Morning Minute: Binance’s $6.4B Hack Overshadows Hyperliquid’s Biggest Day
Just as Hyperliquid opened the door to a fully regulated perps offering inside the U.S., Binance suffered the biggest hack in crypto history.
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TRM and Chainalysis Tie $6.4B Binance Hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor
Both firms blame the group behind the Bybit hack, as Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion of its own funds to cover user losses.
Trezor Warns CryptoBilis Buyers After Report of Hardware Implant in Safe 5
The hardware wallet manufacturer has yet to examine the device, but is treating the report as credible and told buyers to move their funds.
Binance Finds 'Additional Points of Breach' in $6.3B Hack
CEO Richard Teng said the attack was "not a single 'one-click' action," as Binance confirmed about $3 billion has been frozen.
Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion
An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.
Coinbase Swings to $719 Million Q3 Profit on Crypto Gains
Coinbase reported third-quarter net income of $719 million, driven largely by gains on its crypto holdings, as revenue held flat at $1.22 billion.
Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms
Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.
Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Investigates Security Incident
Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.
Hackers Publish Work Details of 41,000 Homeland Security Employees
A hacktivist group says it took names, titles, and phone numbers of 41,000-plus DHS staff from a login system.
Crypto Spends $176 Million on Midterms, But Only 13% of Voters See It as a Priority
Only 13% of Americans say a candidate’s support for crypto growth is very important, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund, even as the industry spends heavily on next week’s elections.
$11 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Tomorrow—Here's What It Means
A third of Deribit's Bitcoin options settle Friday, a day after the Fed held rates with two officials voting to hike. Here's why that matters for Bitcoin's price.