ZachXBT Names French Bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as Alleged Victim of $133M Crypto Theft
The onchain investigator says the theft is being "covered up," and that a lack of disclosure let more than $30 million be laundered.
Crypto Industry Spent Over $64M, Yet Sherrod Brown Wins Ohio Senate Race as Several Pro-Crypto Republicans Lose Seats
According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, Sherrod Brown won the Ohio Senate race despite more ...
SpaceX Uses SEC’s 30-Day Objection Rule to Keep Its Tokenized Shares Off OKXICE
TLDR SpaceX has objected to tokenized versions of its shares being listed on OKXICE, according to a Nov. 2 notice. SpaceX is now one of 56 companies objecting to the listings, along with Tesla and Amazon. The SEC’s Innovation Exemption gives companies 30…
Binance hack may be ‘temporary setback’ for crypto, Grayscale’s Pandl says
Zach Pandl highlighted institutional custody safeguards as crypto markets recovered some losses following the record $6.3 billion Binance hack.
ZEC Explodes by 13% Daily as BTC Price Reclaims $78K After Midterm Elections: Market Watch
VVV, PUMP, and INJ are among the other major gainers today.
DeFi Explained
DeFi 201 explains decentralized finance as a connected protocol system. It follows how DEXs and AMMs, liquidity pools, lending markets, yield aggregators, oracles, derivatives and DAO governance fit together, and where composability creates systemic risk.
Tether Says It Owns 150,000 Bitcoin, but Where Are the Other 50,000 Coins?
TLDR Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company holds about 150,000 Bitcoin, worth roughly $11.5 billion. Tether’s Q3 reserve attestation implies only about 100,060 BTC. The gap of roughly 50,000 coins is worth close to $3.8 billion. Ardoino did not say…
Hong Kong Banks Scored Just 2.3 Out of 10 on Quantum Readiness, Here Is the Plan to Fix It
TLDR The HKMA and HKUST launched a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Toolkit for banks on November 2. Hong Kong’s banking sector scored 2.3 out of 10 on the HKMA’s Quantum Preparedness Index in July 2026. The regulator’s target is a full score of 10 by…
South Korea Wants Crypto Law First, Proposes Fourth Delay to 22% Crypto Tax
TLDR South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party has formally proposed delaying the country’s crypto income tax. The tax is set to start on Jan. 1, 2027, and would charge 22% on gains above 2.5 million won. Party leader Kim Min-seok wants the Digital Asset…
World Liberty Financial Went From 1 Owner to 22 in Court, Now Justin Sun Wants Sanctions
TLDR Justin Sun has asked a federal judge to sanction World Liberty Financial and its lawyers. The company expanded its ownership disclosure from one entity to 22 in August, including UAE citizenship. World Liberty then argued its UAE ties remove the…