Crypto Newsletter

  • HSBC’s RedCoin hits 50,000 users in first week

  • IBIT sees biggest outflows since June

  • Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, denied Pyongyang had any role in the $6.3 billion Binance hack, calling the FBI’s attribution “absurd rhetoric” and a “grave political provocation” in state media

  • Standard Chartered launches tokenised deposits in Hong Kong

  • Binance has seen $2B in net inflows in the past day, though still a net $12B in outflows over the past week

  • EU institution hack losses hit $133M: ZachXBT

  • ZachXBT flagged more than $106 million drained from an unnamed EU entity’s exchange accounts on Sunday; he said with high confidence the thief is not Lazarus, and the money moved through ETH, Monero and cross-chain bridges within 24 hours

  • Binance restores withdrawals for 51 more coins

  • Strategy buys $65.5M BTC, $208M STRC

  • Brazil’s largest exchange Mercado Bitcoin halted deposits and withdrawals Monday after a security incident

  • Strive buys $10M BTC, BitMine buys $19.5M ETH

  • Onchain entering deep ‘Cold’ range

  • BTCPay Server told merchants to shut down their instances Sunday after reports of attackers.

  • Tether burns $2B of USDT on Ethereum

  • SEC expands crypto asset guidance

  • Strategy resumed buying with an 811 BTC purchase for $65.5 million at an average of $80,846, ending a one-week pause

  • New Jersey drops Coinbase staking order

  • N Korea rejects Binance hack role claims

  • HK plans gold token for bank payments

  • Strive added 124 BTC for about $10 million at an average of $80,526, bringing its treasury to 43,124 BTC worth roughly $3.3 billion; most of it came from existing cash, which fell to $490.4 million

  • Cryptocom to shut HK consumer app

  • Tether freezes over $1.5B from Binance hack

  • Secret Service publishes Binance theft address list

  • Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company holds roughly 150,000 Bitcoin, worth about $11.6 billion at current prices and that Tether has served 730M customers worldwide

  • ZachXBT flags EU entity losing $106M+ from CEXs

AI & Tech

  • AI stocks continue selloff ahead of US midterms

  • Anthropic reports Q3 revenue of $17B

  • Anthropic nearing self-improving AI

  • Apple sets iPhone sales record

  • OpenAI hires former Army Secretary Driscoll

  • Big Tech now have $3.3T capex commitments

  • Crawlers (+47%) and Punks2027 (+130%) led top movers

  • Blackstone urges more equity for AI buildout

  • DRAM prices have doubled in 2026

  • Google shuts 1.3M-box android TV botnet

  • Palantir earnings top estimates

  • SpaceX in talks to acquire Boost Mobile

  • Major EU institution covering up hack: ZachXBT

  • trade[XYZ] restores GitBook docs after unauthorized activity

  • Salesforce buys startup Cresta for $2.7B

  • Blockchain Association files on Illinois digital asset tax

  • NYT and other outlets sue Brave browser

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