Hyeperliquid’s Top Two Traders Are Betting $1B on Crypto Falling
The two most profitable traders on Hyperliquid this month hold more than $1 billion in combined short positions. The larger account is short 22 assets at once and is still adding. Short Everything Seems to Be the New Mantra Crypto trackers flagged a position showing the largest whale on Hyperliquid
NEAR Enters Bitwise Large-Cap Indexes in October Rebalance
Bitwise’s October 30 rebalance brings NEAR into several indexes, replacing UNI or AVAX depending on the benchmark. Index membership alone does not establish a guaranteed price effect.
Binance Has Shed $16B Since The Hack as Its Proof Lands Tuesday
Binance's tracked assets have fallen by about $16.6 billion since the Oct. 29 hack. Its full zero-knowledge reserve proof, first promised for Monday, is now due Tuesday, Nov. 3. A $15.7 Billion Drawdown Data from analytics platform Defillama shows the value of Binance's tracked exchange assets fell
Binance Hacker Moves All $293M in Stolen XRP as $242M Slips out Through Tron
The Binance hacker has moved all 233.46 million stolen XRP, worth about $293 million, into six new wallets. The coins had sat untouched for roughly 80 hours. The Stolen XRP Wakes up The attacker's holding address on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) started sending test payments of 1,000 XRP to six new wallets
Circle Asks SEC to Clarify Cash Treatment for Qualifying Payment Stablecoins
Circle’s comment letter asks the SEC to align its crypto-asset proposal with payment-stablecoin rules. The company’s requested treatment remains a policy position, not a Commission decision.
A Collector Paid $10 for an Old Eisenhower Dollar. It Just Sold for $189,000
GreatCollections sold a 1971-S Eisenhower dollar prototype for $189,000 on October 18, 2026, after it was originally picked up for less than $10 at the Long Beach Coin Expo in 2008. The Judd-2147 piece is one of just three known examples, featuring an earlier reverse with extra lunar craters that wa
Cosmos Prepares ATOM Tokenomics Review With Separate Governance Proposals
Cosmos contributors say tokenomics research has reached the preparation stage for public review. Proposed changes will be discussed individually, rather than treated as an already approved redesign.
Bitcoin Core 32.1 Arrives With Privacy Fixes and New Compatibility Checks
Bitcoin Core 32.1 introduces network, privacy and interface changes, while 31.2 and 30.4 provide maintenance updates. Operators need to check integrations as well as version numbers.
Ambire Ice Puts Safe Owner Changes and Approval Thresholds on the Signing Screen
Ambire says its Ice hardware wallet will decode Safe transactions and flag changes to account control. The design targets the decisions signers make before authorizing an action.
He Paid 75 Cents for a Record at a Street Sale. It Was a One-of-a-Kind Velvet Underground Acetate
In September 2002, record collector Warren Hill picked up an unmarked acetate at a Chelsea, New York, sidewalk sale for 75 cents. The disc turned out to be a one-off 1966 Scepter Studios recording session tied to The Velvet Underground and frontman Lou Reed, and it later sold on eBay in December 200
Bank of Korea probes financial firms’ exposure to crypto risks
The central bank is surveying 31 financial institutions on how a major exchange shutdown, prolonged crypto downturn or losses at another firm could affect their operations.
ECB Picks Digital Euro Network Providers as Pilot Infrastructure Takes Shape
The ECB has selected two provider groups for digital euro connectivity. The contracts support pilot preparation and possible future issuance, without deciding whether the currency will launch.
Bitcoin Payment Processor Btcpay Hit by Hot Wallet Theft Reports
Btcpay Server issued an emergency shutdown warning Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets connected to self-hosted payment servers. Founder Nicolas Dorier linked the reported compromises to versions predating 2.4.2, while indicating that public servers runn
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