Ripple Had a Massive October, but XRP Went the Other Way
October was one of Ripple's busies and most successful months in recent memory. But XRP failed to join the ride.
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Binance says phase one of withdrawals opens after $6.3B hack
The crypto exchange said it has begun phased withdrawals after the record hack the FBI has blamed on North Korea. Binance said it has reopened its Bitcoin network in phase one of resuming withdrawals after a major hack of about $6.3 billion in funds. The crypto exchange had suspended user withdrawals after the attack on Thursday, which the FBI blamed on North Korean operatives. “First batch network now opened in phase one of withdrawals is $BTC bitcoin network,” Binance said on X.
This Altcoin Defies Sunday Sluggishness as BTC Eyes $78K Recovery: Weekend Watch
Meanwhile, M and XPL have dropped hard over the past 24 hours.
‘Uptober’ Flopped as BTC Tanked 7%: Will November Be Any Different?
The ETF outflows and the Binance hack were among the reasons behind BTC's price decline.
FBI blames North Korea for record $6.3B Binance hack
US agency seeks private-sector help to block further money-laundering of stolen digital assets. The FBI said that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was responsible for the theft of about $6.3 billion in digital assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Thursday. The FBI said on Saturday in a news release that it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as “TraderTraitor,” which it has most recently observed converting stolen assets mostly into Ether (ETH). It expects these assets to be further converted, using DeFi and instant swap services, as the hackers move to more advanced laundering stages.
Binance Starts Withdrawal Recovery as FBI Blames North Korea for $6B+ Hack
Deposits have remained available throughout the incident and were not affected, the company noted.
Bitcoin Price Prediction for the Week: Will BTC Reclaim $80K or Dump Toward $70K?
Bitcoin’s decline has accelerated into the $77K region after buyers lost the $80K support area. The price is now testing a major daily demand zone, while on-chain data shows it approaching the average cost basis of recent holders. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, Bitcoin has decisively broken beneath the ascending …
Solana’s reward records leave stakers with a gap in validator fee data
Agave leaves the applied-rate field empty, so verifying a staking fee requires historical validator state and delegation evidence. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin to $1.6 Million? Bitwise Raises 2036 Price Target Despite Brutal Market Downturn
Bitwise sees Bitcoin reaching $1.6 million by 2036, even as gold attracts most store-of-value investment and ETF inflows slow.
Bitcoin’s recovery faces rising derivatives exposure and $643 million in ETF outflows
Higher selected derivatives exposure and ETF redemptions leave the recovery facing a demand test before November 6 payrolls. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
FBI confirms North Korea's role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community to block BTC, ETH, SOL addresses
While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this number to continue growing.
US Sanctions Two Russians Over North Korean IT Workers’ Crypto Cash-Outs
The US action targets the cash-out stage of a scheme that the UN estimates generates $250 million to $600 million annually for North Korea.
Tether Posts $1.5B Q3 Profit as Reserve Buffer Nearly Doubles to $8B
The stablecoin giant also ended September with more than $190 billion in assets backing its flagship asset.
Jupiter Lend’s withdrawal liquidity rebounds from near zero to 29 million USDC
An October 31 API reading shows partial recovery, with available USDC at about 7% of reported total assets. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Banks are owed $349B by private credit funds that may not be collecting cash from borrowers
Private credit funds can count interest as income even when the borrower hasn't sent them any cash, because some loan contracts let businesses add interest to what they owe. That gives a company more time to pay, but it doesn't extend the same courtesy to the fund, which could have borrowed money from a bank… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin's white paper turns 18, and small businesses are still paying for the bailouts it answered
Eighteen years after Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper, business owners are still covering the cost of a system built on bailouts, and they can protect part of their surplus by keeping it in bitcoin, argues Onramp CEO Michael Tanguma.
Christine Lagarde Is Leaving the ECB: Here’s What She Really Thought About Bitcoin
From calling BTC highly speculative to ruling it out of central-bank reserves, her position on the asset remained consistently negative.
Chainalysis breach exposed customer names, emails and company roles
The company urges vigilance for unexpected authentication prompts as it determines which customer records were accessed. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
A stolen iPhone, $14,000 in losses and London's crypto theft problem
Two strangers befriended Magnus Ahmad outside a London bar. Hours later, thieves had emptied his crypto wallets, accessed his bank accounts and disabled his laptop.
Traders are already placing leveraged bets on Anthropic’s IPO using crypto contracts
Trade.xyz’s new ANT contract fell about 20% in its first hour on Hyperliquid. There are no shares behind it, and U.S. traders are locked out.