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OpenAI reportedly cuts fundraising and valuation targets amid AI jitters
Anxiety about the AI boom has sent the Nasdaq 100 slumping by about 10% in just three weeks since hitting a record high on October 6, including a 4.5% drop on Friday.
2026-10-31Experts 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.
2026-10-30Binance uncovers wider breach in $6.3 billion exploit, targets Sunday withdrawal restart
CEO Richard Teng said hackers erased evidence and bypassed security checks. Binance plans to publish its proof of reserves Monday.
2026-10-30Wall 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.
2026-10-30Binance 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.
2026-10-30Here's how big bitcoin traders responded after the Binance hack hit
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 30, 2026
2026-10-30Here’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.
2026-10-30Crypto 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.
2026-10-30Strategy 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.
2026-10-30Live 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%.
2026-10-30Binance hacker dumps a little-known 2017 token and it crashes 90%
The hacker dumped FUN and other smaller tokens into markets too small to absorb large selling, leading to price crashes.
2026-10-30Bitcoin, 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.
2026-10-30XRP 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.
2026-10-30Binance 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.
2026-10-30Binance 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.
2026-10-30Standard 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.
2026-10-30Institutional 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.
2026-10-30Crypto'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.
2026-10-30Binance hack drained wallets backing customer assets, reserve data shows
Binance’s own reserve data lists the drained wallets as backing customer balances, leaving its ether backing an estimated 6% short until the exchange replaces what was stolen.
2026-10-30Binance 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.
2026-10-29Polymarket suspends trading after third-party breach leads to user losses
Polymarket said one of its third-party providers was breached after users reported seeing their accounts drained.
2026-10-29Stanley Druckenmiller's first X post backs Hyperliquid venture after $23 million indirect investment
The billionaire investor disclosed an investment in Trade[XYZ] as the platform teams up with the NYSE's parent company. His family office previously reported owning shares in a HYPE-focused treasury company.
2026-10-29KuCoin 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.
2026-10-29From 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.
2026-10-29Crypto 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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