1 and Older
The team urges operators to update and says it has no credible reports of drains on the latest 2.4.7 release.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs lost $643 million in outflows Friday, and 2026 is barely green now
The first trading day after the Binance hack saw the biggest ETF outflow since June 25.
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BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet thefts running on outdated software
BTCPay Server urged operators to shut down their servers after receiving reports of unauthorized attackers draining funds from hot wallets.
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Strangers are begging the Binance hacker for bitcoin, one ‘help me bro’ at a time
The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen BTC have taken in nothing since Thursday except payments worth under a dollar, each carrying a message, from pleas to laundering pitches to a token shill.
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Bitcoin claws back toward $79,000 as markets shake off crypto's biggest hack
ZEC led the majors and oil slid on a report that Trump wants to give Iran diplomacy more time, with U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
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BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after reports of drained wallets
The open-source project says it is still investigating and hasn't given a loss figure or announced a fix. Its founder said the reports appear to involve versions older than 2.4.2.
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Spot bitcoin ETFs see largest daily outflows in four months following record Binance hack
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $643 million on Friday, marking their largest single-day outflow since June 25, following Thursday's Binance's hack.
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Binance net outflows surge to $5.8B as withdrawals resume after record hack
The exchange says withdrawals surged after some services resumed but have since slowed, with the outflows representing a fraction of its roughly $171 billion in customer assets.
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$3.6B flees Binance on reopen, THORChain co-founder opposes coin freeze: Hodler’s Digest
Binance has reopened withdrawals following the world’s biggest ever hack, and THORChain co-founder argues it should not halt the protocol to comply with FBI demands.
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Threshold Says tBTC Operators Patched or Went Offline Over Linux Flaw
Threshold also disclosed a separate incident that drained about 0.5 ETH from an operator’s fee-paying account. Aave’s frozen Ethereum Core reserve holds about $136.3 million of tBTC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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North Korean hackers launder $242 million of Binance loot via Tron as FBI presses THORChain: analyst
Crypto bridges Relay, THORChain, Chainflip and Symbiosis moved about $140 million of stolen funds off Tron, with Relay handling the most at $48 million.
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Binance-Hack Launderers Reach Solana After Draining $500 Million on Tron, Chainalysis Says
The firm says the Tron operation spanned more than 1,000 addresses and over 3,000 deposits before funds dispersed across chains.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance sees $3.64 billion in net outflows after reopening withdrawals following record hack
The exchange said the outflows equal 2.1% of its $171 billion in assets and that withdrawal volumes have declined after an initial spike.
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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 says phase one of withdrawals opens after $6.3B hack
The crypto exchange said it has begun phased withdrawals after the record hack the FBI has blamed on North Korea.
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FBI blames North Korea for record $6.3B Binance hack
US agency seeks private-sector help to block further money-laundering of stolen digital assets.
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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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Attacker Drains About $437,000 in Collateral From Premia Vaults
The attack moved vault collateral into option pools before withdrawing it as liquidity, according to Blockaid.... 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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FBI Attributes $6 Billion-Plus Binance Hack to North Korea
The bureau named TraderTraitor and sought blocks on the laundering trail, while Binance kept Nov. 1 as its withdrawal restart target.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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