Stay SafeUS Secret Service continues investigation into $6.3bn Binance hack
Federal law enforcement is working alongside the FBI to trace stolen funds. The update follows $3.64 billion in net outflows after Binance reopened user withdrawals.
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Stay SafeFederal law enforcement is working alongside the FBI to trace stolen funds. The update follows $3.64 billion in net outflows after Binance reopened user withdrawals.
Stay SafeUnauthorised portal access allowed a fake application requesting wallet seed phrases onto the spotlight page before engineers patched the vulnerability.
Stay SafeChainalysis reported that attackers behind the $6.3bn Binance breach transferred funds after draining $500m from Tron wallets.
The denial follows rumors linking the $6.3bn hack to a personal relationship between an engineer and an operative, a story Degen News said was never made by analyst ZachXBT.
The exchange processed $4.649 billion in user redemptions following a major security breach, equal to 2.1 percent of its total assets.
The exchange said social media screenshots promising $150 payouts to traders after a withdrawal pause are digitally altered and fake.
The exchange will restart withdrawals after a $6.3bn hack that led Tether to freeze $971m USDT linked to the breach.
An emergency pause on Thorchain's cross-chain bridges followed an ethereum network reorganisation, halting swaps and limiting the movement of the $2.5bn stolen from Binance.
The world's largest digital currency marked 18 years since its whitepaper was published, having grown from pennies to a market value of $1.56 trillion.
The blockchain analytics firm said on Friday some non-sensitive customer data was exposed, but found no evidence of access to authentication credentials or session tokens.
The protocolDAO secured the tokens in its Safe wallet as the FBI, Secret Service, Circle, and Tether moved to freeze billions in stolen assets.
The statement came a day after reports linked North Korea to the largest heist in history. Tether has frozen $971m in assets related to the incident.
The prediction platform launched short-term contracts for precious metals on 30 October. The move follows a $2.65 million security breach that occurred earlier in the week.
The stablecoin issuer now holds $132.4bn in US Treasury bills, a total that exceeds the government debt holdings of the United Arab Emirates.
Changpeng Zhao said the crypto sector will survive the multi-billion dollar loss as Tether freezes nearly $1bn in linked funds and US federal agencies investigate.
Cantor Fitzgerald and TD Cowen say the market recovery remains intact despite a security breach that saw $6.3bn taken from the world's largest exchange.
Federal investigators and private firms are tracking the funds after Tether froze $971m in USDT linked to the breach.
A technical change designed to make crypto wallets smarter was used alongside 50 stolen signatures to bypass security at the world's largest exchange.
The exchange is collaborating with US federal agencies to investigate a security breach that led to the freezing of $971m in stablecoins.
The wallet maker warned customers who bought devices from former reseller CryptoBilis since March to transfer their crypto following a tampering report on a Safe 5 model.
A crypto wallet associated with the Binance exploit offloaded low-liquidity tokens on Uniswap on 30 October 2026, sending the FUN token down by up to 95 percent.
Stablecoin issuer Tether froze $971 million in USDT linked to suspicious transfers, while Binance has not yet confirmed a security breach.
Brian Armstrong said his team is assisting following reports of a security breach at Binance, which led to Tether freezing $971 million in USDT on 29 October.
The exchange made the commitment on 30 October following reports of suspicious on-chain activity. Tether has already frozen $971 million in USDT linked to the incident.
The Tesla chief executive commented on security risks as Tether froze $971 million in assets linked to suspicious activity on the exchange.
The company spent $2.04bn on share buybacks through late October while paying out $419.6m in preferred dividends.
The stablecoin issuer blocked the funds after on-chain data flagged suspicious activity on the exchange. Binance has not yet confirmed a security breach.
Exchanges closed out more than $600 million in long positions as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP broke key price levels in a rapid market pullback.
Unconfirmed reports indicate an exploit targeted Binance hot wallets on Thursday, resulting in the reported loss of more than $2.5bn in digital assets.
Boss Bot News reported Bitcoin touching $79,000 on Thursday. YourKhabri market data recorded the asset at $79,086 as 24-hour prices dipped 2.4 percent.
Analysts flagged unusual movements on the exchange on 29 October, though the company has not yet confirmed a security breach.
Onchain data from Glassnode shows roughly 4 million Bitcoin bought above $85,000 could limit price gains, even as exchange outflows continue through October.
The prediction market platform entered cancel-only mode on 29 October after users reported drained wallets, with the company promising to reimburse those affected by the breach.
The oracle network relies on perpetual futures to supply reference rates for tokenized assets outside standard stock exchange trading hours.
