Aave wasn’t hacked. Why did its users face restrictions?
A Binance-linked attacker borrowed from Aave before emergency controls took effect. The response stopped new deposits as lenders withdrew, pushed up borrowing costs and reopened a debate over how much disruption emergency safeguards should impose on other users. Aave has…...
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Pi Network rolls out 4 developer updates ahead of November summit
Pi Network has released four updates covering app development, token tracking, AI-assisted software packaging, and identity verification ahead of its Nov. 17–19 Ecosystem Summit. Pi Network’s Oct. 29 announcement describes changes for developers building Pi applications, software publishers using SoloHost…...
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DeFi DNS attack hits 12 sites as Blockaid flags Step Drainer
A Halloween attack has targeted at least 12 DeFi websites, with Blockaid identifying the Step Drainer toolkit across affected pages and teams warning users against connecting wallets or signing transactions. Blockaid’s initial warning named Flap and Kintsu as targets of…...
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Bitcoin ETFs shed $643m in biggest daily outflow since June
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $643.2 million in net outflows on Oct. 30, their largest daily withdrawal since June, wiping out four consecutive sessions of inflows and leaving the week in the red. According to Farside Investors, Fidelity’s FBTC…...
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Iron Fish ends support after 2019 bug enables double-spending
Iron Fish has announced an end to all remaining network support after uncovering an inflation bug dating back to early 2019 that allowed an attacker to spend the same shielded funds repeatedly and exit through the ChainPort bridge. According to…...
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Recall Foundation plans 35.86% token burn with no holder payouts
Recall Foundation has announced plans to wind down and burn 358.6 million RECALL tokens, with no treasury payouts or buybacks for holders. Recall Foundation said in its Oct. 30 announcement that its board had reviewed adoption, operating costs, and growth…...
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Bitcoin whitepaper turns 18 as $6.3B hack fuels custody debate
Bitcoin’s whitepaper turned 18 on Oct. 31, bringing fresh attention to Satoshi Nakamoto’s proposal for payments without trusted intermediaries days after Binance reported a $6.3 billion theft. Satoshi Nakamoto’s original announcement, preserved in the mailing-list archive, described an electronic cash…...
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Bitcoin faces second red October as Nasdaq drops 2.9%
Bitcoin has fallen toward $77,000 heading into October’s final session, as a selloff in U.S. technology stocks and gold has deepened losses during a month traders usually associate with gains. According to Reuters, Bitcoin touched $77,646 on Oct. 30 after…...
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North Korea linked to 89% of 2026 crypto hack losses, Chainalysis says
North Korea-linked hackers have accounted for nearly 89% of reported cryptocurrency hack losses in 2026, according to Chainalysis, as Pyongyang has dismissed international sanctions targeting its revenue and weapons programs. Chainalysis published the figures on Oct. 30, drawing on reported…...
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Binance reserves $6.34B after hack, targets phased withdrawals
Binance has set aside more than $6.34 billion to cover its $6.3 billion security breach and outlined plans to begin restoring withdrawals within approximately 34 hours, subject to security checks. Binance’s second recovery update, dated Oct. 30 and signed by…...
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NFT sales fall 35.37% to $42.13m as Ethereum retakes the lead
NFT sales have fallen 35.37% to $42.13 million over the past seven days, while trading activity has picked up and Ethereum has returned to first place among blockchains. According to data from CryptoSlam, seller addresses rose 46.59% to 192,788 during…...
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Crypto VC funding: Kalshi raises $1b, HIVE secures $129m loan
Crypto and crypto-linked companies announced at least $1.24 billion across 10 disclosed financings during Oct. 24–30, led by Kalshi’s $1 billion Series G, while Ibis unveiled a separate $250 million institutional lending facility. HIVE’s AI infrastructure loan and PhotonPay’s stablecoin…...
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Binance’s $6.3B breach, Fed rate pause, CFTC plans | Weekly recap
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Binance has reported a $6.3 billion breach, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady, and the CFTC has advanced plans for voluntary crypto exchange registration. Binance pledges to cover losses after…...
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Monad’s Keone Hon pushes OpSec guide and AI security tool Ultrafuzz
Monad co-founder Keone Hon has urged crypto teams to make security their top priority, sharing operational-security guidance and promoting the foundation’s open-source Ultrafuzz tool as attackers gain access to more capable AI. Monad Foundation’s resources cover both the software teams…...
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Hoskinson flags Binance sweeper code as EIP-7702 debate grows
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned about “seriously dangerous code” while sharing an analysis that blames Ethereum’s EIP-7702 delegation feature for helping attackers rapidly empty a Binance hot wallet. In his X post, Hoskinson wrote, “Careful, there is some seriously…...
