November 5, 2026
Crypto

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP crash as crypto liquidations top $1.5B

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other major cryptocurrencies have suffered heavy losses as a reported $6.3 billion Binance hack rattled investors and triggered more than $1.5 billion in liquidations across the crypto market. Summary Bitcoin fell below $77,000 during the market selloff, while Ethereum dropped under $2,200 and XRP, Solana and other major altcoins recorded heavy

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Crypto

Binance begins buying back stolen altcoins using Bitcoin, Ethereum after $6.3B hack

Binance has begun buying back cryptocurrencies stolen in its $6.3 billion security breach, using company reserves and market purchases to replace affected assets in matching token amounts as investigators continue tracing the stolen funds. Summary Binance says it has reserved more than $6.34 billion to cover losses from the October 29 security breach. The exchange

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Bitcoin

Strategy, Strive and the Daily Dividend Race

Strategy Inc. shareholders voted on 28 October to let the company pay dividends on its Stretch (STRC) preferred stock every calendar day, a change the company said would reduce reinvestment lag, improve liquidity and “increase price stability”. STRC has not closed at its $100 stated value since May, falling to $71.25 in June before ranging

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Blockchain

AI Certification for Business Leaders: What Should You Actually Learn?

Artificial intelligence is not just a high-end technology trend that executives speculate about in boardroom meetings anymore. As a matter of fact, every senior manager, business leader and C-suite executive must have a lot of emails in their inbox asking them to learn AI. This is probably the reason why the demand of AI certification

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Crypto

CZ fires back at Elon Musk over Binance hack jokes, cites $1B SpaceX stake

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has publicly asked Elon Musk to stop mocking the cryptocurrency exchange following its reported $6.3 billion security breach, turning a series of jokes on X into a dispute over Binance’s response to the attack. Summary Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has publicly asked Elon Musk to stop joking about the

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Bitcoin

Ripple Is Worth $50Bn and Nearing $900M in Revenue But XRP Is Down 30% YTD: Is XRP News From Swell Enough to Close the Gap?

In XRP news from Swell 2026, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told the New York crowd on Wednesday, October 28, that the company “will never give up on XRP,” answering holders who fear Ripple’s business and the token are heading in separate directions. The gap is real. Ripple bought back $750 million of its own shares

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Crypto

Rules, payouts and programs compared

Crypto prop firms fall into two camps: firms that build a dedicated crypto program, and firms that add a few coins to a forex challenge. Among the dedicated programs, Leveraged (getleveraged.com), also known as GetLeveraged, is the one that combines a pay-after-you-pass model with MetaTrader 5 and cTrader: the Leveraged Crypto challenge costs $8.88 to

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Bitcoin

Live News: Binance hack rattles crypto as Intel plunges and AI spending fears hit tech

A $6.3 billion Binance hack adds to crypto jitters, while weak earnings outlooks and mounting concerns over AI spending push QQQ down more than 2%. Source link

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Crypto

SEC eyes enforcement action over prediction market insider trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that prediction markets offering contracts linked to corporate earnings and business performance could face enforcement action over insider trading, fraud and market manipulation. Summary The SEC is monitoring prediction markets for insider trading, fraud and market manipulation. Enforcement Director David Woodcock said contracts linked to company

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Bitcoin

Binance Halts Withdrawals, Confirms Hack Of $6.3 Billion

Bitcoin traded in the $76,300 range on Thursday as Binance confirmed a security breach that the exchange estimates at $6.3 billion in total impact. The figure would place the incident among the largest cryptocurrency thefts on record.  Earlier in the session, bitcoin reached a 24-hour high of $81,890 before the selloff, as millions in leveraged

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