Stablecoin Drain, ETF Outflows Leave Bitcoin 'Running on Empty'
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Deutsche Bank Goes Live With Crypto Custody After a Five-Year Buildup
Deutsche Bank’s custody service now holds Bitcoin, Ethereum and three stablecoins for institutional and corporate clients in Europe.
A High-Severity Bug Could Have Stalled Bitcoin Mining—Bitcoin Core Has a Fix
Three bugs—spanning denial-of-service and privacy issues rather than coin theft—have all been patched, with the most serious capable of halting a miner’s ability to build new blocks.
OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue Sets Launch, Turning to Crypto Companies After Big Tech Opts Out
OKXICE will open its tokenized securities venue Nov. 23 with more than 70 assets, led by crypto companies like Coinbase, Circle, Robinhood and Strategy, after 67 companies objected to having their shares…
Decrypt Becomes First News Publisher to Offer Perps Trading, Powered by Solana's Phoenix
The integration brings perpetual futures trading into Decrypt, so readers can trade crypto, stocks and commodities without leaving the news.
Grayscale Bets $1 Million on Zcash as Privacy Coin Tumbles
Grayscale plans to direct $1 million from its Zcash ETF fees to ecosystem nonprofits and launched a national ad campaign, as ZEC fell more than 11%.
Goldman, Citi and Global Banks Commit $270 Million to Challenge Crypto’s Stablecoin Giants
The funding, backing a U.S.-incorporated issuer codenamed “Project Faro,” covers five years of operations as traditional lenders move to challenge crypto-native giants Tether and Circle.
Decrypt Money Account Gets Confidential Transfers With Solana Privacy Firm Helius
Helius' Solana Privacy Rings will let Decrypt users send funds without broadcasting amounts, as it grows out The Information Exchange.
Moody’s Taps Chainlink to Send Credit Ratings Across Multiple Blockchains
The testnet pilot used Chainlink’s CCIP to distribute Moody’s ratings simultaneously across permissioned and permissionless blockchains, while preserving the firm’s existing publication and governance processes.
Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $20M in Ethereum, Seizing on Vitalik’s 'ETH Is Money' Declaration
The firm’s stash reached 6.07 million ETH—4.97% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee called Vitalik Buterin’s “ETH is money” comments a “seismic…
NYSE Taps Avalanche to Settle Its Planned Tokenized Stock Platform
Ava Labs said Avalanche will serve as the “core ledger technology” for the clearing firm behind the NYSE-affiliated venue, which aims to bring 24/7 trading, clearing and settlement of tokenized securities onchain.
Apple Completes the Set: Every Magnificent Seven Stock Opts Out of OKX-ICE Venue
Apple and Meta’s objections mean all seven of the biggest U.S. tech companies have now asked to keep their shares off the planned OKX-ICE venue.
Treasury Cuts Crypto Exchange MEXC Off From US Financial System
FinCEN’s order, part of Operation Economic Outcast, bars U.S. institutions from any transfers to or from MEXC, which Treasury says facilitated $16 billion in illicit finance tied to Iran, North Korea and…
Why a Hyperliquid Treasury Firm Wants to Become a US Futures Broker
Hyperliquid Strategies has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant, a move that could let Americans trade perpetual futures on permissioned Hyperliquid markets, pending regulatory approval.
Crypto Card Provider Gnosis Pay Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data
Gnosis Pay said hackers accessed customer information on the legacy system behind its branded cards, though funds weren’t affected and its enterprise card platform was untouched.
DOJ Creates 'Super Intelligence' Task Force to Guard Against AI Abuse
Led by two senior DOJ officials, the Super Intelligence Task Force will target misuse by foreign governments, criminal groups and fraudsters—while pushing AI developers to tighten internal controls so their systems “behave…
Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Turns a Profit as Bitcoin Rise Lifts Books
The Hut 8-backed miner reversed a second-quarter loss, driven largely by a $197 million gain on its Bitcoin holdings.
Solana Labs’ Leap Launches Mobile App for Trading Tokenized Stocks and Crypto
Leap, built by the team behind Dialect, launched a beta iPhone app for trading tokenized stocks, ETFs, metals, currencies and crypto on Solana, pitching itself to traders looking beyond meme coins.
