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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen

Attackers raced to convert stolen stablecoins into crypto that issuers could not freeze as industry players like Tether and Circle moved to immobilize billions of dollars in assets.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter

Tether, Circle and others moved within hours to block billions in stolen crypto, but legal experts question whether smaller victims would get the same protection.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B

The stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Coinbase leads crypto stock selloff following $6.3B Binance hack

Circle, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks fell sharply Friday, a day after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion security breach.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problem

Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

As it happened: Binance’s record $6.3B crypto hack

How Binance’s $6.3 billion hack unfolded, from the first onchain alerts to $3 billion in frozen funds and a widening security investigation.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Bitcoin risks worst October in 12 years as tech sell-off spreads to gold

Bitcoin circled $77,000 as crypto markets navigated US stock-market downside, while the gold price fell to its lowest in a year.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Wall Street analysts urge investors to buy crypto stocks after $6.3 billion Binance hack

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the $6.3 billion Binance hack is unlikely to derail the crypto market's recovery.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Will gold’s ‘infinite mint bug’ make Bitcoin more valuable?

A US fusion startup says it has turned mercury into gold. Could a potential increase in the gold supply strengthen Bitcoin’s claim to be a better form of digital gold?

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Binance arranges $6.34 billion to cover losses from record crypto hack

Binance said it reserved its own funds to cover the $6.3 billion hack, including freezes of roughly $3 billion in stolen assets.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Here's how big bitcoin traders responded after the Binance hack hit

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 30, 2026

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Here’s how an Ethereum upgrade helped drain part of Binance’s $6 billion loss

On Ethereum, the attacker used a 2025 upgrade built to make ordinary wallets smarter, armed with 50 signatures from Binance's own wallet.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Bitcoin price metrics hint at rebound as $1.6B liquidations follow Binance hack

Bitcoin held above $76,000 after a $6.3 billion Binance hack and a tech-stock sell-off, as momentum indicators pointed to a possible rebound.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Crypto liquidations jump to $1.57 billion as Binance hack sends bitcoin, ether lower

Bitcoin traded near $77,350 after $6.3 billion Binance hack, with crypto futures liquidations jumping to $1.57 billion.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

EIP-7702 didn’t cause Binance hack, but may have amplified losses

Security experts said attackers could have drained Binance’s wallets without EIP-7702, but the Ethereum upgrade may have helped bypass withdrawal safeguards.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Binance hacker’s Bitcoin haul tops Coinbase’s corporate treasury

The attackers held 18,270 BTC early Friday, topping Coinbase’s reported corporate holdings, and an Ether stash exceeding 500,000 ETH.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Strategy CFO Andrew Kang resigns as company posts record operating profit

Andrew Kang’s departure comes as Strategy reports $21 billion in quarterly operating income and bitcoin holdings of 848,517 BTC.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Live updates: Bitcoin falls below $77,000 as Binance exploit combines with tech woes

The $6.3 billion Binance hack added to crypto jitters, while weak earnings outlooks and mounting concerns over AI spending pushed the Nasdaq down more than 2%.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets

Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-30

Strategy eyes more Bitcoin buys as Saylor touts $30B credit capacity

Michael Saylor says Strategy could create up to $30 billion in digital credit without new common-stock fundraising or further Bitcoin price gains, as the company plans more BTC purchases.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

XRP Ledger developers tighten the rules for who can hold 'restricted' tokens

A set of fixes would tighten who can hold permissioned tokens on the network. The XRP Ledger Foundation says no users were affected.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Binance hack bites India's largest crypto exchange as it curbs futures trading

CoinDCX has restricted new futures positions after Binance’s security incident disrupted a key liquidity provider. Deposits, withdrawals and customer funds remain unaffected, the exchange said.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze

All 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each, and none has moved since Thursday night, a CoinDesk trace of the blockchain shows.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Standard Chartered sees more pain after $6 billion Binance hack sends bitcoin lower

Bitcoin and ether slid after a suspected $6.3 billion Binance security breach and a Polymarket exploit. Standard Chartered says crypto prices may remain under pressure before finding a base.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Institutional crypto investors rush to pull funds from exchanges after Binance hack

The withdrawals suggest the fallout from the multibillion-dollar breach is spreading beyond Binance.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-30

Crypto's longtime foe, North Korea's Lazarus Group, likely behind Binance hack: blockchain sleuths

Security researchers suggested that the hermit kingdom's Lazarus Group was behind Thursday's nearly $6 billion hack of the world's largest crypto exchange.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-29

Binance hack rattles markets as BNB falls 8%, Bitcoin nears $77K

Bitcoin, Ether and the broader crypto market took a dive as Binance suffered a multibillion-dollar hack.

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Cointelegraph • 2026-10-29

Tampered Ledger reported in Singapore a month before news broke: Asia Express

Singapore police say tampered Ledgers started showing up there on September 10. South Korean lawmakers look set to delay the crypto tax law for a fourth time.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-29

Binance loses over $6 billion in 'biggest crypto hack in history'

Crypto prices are sliding on the news, with bitcoin falling back to $77,000, though Binance's co-CEO said it would cover all losses.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-29

KuCoin exits Russia and Belarus as crypto exchanges withdraw from Western-sanctioned markets

The exchange is closing accounts in both countries after MEXC and Bitget announced similar moves earlier this month.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-29

From rivals to partners: Polygon and Solana team to bring stablecoin payments to banks

The two networks are setting aside their rivalry to connect Solana's stablecoin activity with Polygon's banking, wallet and payment infrastructure.

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CoinDesk • 2026-10-29

Crypto exchange HTX exits the UK after settling with the FCA

The former Huobi exchange has stopped accepting deposits from British customers and agreed not to target them with crypto promotions.

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