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Uber earns 1.5 extra days of yield in Canton blockchain pilot
Uber has tested a blockchain-based investment with HSBC and Franklin Templeton that earned an extra 1.5 days of yield by keeping corporate cash invested through part of the weekend. According to Bloomberg, Uber used HSBC’s tokenized deposits to buy a…...
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Polymarket launches 15-minute gold and silver markets with Chainlink
Polymarket has launched 15-minute gold and silver prediction markets through an expanded Chainlink partnership, taking its short-duration price bets beyond cryptocurrencies. Chainlink announced the expansion in an Oct. 29 release, naming itself Polymarket’s official oracle for high-speed up/down markets. The…...
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Bitcoin trader claims $250K became $3.4M during market drop
A Bitcoin options trader known as Crash has claimed to have turned $250,000 into roughly $3.4 million this week, sharing an account screenshot alongside a separate claim of a 150x return on a BTC put. Crash’s post described several trading…...
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $440.8m as Binance hack rattles market
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $440.8 million over four consecutive trading sessions through Oct. 29, with BlackRock taking most of the inflows before Friday’s sell-off following Binance’s $6.3 billion hack. According to Farside Investors, the funds received $110.3 million…...
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Tether posts $1.5B Q3 profit as reserve buffer nears $8B
Tether has reported $1.5 billion in third-quarter net operating profit while rebuilding its excess reserves to nearly $8 billion, almost twice the cushion it held three months earlier. Tether’s Oct. 30 announcement put total reserve assets at $191.45 billion as…...
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Zcash developers propose ending ZCG funding, moving 50,000 ZEC
Tachyon Group and Shielded Labs have proposed cutting off Zcash Community Grants’ future funding and requiring a 50,000 ZEC treasury donation, while keeping the program open to support new grants. Zcash co-founder Zooko Wilcox announced the joint proposal on Oct.…...
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Bitcoin censorship dispute pits Ocean miner freedom against lost fees
Bitcoin mining pool Ocean has faced a transaction censorship allegation after developer Kruw accused an individual miner of excluding his transaction from block 973,817 and leaving transaction fees 7.68% below an expected template. Kruw raised the complaint in an Oct.…...
Read MoreAave market freezes draw scrutiny over claimed $60M hacker loan
Aave’s market freezes have drawn scrutiny after a social media post claimed a Binance-linked attacker deposited $60 million in stolen USDT and borrowed roughly 19,762 ETH before issuer freezes took effect. Emilio, posting on X, said the intervention was intended…...
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Crypto stocks tumble as Coinbase loses 12.5% after Binance hack
Crypto stocks have fallen as much as 12.54% in Oct. 30 trading, with Coinbase leading the losses following its quarterly earnings release and Binance’s $6.3 billion security breach. Market data at around 11:25 a.m. EDT on Oct. 30 showed losses…...
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Bitcoin treasuries hold 1.3M BTC as Bitfinex flags funding risk
Bitcoin treasury companies have accumulated 1.3 million BTC across 180 listed firms, with Bitfinex questioning whether investor demand for discounted preferred shares could weaken the financing behind further purchases. Bitfinex’s Oct. 30 analysis examines how Strategy and Strive are using…...
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Binance wins Saylor’s backing for $6.34B recovery after hack
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has backed Binance’s promise to make customers whole after its $6.3 billion hack, as the exchange has reserved more than $6.34 billion of company funds to replace affected assets. Michael Saylor, in an Oct. 30…...
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Bitcoin falls below $77,000 after Binance hack, can $80,000 return?
Bitcoin has fallen below $77,000 during an October 30 sell-off following Binance’s estimated $6.3 billion security breach, with analysts watching support around $76,000 and the conditions for a recovery above $80,000. Binance market data placed Bitcoin at $76,944 shortly after…...
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP crash as crypto liquidations top $1.5B
Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other major cryptocurrencies have suffered heavy losses as a reported $6.3 billion Binance hack rattled investors and triggered more than $1.5 billion in liquidations across the crypto market. According to CoinGlass data, roughly $1.55 billion in…...
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Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint partners with Solana for HKDAP expansion
Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint Financial has partnered with the Solana Foundation to bring its regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, HKDAP, to the Solana blockchain as it prepares to make the token available to retail users. According to an October 30 announcement,…...
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Coinbase CEO Armstrong plans sale of up to 8.17M shares
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and two other company insiders have adopted stock trading plans covering approximately 13.6 million Class A shares, with potential sales scheduled to begin between November 2026 and January 2027. According to Coinbase’s quarterly SEC filing, the…...
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U.S. spot bitcoin ETF cumulative net inflows reach $57.624 billion, with daily net inflows hitting $17.2 million — holders generate daily earnings of $3,000 to $5,000
As cumulative net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have reached $57.624 billion, some investors are beginning to explore other digital asset strategies, including cloud mining and DeFi yield platforms, to generate passive income ranging from $3,000 to $5,000. Inflows…...
