Tether Earns $1.5 Billion Q3 Profit, Nearly Doubles Excess Reserves
Tether reported about $1.5 billion in net operating profit for the third quarter of 2026, while excess reserves rose from roughly $4.1 billion to $7.95 billion.
US Senator Links Binance Hack to Need for CLARITY Act
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the failed CLARITY Act could have given crypto companies legal protection to freeze suspicious transactions immediately at law enforcement’s request following Binance’s Oct. 29 hack.
Anthropic Faces Speculative Rating Assignment After IPO
Blackstone told investment partners it expects Anthropic to receive a BB credit rating or higher after consulting leading rating agencies, the Financial Times reported.
OneKey Expert Flags Binance Hack Risks to BlackRock’s $63 Billion Bitcoin ETF
OneKey representative Yishi warned that compromising BlackRock’s roughly $63 billion IBIT signing infrastructure could enable bitcoin theft without stealing private keys, potentially leaving shareholders with uncompensated losses.
Crypto Traders Lose Over $1.6 Billion in Past 24 Hours
On Oct. 30, 2026, Bitcoin fell to $76,000 then rebounded above $78,000 amid reports of a major Binance hack; 24-hour futures liquidations topped $1.6 billion, 86.2% longs, including…
Bitcoin Drops to $76,000 Amid Binance Hack
Bitcoin fell to $76,000 on Oct. 30, 2026, amid reports of a $6.3 billion Binance hack, then recovered above $78,000 as futures liquidations exceeded $1.5 billion, affecting more…
BingX Records 953% Five-Month Rise in Traders’ AI Tool Use
BingX said daily requests to its AI Skills Hub rose about 953%, from 2.85 million to 30 million, over five months.
Binance Sets Aside Over $6.3 Billion to Cover Major Hack Losses
Binance said on Oct. 30, 2026, it reserved more than $6.34 billion in company funds to cover cyberattack-related user losses, while industry partners separately froze another $3 billion…
Scientists Estimate Quantum Computer Could Break Bitcoin Cryptography in 62 Minutes
A study by Alice & Bob researchers and co-authors estimated a superconducting cat-qubit quantum computer could solve Bitcoin’s secp256k1 problem in 62 minutes with about 29,600 physical qubits,…
Trezor Warns of Hardware Implant in Safe 5 Wallet
Trezor cited a credible report of possible tampering with a Trezor Safe 5 and urged customers who bought devices from CryptoBilis since March 2026 to use a new…
Polymarket Resumes Trading After Third-Party Service Hack; Losses Exceed $2.6M
Polymarket resumed trading on Oct. 29, 2026, after a third-party provider was compromised, saying it would reimburse affected traders; preliminary reports said more than $2.6 million may have…
Binance Suffers Crypto Market’s Biggest Hack, Losses Estimated at $6.3B
Binance said it suffered a large-scale hack overnight on Oct. 30, 2026, with preliminary losses estimated at $6.3 billion, while the cause remained under investigation.
Diva Restaking Protocol Shuts Down for Lack of Funds
The Diva team ended development of its decentralized Ethereum staking protocol and canceled its mainnet launch, citing depleted funding, security risks and market changes; Early…
Bybit Hosts WSOT 2026 for Up to 10 Million USDT
Bybit said WSOT 2026 will offer a maximum prize pool of 10 million USDT and add stocks, gold, oil, indices and a separate AI tournament.
CFTC, NBA Team Up to Combat Prediction-Market Insider Trading
The CFTC and NBA signed a memorandum of understanding providing regular information sharing to help identify potential insider trading, fraud…
OneKey Expert Flags Binance Hack Risks to BlackRock’s $63 Billion Bitcoin ETF
OneKey representative Yishi warned that compromising BlackRock’s roughly $63 billion IBIT signing infrastructure could enable bitcoin theft without stealing private keys, potentially leaving shareholders with uncompensated losses.
Anthropic Faces Speculative Rating Assignment After IPO
Blackstone told investment partners it expects Anthropic to receive a BB credit rating or higher after consulting leading rating agencies, the Financial Times reported.
Bitcoin Drops to $76,000 Amid Binance Hack
Bitcoin fell to $76,000 on Oct. 30, 2026, amid reports of a $6.3 billion Binance hack, then recovered above $78,000 as futures liquidations exceeded $1.5…
Polymarket Resumes Trading After Third-Party Service Hack; Losses Exceed $2.6M
Polymarket resumed trading on Oct. 29, 2026, after a third-party provider was compromised, saying it would reimburse affected traders; preliminary reports said more than $2.6…
Polygon Integrates Solana for International Stablecoin Payments
Polygon announced Solana support for Open Money Stack on Oct. 29, 2026, enabling businesses to manage fiat deposits, stablecoin conversions, asset storage and payouts through one API.
Anthony Boyle Corresponded With Imprisoned SBF to Prepare for The Altruists
Irish actor Anthony Boyle will play FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in Netflix’s The Altruists, premiering November 19, and said the imprisoned founder answered about 98% of his 100-plus…
Curve Finance Launches Its First Protocol Outside EVM Ecosystem
Curve Finance deployed StableSwap on Stellar’s mainnet on October 29, 2026, marking its first native non-EVM blockchain integration, and plans to launch FXSwap after a security audit, with…
Only 19% of Americans Consider US Financial System Safe, Survey Finds
A DeFi Education Fund study found that 22% of Americans had ever owned or used cryptocurrency, up from 18%, while only 19% considered the U.S. financial system safe.
The Wall Street Journal Publishes Ad Opposing Stock Tokenization
The Common Sense Leadership Fund urged public-company executives to reject third-party share tokenization, as 33 companies objected to OKXICE listings and Securitize advertised a model it said complied…
AI Finds Three Bitcoin Core Vulnerabilities That Could Take Bitcoin Nodes Offline
Bitcoin Core disclosed three vulnerabilities found through automated LLM code scanning, released fixes in versions 29.5, 30.4, 31.2 and 32.1, and revised disclosure policy for easily AI-detectable bugs.
Stellar Introduces Project Thruput for Fee-Free Parallel Transaction Execution
Stellar introduced Project Thruput, an experimental execution model that processed 7.02 million payments per second on eight machines in early tests and is available on the FutureNet test…
CoinFerenceX Draws Over 3,000 Participants to Singapore Web3 Summit
CoinFerenceX organizers said its October 5-6, 2026, Singapore summit drew more than 3,000 participants, subject to final confirmation, and scheduled events in Dubai and Singapore for 2027.