The Dubai royal family-backed firm has announced a $1.5 billion strategy focused on Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency trades near $80,000.
The exchange will stop marketing to British consumers until 2031 after the regulator brought its first enforcement case over crypto advertising rules.
The integration allows businesses to connect bank funding and stablecoins through a single system, with cross-border firm Kira among the first to use the service.
Onchain data shows 864,520 Bitcoin moved in the $84,000 to $85,000 range last November, creating heavy overhead resistance as long-term investors hold coins at an aggregate loss.
Intercontinental Exchange aims to offer regulated derivatives for the HYPE token, which held an $18.9bn market capitalisation on 29 October.
The exchange will meet with banks and warehouse operators in November to discuss turning off-warrant copper and aluminium into digital assets.
The US Federal Election Commission reported an outage on Tuesday, preventing super political action committees from disclosing last-minute expenditures before the 2026 midterm elections.
Anatoly Yakovenko criticised US companies for resisting plans by OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange to bring equities onto the blockchain.
The new offering on the Solana lending protocol allows users to borrow USDC stablecoins using 1:1 redeemable tokenised stocks as collateral, letting them access liquidity without divesting their holdings.
The meme-coin creator will add support for the new layer-2 network on 9 November. The move comes shortly after Elysium announced a partnership with the FOMO trading platform.
The asset manager expects institutional demand and fixed supply to drive a 34 per cent annual growth rate over the next decade.
The court rejected arguments that digital assets lack value because they are not legal tender, upholding a 10-year sentence for a group that stole 2.48 BTC from a tourist.
The post-trade giant will allow clients including JPMorgan and Fidelity to mint digital tokens representing stocks and ETFs held in its $114 trillion custody system.
Alphabet is already using the multi-party computation service to secure its own assets on Ethereum and Solana. The technology is expected to be commercially available in early 2027.
Brazil's largest private bank submitted its regulatory filing ahead of an Oct. 30 deadline, formalizing trading and custody for 15 digital assets under Resolution 520.
The Federal Open Market Committee concludes its meeting today with a 93.4 per cent probability of rates staying between 3.75 per cent and 4.00 per cent.
South Korea's second-largest exchange said its trading systems and customer funds were unaffected, as financial regulators reported cyberattacks on 16 domestic firms.
The Nasdaq-listed exchange said the incident occurred at analytics provider Amplitude and affected a small subset of customer information.
The firm said it cannot withdraw bitcoin from a $150 million deal with Scilex and will restate four financial periods to remove $49 million in assets.
The quarterly total topped Wall Street analyst forecasts of $114.1 million despite total crypto trading volume falling 38 percent across the platform.
The agreement places the federally chartered bank at both ends of the remittance route between the two countries.
The agreement includes the use of Ripple Treasury for Robinhood’s internal liquidity and the planned introduction of RLUSD to the main Robinhood app later this year.
The new prediction markets cover Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, and XRP using pricing data from CF Benchmarks.
Institutional investors are delaying large purchases because the network lacks a clear roadmap for security upgrades to counter quantum threats, according to the layer-2 developer.
Scott Bessent told Ripple’s Swell conference that dollar-backed stablecoins create key demand for US debt, even as Congress stalled broader crypto legislation.
Samson Mow said the remaining funds should arrive within days as the federation prepares to resume direct peg-outs for users.
European retail users must move tokens including USDT and PYUSD by Oct. 30 or face automatic conversion to USDC under MiCA compliance rules.
The initiative involves settling invoice payments using Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on the ledger, in collaboration with supply chain finance platform C2FO.
The decline since May is also attributed to US restrictions on technology and high US interest rates impacting the market.
The fund, named JQQQ, targets eligible professional investors outside the US and requires a minimum investment of $100,000.
The actively managed fund, trading as WBMO on the NYSE, combines global stocks, bonds, and real assets with indirect exposure to Bitcoin.
Seattle-based Luxor Technology Corporation, a firm that began in Bitcoin mining, secured the investment to scale its AI hardware brokerage and compute trading business.
The federal agency is challenging Utah's actions against prediction market platform Kalshi, escalating a wider dispute over state and federal regulatory authority.
The financial services company recorded $161.6 million in gross crypto transaction revenue and expanded its crypto products to 503,070 by the end of the quarter.
The callable debt deal, confirmed by Musk on X, comes as he predicts over 200 newer AI computing power providers will consolidate, with only a few surviving.
The two new funds will convert stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure, targeting investors seeking passive accumulation of the cryptocurrency.