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Stablecoins Go Mainstream as Samsung Wallet Adds USDC on Solana
Eligible U.S. Galaxy users can now buy, hold, send and receive USDC on Solana directly in Samsung Wallet, without a separate crypto app or private keys to manage.
Coinbase Says 99% of Customer Crypto Is Offline and Out of Hackers’ Reach
Coinbase told customers it wasn’t affected by the $6.4 billion Binance hack and detailed its security controls, including offline storage for over 99% of assets, split private keys and kill switches.
Canton Coin Gets SEC Nod as Wall Street Tokenization Heats Up
SEC staff said they view Canton Coin as a digital commodity and won’t recommend enforcement over how it’s minted, a week after DTCC launched a tokenization service that runs partly on the…
Wall Street’s Plumbing Goes Onchain as Morgan Stanley Tokenizes Securities
Morgan Stanley says it has converted U.S. equities and Treasuries into tokenized form through the newly launched DTCC Tokenization Service, which 20 Wall Street firms have signed up to use.
Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin, CEO Says—About 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows
Paolo Ardoino told the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano the company owns “give or take 150,000 Bitcoin,” but its Q3 reserve report implies just 100,060.
Justin Sun Accuses Trump-Backed World Liberty of Using UAE Ties to Escape Federal Court
Tron founder Justin Sun said he has asked a federal court to sanction World Liberty Financial, alleging the Trump family-backed venture delayed disclosing UAE ties that could defeat federal jurisdiction over his…
CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures
Chairman Michael Selig said “equity perpetual futures” can now trade on CFTC-registered exchanges, extending a crypto-native instrument to traditional stocks.
Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX Block Their Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Venue
Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Netflix, Lam Research, and SoFi objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 56.
Ethereum Privacy Network Aztec Rolls Out Major Security and Speed Upgrade
The “Tierra” upgrade resolves a critical bug from the prior version, adds formal verification, and an AI-powered testing harness.
Mystery $106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity Days After Binance Hack
Onchain investigator ZachXBT says an unidentified EU entity lost more than $106 million from centralized exchange accounts on Sunday,.
North Korea Is Laundering Binance Hack Loot at One New Wallet Every 25 Seconds
$2.85 billion of the $6.43 billion stolen from Binance has been frozen or seized, compared with about 3% in the Bybit hack, as North Korea’s automated laundering spans 12,000 wallets.
Nvidia and Nike Lead Biggest Wave Yet of Tokenized Stock Objections
Nvidia, Costco, Nike and nine other companies objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 50.
Bitmine Buys More Ethereum as Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish
The chairman laid out six reasons the market’s “muted” 4% ETH drop after the record Binance theft shows crypto is “increasingly resilient,” as the firm’s stash neared its 5% supply goal.
How T7X Is Building the Infrastructure for a New Era of Capital Markets
T7X records ownership directly on-chain instead of wrapping assets held elsewhere, keeping token and asset under one legal framework.
Bitcoin ETF Investors Head for the Exits After Record Binance Hack
Bitcoin ETFs saw $643.2 million in outflows Friday, the first full trading session after the $6.4 billion Binance hack, ending October with roughly $516 million in net outflows.
Binance Hack: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Crypto Heist in History
Attackers tied to North Korea drained roughly $6.4 billion from the world’s largest crypto exchange. Here’s what we know about how it happened, who’s behind it, and what comes next.
Binance Hack Shows Why Offshore Exchanges Need US Oversight, CFTC Chair Says
Michael Selig said the record $6.4 billion theft shows why offshore exchanges should register with the CFTC and adopt U.S.-grade cybersecurity standards.
Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the record $6.4 billion theft is a Binance security failure, not a crypto-wide threat, pointing clients toward proxies like Coinbase, Robinhood, and…
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.
Crypto Spends $176 Million on Midterms, But Only 13% of Voters See It as a Priority
Only 13% of Americans say a candidate’s support for crypto growth is very important, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund, even as the industry spends heavily…
Walmart Blocks Its Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Trading Venue
Walmart, Eli Lilly, Cigna, Carniva,l and Arcos Dorados objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 38.
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