If you opened a crypto app this morning, every red number had the same cause. The crypto news today is the Binance hack, which Chainalysis valued at $5.9 billion as it happened and Binance pu
If you opened a crypto app this morning, every red number had the same cause. The crypto news today is the Binance hack, which Chainalysis valued at $5.9 billion as it happened and Binance puts near $6.3 billion, per Forbes. Bitcoin fell about 4% on October 29.
Yet about $3 billion is already frozen, and Binance says it will cover every loss. After the 2025 Bybit hack, Bitcoin set a new high about three months later. Right below the big coins, something smaller is growing: Pepeto, a presale whose exchange never holds your coins, backed by $11.2 million.
The weak spot was one laptop, not the code. Binance says a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop let an attacker reach a service container and send fake withdrawals on October 29. TRM Labs and Chainalysis tie the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.
Tether froze more than 1.567 billion USDT, and Binance found no sign that wallet keys leaked. The industry froze billions within hours, which shows how fast crypto can fight back now. The bigger lesson is simple: coins held in your own wallet cannot be drained from a server you do not control.
A tool that already works is the shortest road from a small buy to a 100x after listing. Setups like that are rare in 2026, and this hack just showed why one matters so much.
PepetoSwap is the exchange behind the Pepeto presale, and it is live right now. It never takes hold of anyone's coins. They stay in the trader's own wallet, like MetaMask, Trust Wallet, or Phantom, until the moment of the swap. There is no giant pot of user money on a server for a hacker to find, and no operator holds the funds.
Swaps cost 0.00%, and gas is the only bill. A $100,000 trade costs $300 on Uniswap and $0 in swap fees here, on an exchange tested on $50 million of daily volume. A private relay is on by default, which keeps bots from jumping ahead of a trade. The risk scanner also tests each token first and stops trades on contracts it flags as critical.
The team adds weight. The cofounder built the original Pepe coin and has watched a meme coin grow from nothing into a name everyone knows. Tools that keep money safe and cost nothing tend to become a daily habit, and that habit turns into steady buying long after listing day.
That is why more than $11.2 million has gone into it so far, while staking pays out 160% APY at listing. Tokens sit at $0.0000001898 in this stage, and every new stage raises the price.
For anyone who wants a coin with a real reason to grow after today's headlines, Pepeto is the pick that fits the moment best.
Bitcoin trades near $77,841 after buyers stepped in at about $76,500, right on its 200 day average. The hack landed a day after the Fed held rates in a 10 to 2 vote, with both dissenters wanting a hike. Winning back $80,000, about 3% higher, is the first job.
From there, a slow climb is the likely path. The easy money in this coin was made years ago.
Ether trades near $2,225, and it was already down 13.6% this month before the hack, its weakest October since 2018, per Nexo. US spot Ether funds lost about $1.35 billion in October, per SoSoValue. Most of DeFi still lives on this network, so long term holders have reasons to stay. Still, $2,400 is the first level to win back, about 8% higher, and a quick double is off the table.
A Bitcoin bought for under $15 in 2012 is worth about $77,000 today, even after this week's drop. That is what an early price can do for a small buyer. Bitcoin and Ethereum now need calm weeks to heal, and Pepeto needs nothing from them. The crypto news today is about who lost money, while presale prices are where the gains people dream about begin.
Analysts project 100x after Pepeto lists, which turns $500 at this stage into $50,000. The next headline will be about who made money. Those buyers are on the Pepeto official website before this stage closes.
Check out the Pepeto presale while tokens sit at this stage
The biggest crypto news today is the Binance hack on October 29. Chainalysis valued it at $5.9 billion, and about $3 billion was frozen within hours.
Pepeto looks like a moonshot because analysts project 100x after listing, and its exchange never holds user coins. This stage price is open on the Pepeto official website.
