FBI blames North Korea’s TraderTraitor for $6bn Binance hack as stablecoin issuers freeze billions
The FBI tied the record Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor. Tether and Circle froze stablecoins, and hackers used DeFi to dodge the freezes.
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Crypto desk Fed Hold or Binance Shock: What Actually Broke Bitcoin’s $80,000 Support
Bitcoin's drop below $80,000 may owe more to the Binance security incident than to the Fed's rate hold, as liquidation figures and ETF inflows suggest.
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Crypto desk Nearly $1 Billion Liquidated as Bitcoin Slides Below $78,000 on Binance Fears
Suspected Binance hot wallet drain of $5.6 to $5.9 billion; issuers freeze over $3 billion.
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Crypto desk CFTC Sues Utah to Block Gambling Crackdown on Kalshi
The CFTC and DOJ sued Utah on October 26 to block the state's gambling-law crackdown on Kalshi's prediction markets.
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Crypto desk Kraken Parent Payward Plans First CFTC-Regulated Perpetuals on Hyperliquid
Payward, Kraken's parent, plans to run CFTC-regulated perpetual futures on Hyperliquid HIP-3 via Bitnomial, with allowlisted US accounts, pending approval.
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Crypto desk SEC clears Cboe BZX to list Volatility Shares’ 3x Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
The SEC cleared Cboe BZX to list six 3x Volatility Shares crypto ETPs, including BITH and ETHK. Approval covers listing only; trading still awaits S-1 effectiveness.
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Crypto desk Bitcoin Core fast-tracks security fixes as 44% of sampled nodes run unsupported versions
Bitcoin Core merged a policy fast-tracking security fixes for AI-rediscoverable vulnerabilities as a KIT snapshot shows 43.6% of sampled public peers run unsupported versions.
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Crypto desk SoFi’s Fifth Crypto Product in a Year Pays 4.40% APY
SoFi launched SoFi Earn (SOFIE), a tokenized bank deposit paying 4.40% APY with FDIC protection, in what the company called the first-ever bank deposit token on its crypto platform.
