FBI Attributes $6B-Plus Binance Hack to North Korea
The FBI has formally attributed the reported $6 billion-plus Binance hack to North Korea, marking one of the largest state-attributed crypto thefts on record. The attribution, first reported
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Crypto's $19B Liquidation Event: October 2025 Explained
A single trading day in October 2025 reportedly produced the largest forced-liquidation event ever recorded across crypto derivatives markets, with a reported $19 billion in leveraged positio
Binance Confirms 7,499 BTC SAFU Transfer After Hack
Binance confirmed a transfer of 7,499 BTC tied to its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) following a hack, according to reporting by The Defiant. The move marks one of the more significant on
Chainalysis Flags DeFi Receipt-Token Route in Binance Hack
Chainalysis has identified a DeFi receipt-token route connected to the Binance hack, per reporting by The Defiant. The finding introduces an additional layer of complexity to tracing stolen f
Binance Hack Bitcoin Exceeds Tesla's BTC Holdings
The Bitcoin stolen in the Binance hack has quietly accumulated into one of the largest identifiable BTC balances on-chain, large enough to surpass Tesla’s corporate Bitcoin holdings and draw
Bitcoin’s Resilience After $6.3B Binance Hack Explained by CZ
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao offers his view on the market's muted reaction to a major exchange breach. A reported $6.3 billion hack targeting Binance has raised questions about why Bitc
Bitcoin ETF Outflow Total Disputed: $409M vs $643M
BlockchainReporter and CryptoBriefing both cover the October 30 Bitcoin ETF outflows following the Binance hack, but report different total figures and disagree on whether BlackRock's IBIT ha
Altcoins Face Weekly Test as Analyst Eyes $1.6 Trillion Target
Van de Poppe sees a $1.5 trillion–$1.6 trillion market cap target if the weekly chart confirms a recovery. His projected 100%–200% gains apply to individual tokens, not the market as a whole.
Buying Kaspa: three exchanges trade KAS against the euro, with fees between 0.15 and 1.49 percent
You can buy Kaspa in Germany with euros at three exchanges: Bitvavo, Kraken and Bitpanda. All three operators appear in the register of the securities regulator ESMA with an authorisation und
Bitcoin’s October Close: Near $77,000 Into the Final…
Bitcoin is heading into the final hours of October near $77,400, leaving the monthly candle roughly 7.4% below where the month began and less than 2% above the $76,443 level printed during Th
Tether's excess reserves climb to $7.95 billion: “USD₮ remains dependable when people need it most”
Tether published its third-quarter figures on October 30, 2026, and the most important one is the gap between assets and liabilities: as of September 30, the company's assets exceeded its lia
What Is XRP? Understanding the Asset, Ledger and Risks
Last updated: October 31, 2026 For readers asking what is XRP, CoinGecko identifies it as a cryptocurrency with the name and symbol XRP. Its market listing provides price and supply figures.