Crypto news
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Strategy CFO resigns as company posts record quarterly profit. MSTR stock falls 6%
Andrew Kang’s departure comes as Strategy reports $21 billion in quarterly operating income and bitcoin holdings of 848,517 BTC.
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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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Unit Delays All Deposits and Withdrawals After Binance Breach
Guardian screening can prevent transfers from completing as Binance says partners have frozen about $3 billion in affected assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Trezor warns CryptoBilis buyers to move funds over suspected implant
Trezor urged customers who bought devices from CryptoBilis since March to move their funds after a report of a suspected hardware implant.
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Coinbase Q3 net income jumps 66% as prediction markets gain traction
Bernstein analysts said Coinbase's expanding prediction markets and derivatives businesses helped offset weaker spot trading activity.
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Trezor reports suspected hardware implant in Safe 5 sold by CryptoBilis
Trezor urged CryptoBilis buyers to migrate funds after receiving a credible report of a hardware implant inside a Safe 5 device.
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Binance Reports More Breach Points in $6.3 Billion Attack
Withdrawals remain paused with a 45-hour restart estimate, while Binance pledges to cover all losses from its SAFU reserve and company funds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Live News: Binance hack rattles crypto as Intel plunges and AI spending fears hit tech
A $6.3 billion Binance hack adds to crypto jitters, while weak earnings outlooks and mounting concerns over AI spending push QQQ down more than 2%.
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Teng Says Binance Breach Was Not a ‘One-Click’ Attack
Withdrawals remain paused while deposits operate normally; Binance says about $3 billion in affected assets has been frozen onchain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FUN Plunges 95% in Uniswap Pool as Binance Exploiter Sells
The main exploiter address also sold RAD and OGN on Uniswap, while about 580.8 million unsold FUN was transferred back to the collection wallet.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance hacker dumps a little-known 2017 token and it crashes 90%
The hacker dumped FUN and other smaller tokens into markets too small to absorb large selling, leading to price crashes.
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Live updates: Binance $6.3B hack linked to North Korea’s TraderTraitor
Follow live updates as Binance says $6.3 billion in assets have been stolen in a major hack. Around $3 billion in stolen funds have been frozen.
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Trezor Urges CryptoBilis Buyers to Move Funds After Implant Report
The company has not yet examined the Safe 5 in question and says no CryptoBilis buyer has reported losing funds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets
Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.
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Strategy eyes more Bitcoin buys as Saylor touts $30B credit capacity
Michael Saylor says Strategy could create up to $30 billion in digital credit without new common-stock fundraising or further Bitcoin price gains, as the company plans more BTC purchases.
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North Korea’s TraderTraitor linked to $6.3B Binance hack
TRM Labs says it has high confidence in the attribution, while ZachXBT identified stolen funds from the Binance and Bitget hacks converging at the same address.
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XRP Ledger developers tighten the rules for who can hold 'restricted' tokens
A set of fixes would tighten who can hold permissioned tokens on the network. The XRP Ledger Foundation says no users were affected.
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Hyperliquid Fees Hit 30-Day High as Perpetuals Volume Doubles
Perpetuals turnover reached $17.44 billion on Oct. 29, while liquidations climbed to about $252 million and outstanding positions declined.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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India's largest exchange curbs crypto futures trading as Binance incident disrupts liquidity
CoinDCX has restricted new futures positions after Binance’s security incident disrupted a key liquidity provider. Deposits, withdrawals and customer funds remain unaffected, the exchange said.
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Uniswap Volume Tops $5.97 Billion as Ethereum Trading Surges
Ethereum accounted for $4.22 billion of the day's trading, while activity also increased at PancakeSwap, Curve and Raydium.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Circle to Cut Legacy USDC Crosschain Limits From Oct. 31
Pending transfers are intended to finish before a Dec. 1 contract pause, while Noble holders face a separate January exit deadline.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Curve Volume Jumps to $847 Million as 3pool Tilts Further Toward USDT
Trading in the DAI/USDC/USDT pool climbed to $343 million, while its USDT balance increased and holdings of the other two stablecoins fell.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Exploit-Linked Wallet Moves 14,040 ETH to Another Holding Address
Two of the largest tracked wallets still hold about 197,460 ETH and 137,602 ETH, while the transfer recipient holds roughly 19,740 ETH.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Hack’s Bitcoin Sits Unspent Across 19 Addresses
Another 233.46 million XRP remains in one account, leaving investigators a visible trail but no issuer-controlled freeze option for either asset.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainalysis Links $6.4 Billion Binance Hack to North Korea
Binance estimates the impact at $6.3 billion and says about $3 billion has been frozen onchain, with withdrawals still suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze
All 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each, and none has moved since Thursday night, a CoinDesk trace of the blockchain shows.
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CoinDCX Halts New Futures Positions, Citing Liquidity Provider
The exchange says deposits and withdrawals remain available, while traders can still manage margin and close existing futures positions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Exploiter Swaps $911 Million Into ETH and TRX, Arkham Says
The conversions moved USDT beyond Tether’s token-freezing mechanism, while Arkham reported $2.8 billion of the stolen assets already frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MistTrack Links Binance Theft Route to Phemex-Connected Address
Onchain records corroborate the wallet transfers and ETH receipts, but the shared destination does not establish who carried out the two thefts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arkham Puts Binance Hack at $6.01 Billion, With $2.9 Billion Still Movable
Binance separately estimates a $6.3 billion impact and pledges to cover all losses while deposits and withdrawals are suspended.... Read the full story at The Defiant