Bitcoin miner Cipher posts $31 million profit as AI pivot begins
The company's revenue dropped 63% in the third quarter, while a $127 million accounting gain helped turn an operating loss into a reported profit.
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Arbitrum’s council moved $30 million of Binance hack funds without the hacker’s key
A 12-person committee briefly rewrote one of Arbitrum’s core contracts to spend from an address it held no key for, then put the code back. It’s the second time this year.
Bitcoin drops below $77,000 as chip rout deepens ahead of U.S. midterm vote
ZEC tumbled nearly 10% and BNB fell under $700 as the Nasdaq 100 slid into a correction, dragging Asian stocks lower.
Big crypto wants the one thing it can’t buy: your vote
Our loyalty has been to the technology. This election, the trap is to let the biggest intermediaries claim it for themselves, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
Bitcoin traders eye post-election rally as exchange outflows point to supply squeeze
Bulls are watching short positions, exchange withdrawals and key price levels for signs of a rebound after the midterms.
EU entity suspected of losing $106 million from crypto exchange accounts, ZachXBT says
The unidentified attacker moved funds through ether, instant exchanges and Monero, but the victim and affected exchanges remain unknown.
NYSE taps Wall Street giant Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks
A key provider of shareholder voting and corporate services on Wall Street, Broadridge will help bring investor rights onchain for the exchange's upcoming venue.
Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 chains
The Brazilian exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, days after the $6.3 billion Binance hack.
Nvidia, Costco and Nike join pushback against OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans
Nearly 70% of the companies initially picked for trading have opted out, while 19 firms including Apple, Tesla and Amazon have no disclosed objection as the 30-day response window nears its end.
Standard Chartered debuts tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients
The bank uses Hong Kong's EnsembleTX system to move deposits between participating banks around the clock, settling in central bank money.
Crypto's Washington playbook is working. Don't abandon it now.
Regardless of how the midterm elections unfold or which party secures the presidency in 2028, our industry must adhere to its established playbook, writes Solana Policy Institute’s Colin McLaren.
Coinbase downgraded at Morgan Stanely; price target slashed 53% on weak earnings outlook
Analyst Michael Cyprys cited weak crypto trading activity and doubts about an earnings recovery.
Tokenization firm tZERO plans to go public in $350 million SPAC deal
The digital securities firm plans to list on NYSE American under TZRO early next year after more than a decade building blockchain-based trading infrastructure.
XRP Ledger set to fix flaw that could let stablecoin partners print new tokens
The fix is on track for Wednesday after validator support briefly dipped and restarted the two-week activation clock. XRP itself is unaffected.
No proof of AI in North Korean hackers move of stolen Binance funds
Elliptic tracked thousands of transfers, failed swaps and repeated transactions that suggest the hackers relied on scripts rather than AI agents.
Bitcoin eases to $77,900 as Binance customers pull $3.6 billion after withdrawals reopen
Bitcoin fell 0.4% to around $77,900 since midnight UTC as Binance customers pulled a net $3.64 billion after withdrawals reopened and ETFs lost $643 million.
Metals.io issues tokens backed by 25 tonnes of physical copper stored in Germany
The company is starting with $366,000 worth of copper stored in Germany, hoping to build a market for investors to own and trade physical metal onchain.
Binance hack fallout, U.S. midterms and jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 2.
Live updates: Binance records $6 billion outflows after starting withdrawals, less then 4% of total holdings
The outflows followed a 45-hour withdrawal freeze after a $6.3 billion theft, with rival exchanges attracting deposits as customers regained access to their funds.
China’s Communist Party calls for a crackdown on corruption that uses crypto and blockchain
China's Communist Party has named virtual currency and blockchain in a new anti-corruption call.
Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank theft
The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to protect once hackers get inside.
Bitcoin ETFs lost $643 million in outflows Friday, and 2026 is barely green now
The first trading day after the Binance hack saw the biggest ETF outflow since June 25.
Strangers are begging the Binance hacker for bitcoin, one ‘help me bro’ at a time
The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen BTC have taken in nothing since Thursday except payments worth under a dollar, each carrying a message, from pleas to laundering pitches to a token shill.
Bitcoin claws back toward $79,000 as markets shake off crypto's biggest hack
ZEC led the majors and oil slid on a report that Trump wants to give Iran diplomacy more time, with U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after reports of drained wallets
The open-source project says it is still investigating and hasn't given a loss figure or announced a fix. Its founder said the reports appear to involve versions older than 2.4.2.
The crypto reader's guide to the 2026 midterm election: State of Crypto
America is going to the polls, and the results will shape crypto legislation and regulation over the next two years. Here's what to know.
AI agents bypassed crypto spending limits without human approval, researchers find in a new test
The researchers say any approval an agent can reach is unreliable, and they built Countersign, an app tying approval to a physical action the agent can’t fake.
The key races to watch for the 2026 election
While crypto isn't a major issue in the 2026 election, the industry will be shaped by who takes office in January. Here are the main races CoinDesk is tracking.
Crypto PACs made big Republican push in final weeks before November 3 election
Even as polling and online wagers put Democrats at a high chance to claim greater power in Congress, the industry's high-profile support has gone the other direction.
Sherrod Brown's Ohio edge threatens a rough go for crypto next year
The industry's $63 million question revolves around whether its political adversary in Ohio rides the Trump backlash back into the Senate.