Crypto news
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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BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet thefts running on outdated software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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Bank of Korea probes financial firms’ exposure to crypto risks
The central bank is surveying 31 financial institutions on how a major exchange shutdown, prolonged crypto downturn or losses at another firm could affect their operations.
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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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Ethena Explained: USDe, sUSDe, Rewards and Exit Routes
Direct issuer redemption is restricted, while sUSDe unstaking returns USDe—not dollars in a bank account.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anza Urges Solana Validators to Act on Critical Linux Flaw
Ubuntu operators were told to filter incoming traffic and disable two networking features while awaiting a fixed kernel.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Maple’s syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT Explained: Returns, Risks and Exits
Pool withdrawals depend on available liquidity and have no guaranteed deadline. Selling a token on an exchange is a different exit, at a market-determined price.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Institutional Crypto Custody: A Guide to Roles and Control
Keeping tokens with a bank does not rule out pledging them for a loan. Separate safekeeping, signing permissions and authority to sell collateral before comparing services.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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BTCPay Server Urges Shutdown After Reports of Hot-Wallet Sweeps
Operators were told to run ./btcpay-down.sh while the project investigates. The alert did not identify affected versions or announce a patch.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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What Is RLUSD? Ripple’s Stablecoin Backing and Redemption Explained
Direct dollar redemption requires an approved customer relationship. Exchange sales and Earn lending deposits follow different rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Posts $4.54 Billion Net Outflow as Tracked Rivals Gain $564 Million
OKX led gains among 10 large tracked rivals, but exchange-wide net flows do not reveal how much Binance customers moved into self-custody.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Co-Founder Cites Public Data After FBI Binance Blocking Appeal
The FBI explicitly named THORNode operators in its appeal. The protocol’s controls allow broad trading halts, which also interrupt other users.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The crypto reader's guide to the 2026 midterm election: State of Crypto
America is going to the polls, and the results will shape crypto legislation and regulation over the next two years. Here's what to know.
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Pump.fun Cuts Referral Share to 37.5% as 4x Boost Ends
Creators will earn 62.5% less from the same referral fees, while the platform says it will keep distributing all app revenue through rewards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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Solana Mobile Says Fake 'SKR Claim' App Reached Store Spotlight
The company says it patched a bug allowing links to apps that were not fully published and is removing the malicious app from affected devices.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Analyst Traces $140 Million in Binance Loot Through Four Tron Exit Routes
SomaXBT’s breakdown focuses on assets left unfrozen on Tron. The FBI’s Oct. 31 blocking request explicitly includes THORChain node operators and downstream funds.... 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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Election Market Odds vs. Polls: What a 70% Chance Means
The last trade can differ from the price available now, while a favorite losing is only one observation—not a verdict on a forecast’s reliability.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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AI agents bypassed crypto spending limits without human approval, researchers find in a new test
The researchers say any approval an agent can reach is unreliable, and they built Countersign, an app tying approval to a physical action the agent can’t fake.