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Crypto.com will discontinue its Hong Kong consumer app on February 1, 2027, while continuing to seek approval for its institutional-grade Crypto.com Exchange. Affected customers have received advance notice and will receive instructions for closing accounts and withdrawing funds.
ZachXBT identified more than $27 million in exchange withdrawals, raising his estimate of a suspected theft involving an unidentified EU entity above $133 million.
France’s National Assembly delayed the 2027 budget revenue vote with 758 amendments still pending, but two crypto exit-tax proposals had already been rejected separately. Amendment 3904 failed 27-55, while amendment 3432 failed 31-60.
ARK Invest added roughly $17 million in Coinbase and Circle shares across two trading sessions while reducing its exposure to Bullish. The purchases totaled 64,208 Coinbase shares and 110,551 Circle shares across ARKK, ARKW and ARKF, while the funds sold 342,545 Bullish shares.
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 after failing near $79,000, with an initial snapshot placing BTC around $76,400 ahead of the U.S. midterm election outcome.
Alchemy Pay has integrated its fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat payment services into Walt, a digital asset platform operating inside Telegram. The integration lets users in 173 countries buy and sell supported cryptocurrencies through traditional payment methods without first using a separate exchange.
Hack Impact: Mercado Bitcoin reported a loss of about $38 million after attackers drained hot wallets across at least 10 blockchains. Recovery Efforts: Roughly $11 million has been frozen with assistance from Tether, Circle, and Chainalysis, and investigations remain active.
Fund Recovery: Arbitrum Security Council moved more than 8,425 ETH and 74 million ARB, worth roughly $30 million, from an address tied to the Binance exploit.
On Monday, November 2, Standard Chartered announced the launch of its corporate tokenized deposit solution in Hong Kong. With this move, it becomes the first market within the group to deploy this service.
OKX introduced in the United States its virtual debit card backed by stablecoins. The card was developed in partnership with WebBank and will operate under the Mastercard global network.
The semiconductor stock index recorded a 17% drop during October 2026, while the S&P 500 fell less than 1% over the same period. Bitcoin recorded a pullback of approximately 4% to hover around $76,400 following reports of a $6.3 billion vulnerability on Binance.
Prediction markets assign a 94% probability to Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, projecting 235 seats versus 186 for Republicans. Options contracts show that five-delta puts are trading at a 13-point premium over at-the-money volatility, compared to just two points for call options.…
The New York Stock Exchange signed agreements with Broadridge Financial Solutions, Computershare, Equiniti, and Superstate, bringing its transfer agency partners to six. The newly integrated traditional entities collectively serve nearly 5,000 public companies, a figure that covers nearly 99% of the S&P 500 index.
Approximately 28 BTC, worth $2.2 million, entered 18 CoinJoin transactions between November 1 and November 2. Elliptic continues to track $3.24 billion in assets linked to the October 29 Binance theft across multiple blockchains.
The price of DOGE stood at $0.07371 at the time of the report, recording an approximate market capitalization of $11.5 billion. The community gathered in the Japanese city of Sakura to commemorate Kabosu’s birthday beside the bronze sculpture unveiled in 2023.
The distributed value of real-world assets (RWA) on the Solana network reached $5.12 billion, with an all-time high of $5.19 billion reported on October 29, 2026.
A security incident impacted the Binance platform, resulting in estimated losses of $6.3 billion in late October 2026. The cyber group TraderTraitor channeled $242 million through the Tron network during the first 48 hours following the attack.
Cybersecurity researchers identified a fraudulent app simulating token airdrop distributions within an official application catalog. The malicious software required the manual entry of 12- or 24-word seed phrases as a mandatory requirement to process alleged reward claims.
XRP Ledger recorded a 479% increase in daily payment volume, climbing from 229 million XRP to more than 1.33 billion XRP on November 1. The surge signals renewed activity across the network after a quieter end to October and recent security-related disruptions.
Metaplanet confirmed to the Tokyo Stock Exchange the early redemption of its Series 20 ordinary bonds held by EVO FUND, worth ¥8,000 million (approximately $50.7 million).
Aave Horizon integrates Chainlink’s 24/7 price feeds to value tokenized real-world assets used as loan collateral, including major U.S. equities. The system uses perpetual futures market data during weekends and holidays, when traditional stock exchanges are closed.
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) summoned major cryptocurrency exchanges to review security measures following the $6.4 billion Binance theft. The FBI attributed the attack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group, which reportedly converted stolen assets into Ethereum.
Coinbase enabled round-the-clock access to global derivatives for artificial intelligence agents via Deribit’s engine. The feature incorporates integrated micropayments to purchase market data and trading strategies on demand.
Approximately $108.8 million in USDC left accounts at Kraken, OKX, and Crypto.com between November 1 and 2. Eleven of the 15 receiving wallets had previously received payments from the same exchanges, raising questions about compromised credentials and private keys.
Star Xu, founder and CEO of OKX, asserted that the security of no centralized exchange is invulnerable and that it is a mistake to promise absolute security.
Binance deployed 7,499 BTC from its SAFU reserve, cutting the tracked balance in half while replenishing assets lost in the $6.3 billion breach. The exchange says 95% of affected assets have been replenished, with tokens backed while less-liquid assets are being sourced through market and…
XRP Ledger is approaching activation of fixCleanup3_4_0, which closes a flaw allowing PaymentBurn delegates to mint issued tokens without PaymentMint authority. Validator support briefly fell below the threshold on October 21, resetting the 14-day countdown.
Binance attackers moved 486,970 SOL worth $46.4 million and began swapping into Bitcoin through Relay as laundering activity expanded beyond Tron. SomaXBT estimated $242 million actually left Tron holding wallets, warning that roughly $500 million in observed transfers included repeated movements rather than fresh outflows.…
Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals after wallets across at least 10 blockchains were drained, with researchers estimating losses above $40 million. The transfers used ordinary blockchain transactions rather than a smart contract exploit, while investigators have not established how the attacker obtained signing access.…
Strive Inc. purchased 124 Bitcoin between October 24 and October 30 at an average price of approximately $80,526 per BTC, including fees and expenses, according to a November 2 SEC filing. The acquisition increased the company’s total holdings from 43,000 to 43,124 BTC.