Daily Bitcoin & Crypto News Brief - Friday, October 30, 2026

➖ Binance was drained of up to $5.57 billion in an alleged exploit spanning three blockchains, forcing Tether and Circle to freeze $1.8 billion worth of assets.

➖ Crypto markets were rocked by $1.57 billion in liquidations after the Binance incident sent Bitcoin and Ether prices tumbling.

➖ The Binance hacker was seen converting freezeable stablecoins into Ethereum through a decentralized exchange after the market was briefly halted.

➖ Trezor warned CryptoBilis device buyers to move their funds immediately following reports of hardware modifications to the Safe 5.