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As crypto asset market participants and users jump from one hack story to another, the Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain that suffered a hack in September, has finally restored its bitcoin (BTC) reserves. Its LBTC token is now fully backed by bitcoin again.
OKX’s latest reserve report shows customer bitcoin holdings jumped 9.66% to 156,609 BTC in a month that ended with Binance losing $6.3 billion to hackers.
Wyoming voters pick a successor to Sen. Cynthia Lummis today, and Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman is favored to inherit the seat of Washington’s loudest bitcoin advocate. Trump’s Election-Eve Push for Hageman On the eve of the U.S.
Binance warned that impersonators could exploit its withdrawal restart with fake compensation offers and fees for faster processing. The exchange also completed a cryptographic reserve proof, enabling customers to check backing for 10 tokens while recovery continued.
Tether said it froze more than $1.5 billion in stolen USDT within 30 minutes of the Binance hack, blocking access to those funds. The announcement followed the FBI’s attribution of the attack to North Korea.
XRP recorded one of its strongest days for new wallet creation this year after the Binance hack, according to Santiment. The increase contrasted with subdued prices, as the analytics firm suggested a possible shift toward self-custody.
Funds stolen from Binance passed through approximately 12,000 wallets in under four days, Elliptic found. The operation spanned 11 blockchains, while the firm assessed that only a negligible amount had likely been cashed out.
Custodia Bank has filed a reply brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 10th Circuit decision that allowed regional Federal Reserve banks to deny master accounts to eligible institutions.
Metaplanet repurchased 96.4 million shares in just over two weeks, deploying about $160 million as the bitcoin treasury company shifts capital toward reducing its share count.
Binance’s “cost of doing business,” including fines and hack losses, could equal more than half of the largest crypto exchange’s estimated pre-tax profits from 2021–2025.
Strive said it bought $10 million in bitcoin last week, increasing its holdings to 43,124 BTC as its investment chief stressed restraint. The purchase marked the first use of its SATS preferred stock sales program, while existing cash supplied most funding.
Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 on Monday, despite Binance’s announcement that it had fully replenished assets lost in the recent hack using its own funds. Another, albeit much smaller crypto exchange hack also popped up on Monday.
Nvidia, Costco, Nike, and Reddit are among 12 additional companies that have objected to having their shares tokenized on OKXICE’s proposed trading platform, bringing the total to 50 companies. That leaves only a small fraction of the venture’s original targets without formal objections.
Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, said Monday that it had halted deposits and withdrawals following a “security incident.” A prominent analyst pegged the damages at $46 million worth of crypto and counting across numerous chains, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has moved closer to its ambitious goal of owning 5% of ether’s total supply, while Chairman Tom Lee argues that the cryptocurrency market’s relatively muted response to last week’s massive Binance hack demonstrates the industry’s growing resilience.
While the bank ultimately wants Redcoin, one of the first regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoins, to reach millions, the token has already seen meaningful adoption just one week after launching through the bank’s channels.
Strategy acquired 811 bitcoins for approximately $65.5 million, bringing its total holdings to 849,327 BTC and U.S. dollar assets to $4.9 billion. Record Earnings and Financial Growth Bitcoin treasury giant Strategy has acquired 811 bitcoins for approximately $65.5 million alongside a repurchase of $208.2 million…
Bitcoin has closed above its 50-week moving average for a seventh consecutive week despite the $6.3 billion Binance hack and renewed crypto-market volatility. Glassnode says even a pullback toward $75,800 could leave the broader technical setup intact.
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to use cryptocurrencies to evade potential banking sanctions, Israeli crypto industry leaders have pushed back, warning that such rhetoric hurts the domestic Web3 ecosystem.
Bitcoin ETFs lost $202.59 million in the week through Oct. 30 after a violent Friday reversal erased four days of inflows. Ether suffered an even steeper $431.53 million withdrawal, while solana posted its largest weekly outflow on record.
In each of the last three cycles, bitcoin bottomed 13 to 71 days after a U.S. midterm election. Americans vote again on Tuesday, and Polymarket gives a Democratic sweep 72% odds.
Binance’s tracked assets have fallen by about $16.6 billion since the Oct. 29 hack. Its full zero-knowledge reserve proof, first promised for Monday, is now due Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The Binance hacker has moved all 233.46 million stolen XRP, worth about $293 million, into six new wallets. The coins had sat untouched for roughly 80 hours.
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Btcpay Server issued an emergency shutdown warning Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets connected to self-hosted payment servers.
Grayscale points to tokenized funds and stablecoin payments as evidence that crypto is becoming embedded in mainstream finance. Its research chief argues that institutional adoption should help sustain the industry’s progress regardless of the U.S. midterm election outcome.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse sees XRP continuing to emerge as the institutional gold standard for crypto rails over the next five years. David Schwartz envisions mass retail adoption, with blockchain supporting how people manage money, receive payments, invest, lend, and borrow.
Reports indicate that after the October 30 deadline, out of the 150-200 companies expected, only 40 applied for operating licenses. The licensing process has consolidated the VASP industry, with many companies exiting Brazil as compliance requirements and costs ramp up.
While bitcoin prices have tumbled in the aftermath of the massive $6.3 billion Binance hack, miners closed October with their highest monthly revenue since November 2025.
The cryptocurrency market ended October down 10%, with its total capitalization falling from $3 trillion to $2.7 trillion amid widespread losses. Bitcoin declined 3.3% in the final week, extending its year-to-date losses to 11%, while ethereum fell more than 15% over 30 days.