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Polymarket, the largest crypto prediction market by volume, halted trading and entered cancel-only mode on Thursday after a compromised third-party provider let an attacker drain roughly $2.6
Key Insights: Circle news reports a surge in Kraken USDC custody by over 30% in the year through September 2026. Kraken’s EURC balances rose from nearly 4 million to over 75 million by Septem
Are Binance withdrawals working after the suspected hack? For most coins, yes. According to the exchange's public status interface, at 22:32 UTC on Thursday withdrawals were open for Bitcoin,
The US Department of Justice has charged five individuals as part of Operation Ghostbusters, a probe targeting large-scale student-aid fraud tied to a Kenyan network. Authorities announced th
How much USDT is really frozen in the Binance hack? Counted directly in the Tether and Circle contracts: the attacker address "Binance Hot Wallet Exploiter 2" holds 1,175.5 million USDT and 8
On-chain alerts put Binance-linked transfers at approximately $2.77 billion across five blockchains, but no confirmed theft has been established. Ethereum wallets labeled Binance 14 and Binan
Binance is investigating reports of a potential security breach tied to an Ethereum wallet that appears to have triggered large, fast-moving stablecoin outflows. According to blockchain obser
Investment choices are evolving in Europe, where digital assets are gaining ground in long-term wealth creation strategies. A survey published by OKX reveals that more European investors pref
The Binance Hack reports and the Ether spot print are not the same record. Tree News posted a transaction hash at 20:41 UTC on 29 October 2026. The Etherscan page for that hash shows a transf
Bitcoin's first reaction to the Binance Hack was a liquidation wick, not a drain of a Bitcoin hot wallet. In the hour the reports hit, Nebraskangooner printed $BTC from $80.8k to $78.8k. The
A suspected Binance hack moved at least $5.57 billion out of wallets linked to the world’s largest crypto exchange on Thursday, October 29, 2026, according to an on-chain tally cited by Decry
At least $5.57 billion in cryptocurrencies rapidly exited wallets linked to Binance on Thursday, with the exchange confirming it is investigating reports of a potential security incident affe
