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Securitize Adds 13 Tokenized Stocks on Solana, Bringing Total to 25
New Jersey Rescinds Coinbase Staking Order and $5M Penalty
NYSE Taps Broadridge for Onchain Shareholder Voting
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals; Hypernative Flags $40M Drain
tZERO to Go Public via $350 Million SPAC Merger With FG Imperii
FBI Ties $6.3B Binance Hack to North Korea, About $3B Frozen
Bitcoin Holds $78K, XRP Sits Near $1.25 Ahead of US Midterms
BTCPay Server Tells Operators to Shut Down After Hot Wallet Drains
North Korea Sits on $1.4B Binance BTC as ETFs Bleed $643M
Premia Labs Loses $464K in Arbitrum Vault Exploit
About $2B Leaves Binance Within 3 Hours of Withdrawals Reopening
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New Jersey Rescinds Coinbase Staking Order and $5M Penalty
NYSE Taps Broadridge for Onchain Shareholder Voting
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals; Hypernative Flags $40M Drain
tZERO to Go Public via $350 Million SPAC Merger With FG Imperii
FBI Ties $6.3B Binance Hack to North Korea, About $3B Frozen
Bitcoin Holds $78K, XRP Sits Near $1.25 Ahead of US Midterms
BTCPay Server Tells Operators to Shut Down After Hot Wallet Drains
North Korea Sits on $1.4B Binance BTC as ETFs Bleed $643M
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Markets
Securitize Adds 13 Tokenized Stocks on Solana, Bringing Total to 25
Securitize has added 13 US equities, including ExxonMobil, GameStop, Disney and Uber, to its Solana-based Securitize Stocks platform. The lineup now totals 25 tokens backed 1:1 by custodied shares and settled in USDC.
NYSE Taps Broadridge for Onchain Shareholder Voting
Broadridge will handle shareholder records, communications and onchain voting for the NYSE's planned tokenized stock platform, joining Securitize and tZERO. The venue still awaits regulatory approval.
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals; Hypernative Flags $40M Drain
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals after a security incident, saying no clients lost money. Hypernative counts more than $40M in plain-transfer outflows across at least 10 chains, and Tether says it froze over 4.5M USDT.
tZERO to Go Public via $350 Million SPAC Merger With FG Imperii
tZERO will go public by merging with FG Imperii Acquisition Corp. at a $350 million pre-money valuation. The combined firm is expected to list on NYSE American as TZRO, with 1.25 million escrowed shares tied to CFTC derivatives milestones and closing expected in early 2027.
Regulation
New Jersey Rescinds Coinbase Staking Order and $5M Penalty
New Jersey has rescinded its cease-and-desist order against Coinbase staking, dropping a $5 million penalty without prejudice. Residents have been locked out since June 2023; California, Maryland, Washington and Wisconsin still restrict the product.
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Hack Suspect Alexander Block to US
Alexander Block, accused of taking more than $2.8 million in the August 2022 Nomad bridge exploit, was handed to U.S. authorities on Oct. 29 after Israel's Supreme Court ruled that exploiting a smart-contract flaw is no different from exploiting any other program.
Calls for Crypto Rules Grow as Binance Hack Is Tied to North Korea
Investigators attribute the record Binance theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor while CFTC Chair Selig, Sen. Lummis and The Digital Chamber press for legislation. TRM and Elliptic detail how the hot wallets were drained and where more than $6 billion went.
India ED Searches Mudrex and Instadapp Premises in $525M Crypto Probe
India's Enforcement Directorate searched premises linked to Mudrex and Instadapp on Oct. 27, alleging more than ₹5,000 crore ($525M) in cross-border crypto transfers. Preliminary estimates: over ₹4,600 crore for Mudrex and Saber.money, about $40 million for Instadapp.
DeFi
Premia Labs Loses $464K in Arbitrum Vault Exploit
Premia Labs, the firm behind Kyan, lost an estimated $464,600 from its Arbitrum options vaults on November 1. PeckShield traced the funds through Chainflip and NEAR Intents into Bitcoin, and no reimbursement plan has been published yet.
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Hack Suspect Alexander Block to US
Alexander Block, accused of taking more than $2.8 million in the August 2022 Nomad bridge exploit, was handed to U.S. authorities on Oct. 29 after Israel's Supreme Court ruled that exploiting a smart-contract flaw is no different from exploiting any other program.
THORChain Pauses Swaps on 12 of 13 Chains After Ethereum Reorg Refund
An Ethereum reorganization led THORChain to refund the same 10 ETH deposit twice, tripping an emergency pause that froze swaps on 12 of 13 chains. Chainalysis says the halt slowed laundering of funds stolen from Binance, though the reorg, not policy, caused it.
Hackers Hijack 12 DeFi Sites via Name.com, Steal About $138K
At least 12 DeFi websites, all registered through Name.com, were hijacked late Friday and turned into wallet drainers using the Step Drainer toolkit. About $138,000 has been traced on EVM chains, while blame for the breach is split between Name.com and Vercel.
Technology
Nvidia Earnings Beat and $12.9B Hugging Face Deal Push Nasdaq Futures Up 1.1%
Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Beats Claude Fable on Benchmarks, Creators Unknown
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