Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR: THORChain’s RUNE token climbed more than 13% to $0.67 after Binance confirmed a $6.3 billion security breach. The price increase came as on-chain investigators reported that funds connected to the Binance and Bitget hacks had passed thr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR Binance hack shows an attacker reportedly used Ethereum’s EIP-7702 authorization feature to drain approximately $2.5 billion from Binance’s Ethereum hot wallet. The attacker gained the ability to move funds without repeatedly reque...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR: Coinbase reported $719 million in net income for Q3 2026, marking a 66% increase year over year. However, total revenue declined 35% to $1.22 billion, while prediction markets generated more than $200 million in annualized revenue as the exch...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TL;DR: Trezor issuses Safe 5 warning and urged customers who purchased hardware wallets through CryptoBilis since March 2026 to transfer their funds to a new device. The warning follows a disclosure alleging that a Safe 5 wallet contained a hidden ce...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR XRP Ledger developers have proposed four fixes to close gaps in issuer approval requirements for restricted tokens. The changes would strengthen checks on trading pool shares and token transfers, preventing unapproved accounts from acquiring re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Elon Musk warned that advanced AI agents could eventually exploit cryptocurrency systems to obtain money for themselves. His remarks followed reports that a Binance-linked attacker deposited 60 million USDT into Aave and borrowed approximately...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Bitcoin price dropped roughly 2% to around $78,420 as the market reacted to Binance’s $6.3 billion security breach. Crypto liquidations reached $1.54 billion over 24 hours, with long positions accounting for approximately $1.3 billion. Binance...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR The Binance hack affected an estimated $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency, exceeding the scale of the $1.5 billion Bybit theft in February 2025. Binance said approximately $3 billion had been frozen on-chain through coordination with blockchain par...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR The US Treasury has sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity linked to North Korean IT worker fraud. Two Russian nationals, Ilya Boykov and Vitold Obertas, allegedly converted millions in crypto for North Korea. The Treasury also designated a N...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Chainlink launches Chainlink 24/7, a pricing service covering weekends and holidays for stocks, commodities and other traditional assets. Off-hours prices are based on quotes from perpetual futures venues, not closed exchanges. Aave is the firs...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Dubai-based startup Utexo plans to relaunch Tether’s USDT on Bitcoin using the RGB protocol, with a public launch set for November 28. Lightning Network support is expected in the first quarter of 2027. The project faces a market where roughly...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will leave her post on February 7, 2027. She will have served about seven years and three months, short of her full eight-year term. The European Council will appoint her successor under an EU t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Polygon Labs decided to bring its Open Money Stack to Solana. Businesses get bank funding, wallets, cross-chain transfers and global payouts through one integration. Kira, a fintech focused on cross-border dollar payments, is among the first ad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin’s recent struggles have sparked another heated argument between investors, and this time, there’s a potential $1 million wager involved. Real estate investor Grant Cardone has challenged venture capitalist Jason Calacanis to bet o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Arbitrum has recorded a sharp increase in blockchain activity, with daily active addresses reaching approximately 1.09 million on October 28, their highest level in 30 days. The jump comes as Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks continue competing for u...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Ripple is preparing to finish 2026 with a projected $900 million annualized product revenue run rate, marking an important step in its expansion beyond cryptocurrency payments. The company announced the target during its Swell 2026 conference in New...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin ETFs are experiencing an interesting change in ownership. Some of Wall Street’s biggest trading firms have been reducing their positions, while sovereign wealth funds and wealth managers are quietly increasing theirs. At first glance, d...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin Core developers have released security updates after an AI-powered code scan uncovered three vulnerabilities, including one that could allow attackers to crash Bitcoin nodes running on Windows and macOS. The findings were made public on Octob...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR South Korean exchange Bithumb is investigating a data leak after its in-house mobile work system was hacked. The exchange discovered the breach on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Bitcoin climbed to $81,687 on Wednesday, with bid liquidity thickening around $79,000 and $80,000. South Korea’s KOSPI jumped 6.63% as tech stocks rebounded from earlier October losses. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says most of the market corre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Coinbase says an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact information for a small subset of its customers. The exchange says it found no evidence that its own systems were breached and that customer funds were not affected. The di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $176 million in net inflows on Tuesday, their second straight day of gains. The two-day total reached $286 million, following $110 million on Monday. October’s net outflows have narrowed to roughly $26 millio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Euronext suspended the CoinShares Zcash ETP (ZCSH) on Euronext Paris on the day it was meant to start trading. The exchange operator cited operational settlement requirements. The suspension stays in place until the Central Securities Depositor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin’s reputation for strong October rallies is facing another test. After five consecutive years of gains during the month, the cryptocurrency is now on track for its second negative October in a row. Data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin fal...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has confirmed a $15.99 million loss linked to retired wallet infrastructure, days after CEO Sumit Gupta dismissed reports of suspicious outflows as a possible false alarm. The exchange says a failed automated tr...
