Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion
An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.
Coinbase Swings to $719 Million Q3 Profit on Crypto Gains
Coinbase reported third-quarter net income of $719 million, driven largely by gains on its crypto holdings, as revenue held flat at $1.22 billion.
Ghost Student Crypto Seizure Nets DOJ $750K in Kenya
Student-aid refunds left U.S. bank accounts as cash. Investigators say a Kenyan crypto wallet held the next trail. The ghost student crypto seizure is the headline from Thursday’s Justice Department release. Prosecutors charged five defendants in…
Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms
Chrome’s new autofill uses Google’s Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.
Ripple Leaves October’s 1B XRP Unlock Untouched Ahead of Nov 1
Ripple 1B XRP unlock funds from the October 1 drop still sit idle in two company wallets after 26 days. Checks on the ledger cited on October 27 show neither wallet has sent a payment since that drop. Another 1 billion XRP can leave escrow on November 1…
Moody’s RLUSD Rating Hits A2 Investment Grade for Ripple
Moody's RLUSD rating now puts Ripple USD at A2 for long-term deposits and P-1 for short-term deposits. Moody's Ratings calls both marks investment grade under its stablecoin framework. Standard Custody & Trust Company (SCTC), a Ripple unit, issues…
Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Investigates Security Incident
Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.
FutureBit Apollo Solo Miner Finds Bitcoin Block 973262, Earning 3.154 BTC
Bitcoin Magazine FutureBit Apollo Solo Miner Finds Bitcoin Block 973262, Earning 3.154 BTC A miner operating through FutureBit’s Apollo Solo setup found Bitcoin block 973,262 earlier this week, collecting the full reward of 3.154 BTC plus fees from 2,477…
ICE Partners With Trade[XYZ] to Bring $650B Hyperliquid Futures Market to the U.S.
Key Takeaways: ICE and Trade[XYZ] prepare to launch a U.S. perpetual futures market, pending approval from the CFTC. Hyperliquid’s trading volume in Trade[XYZ] is more than $650 billion through, in the span of little over a year. Planned contracts are…