XRP news turned to the Binance hack on Friday after Arkham said the hacker’s first $300 million came out in XRP, and the ledger shows all 233.46 million XRP still sitting untouched in one wallet that nobody can freeze. The XRP drain was the opening move of the $6.36 billion theft. Five Binance accounts emptied
A Halloween attack has targeted at least 12 DeFi websites, with Blockaid identifying the Step Drainer toolkit across affected pages and teams warning users against connecting wallets or signing transactions. Summary Blockaid identified Flap, Kintsu, and 10 more websites in alerts about the frontend attack. Flap confirmed a DNS hijack that redirected its official domain
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A Binance-linked attacker borrowed from Aave before emergency controls took effect. The response stopped new deposits as lenders withdrew, pushed up borrowing costs and reopened a debate over how much disruption emergency safeguards should impose on other users. Summary A wallet linked to the Binance attacker deposited 60 million USDT into Aave and borrowed 19,762
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Mike Flaum: MSTR Performance “Massively” to the Upside During Next BTC Bull Run Mike Flaum, CEO of Log Scale Investments, joins Bitcoin Magazine TV to talk Strategy’s Stretch, daily dividends, Strive’s SATS, Bitcoin-backed preferreds vs. Treasury bonds for retirees, mNAV and the four-year cycle. He explains why he separates risk from volatility
Pi Network has released four updates covering app development, token tracking, AI-assisted software packaging, and identity verification ahead of its Nov. 17–19 Ecosystem Summit. Summary Developers can manage app settings through a redesigned portal with a dedicated configuration section. Pi BlockExplorer now displays historical prices for Launchpad Testnet tokens, including SLICE against Test-Pi. SoloHost’s new
The FDUSD freeze after Binance’s security incident is now on the record from the issuer. First Digital CEO Vincent Chok confirmed the firm froze stolen FDUSD and is coordinating with the exchange to stop those tokens from moving further. On-chain monitors said First Digital had already blacklisted an attacker-linked address holding roughly 3.4 million FDUSD.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $643.2 million in net outflows on Oct. 30, their largest daily withdrawal since June, wiping out four consecutive sessions of inflows and leaving the week in the red. Summary BlackRock’s IBIT led Friday’s withdrawals with $233.7 million, followed by Fidelity and ARK 21Shares. Bitcoin ETFs finished Oct. 26–30 with
Bitcoin’s whitepaper turned 18 on Oct. 31, bringing fresh attention to Satoshi Nakamoto’s proposal for payments without trusted intermediaries days after Binance reported a $6.3 billion theft. Summary Satoshi published the Bitcoin whitepaper on Oct. 31, 2008, through the cryptography mailing list. The nine-page document proposed preventing double-spending without relying on a bank or central
Originally published in American Banker on 26 May 2026 A recent note from the IMF highlights tokenisation as a structural shift in financial architecture; it reconfigures trust, settlement, and risk management to the benefit of investors and issuers, but in their view also risks amplifying financial instability. To counter these risks, the Note emphasizes the