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Why is Ethena price down today, October 30?
Ethena price falls after a Binance hacker sells $33.93 million in ENA, while Santiment reports limited movement in USDe supply during the sell-off....
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Strategy’s Bitcoin plan faces November 11 index decision
MSCI’s November 11 announcement could remove Strategy from global equity indexes. The decision puts a source of demand for MSTR shares under scrutiny as the company continues using share sales to finance Bitcoin purchases. Strategy’s next index test arrives on…...
Read MoreBinance begins buying back stolen altcoins using Bitcoin, Ethereum after $6.3B hack
Binance is buying back stolen altcoins after its $6.3B hack, using company reserves and OTC desks as investigators trace funds linked to North Korea....
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Coinbase Q3 profit hits $719M as prediction markets top $200M
Coinbase Q3 revenue fell 35% to $1.22 billion, while net income rose to $719 million and prediction markets topped $200 million in annualized revenue....
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Polymarket’s traders lost funds through a website supplier. How safe is the trading screen?
Polymarket’s October 29 breach reached traders through a compromised website supplier. Researchers found code that tried to use logged-in accounts to sell positions and move assets, exposing the trust traders place in the screen they use to manage their money.…...
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CZ fires back at Elon Musk over Binance hack jokes, cites $1B SpaceX stake
CZ asks Elon Musk to stop trolling Binance after its $6.3B hack, citing SpaceX holdings as Yi He says the exchange can cover losses without selling shares....
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Justin Sun holds nearly 3% of PEPE. What could move the price next?
Arkham has attributed almost 3% of PEPE’s supply to wallets linked to Justin Sun. The estimate combines known and predicted addresses, while the transfers behind it establish withdrawals rather than a verified purchase price or a plan to sell. Arkham…...
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Binance hack: What happened and where the $6.3 billion went
Binance has promised to cover every customer loss after a breach it estimates affected $6.3 billion. Its recovery effort now involves several different processes, from stablecoin freezes to tracing assets that no token issuer can block. Binance has estimated that…...
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38 companies oppose OKXICE tokenized stocks amid Nasdaq lobbying claims
Nasdaq faces questions over reported pressure on listed companies as 38 issuers reject OKXICE tokenized stock trading under the SEC's 30-day objection rule....
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CertiK to provide security tools and mentorship to Web3 startups through Arbitrum program
CertiK partners with Arbitrum and Robinhood Crypto to provide Web3 startups with security tools, expert mentorship and discounted audits before launch....
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Uniswap price falls despite Standard Chartered’s bullish $100 forecast
Uniswap price falls as the Binance hacker sells $39.63 million in UNI, while Standard Chartered sees potential long-term gains for decentralized exchanges....
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Best crypto prop firms: Rules, payouts and programs compared
Compare the best crypto prop firms in 2026, including Leveraged, HyroTrader and Breakout, based on fees, trading rules, profit splits and payouts....
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PEPE price falls despite $206K whale buy after Binance hacker dump
PEPE price falls after the Binance hacker reportedly sells $31.66 million in tokens, while a major whale buys 45.08 billion PEPE amid market volatility....
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South Korea to block 2 crypto firms as illegal operator tally hits 47
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit has requested domestic access restrictions on two unregistered cryptocurrency businesses and referred three operators for investigation over suspected violations of the country’s financial laws. According to an Oct. 30 report from Yonhap News Agency, the…...
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SEC eyes enforcement action over prediction market insider trading
The SEC is monitoring prediction markets for insider trading and fraud, with corporate earnings contracts raising new questions over federal oversight....
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Trezor warns of suspected hardware implant in CryptoBilis wallet
Trezor has warned customers who purchased hardware wallets from former reseller CryptoBilis to move their funds after receiving a report of a suspected malicious implant inside a Trezor Safe 5 device. According to an October 30 announcement, the company received…...
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Why is Bitcoin price falling today as Binance hack triggers $1.5B liquidations?
Bitcoin price falls to $78,419 as the Binance hack triggers heavy crypto liquidations, with traders watching $80,000 resistance and $76,300 support....
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Binance hack could boost Uniswap as Standard Chartered sees DEX growth
Standard Chartered has predicted that the $6.3 billion Binance hack could push more cryptocurrency trading toward decentralized exchanges, with Uniswap expected to benefit as investors reconsider their reliance on centralized platforms. According to comments shared with cryptomedia, Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard…...
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Winklevoss twins call for Zcash grants committee to be scrapped
Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have called for Zcash to scrap its community grants committee and give ZEC holders more control over funding decisions, as disagreements over the program’s $125 million treasury continue to grow. In an October 30…...
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