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OneKey Founder Warns Against Storing Seed Phrases on Old iPhones
Binance Reopens Withdrawals on 15 Networks as Backing Hits 95%
FBI Pins $6.36B Binance Hack on North Korea TraderTraitor Group
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Hack Suspect Alexander Block to US
THORChain Pauses Swaps on 12 of 13 Chains After Ethereum Reorg Refund
Hackers Hijack 12 DeFi Sites via Name.com, Steal About $138K
Binance Says 90% of Hack Losses Covered, Eyes Nov. 1 Withdrawals
Hacker Using AI Agents Accessed Chainalysis Customer Names, Emails
Binance Sets Aside $6.34B, Eyes Phased Withdrawals in 34 Hours
Chainalysis Ties Binance Hack to North Korea, Flags New Laundering
Chainalysis Flags Automated Laundering Never Seen Before in $6.4B Binance Hack
Calls for Crypto Rules Grow as Binance Hack Is Tied to North Korea
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Binance Reopens Withdrawals on 15 Networks as Backing Hits 95%
FBI Pins $6.36B Binance Hack on North Korea TraderTraitor Group
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Hack Suspect Alexander Block to US
Binance Says 90% of Hack Losses Covered, Eyes Nov. 1 Withdrawals
THORChain Pauses Swaps on 12 of 13 Chains After Ethereum Reorg Refund
Hackers Hijack 12 DeFi Sites via Name.com, Steal About $138K
Hacker Using AI Agents Accessed Chainalysis Customer Names, Emails
Binance Sets Aside $6.34B, Eyes Phased Withdrawals in 34 Hours
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Binance Sets Aside $6.34B, Eyes Phased Withdrawals in 34 Hours
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OneKey Founder Warns Against Storing Seed Phrases on Old iPhones
OneKey founder Yishi Wang warns that chip-level BootROM flaws in older iPhones cannot be fixed by iOS updates, making offline phones a risky place for seed phrases if an attacker gets physical access.
Binance Reopens Withdrawals on 15 Networks as Backing Hits 95%
Binance started reopening withdrawals on 15 networks on Nov. 1 and says 95% of the $6.3B stolen in the hack has been replenished. The FBI, joined by the Secret Service and IRS-CI, wants node operators and swap services to block the stolen ETH.
FBI Pins $6.36B Binance Hack on North Korea TraderTraitor Group
Reports say the FBI has attributed the $6.36 billion Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group and sought blocks on the laundering trail. Binance says it has replenished 90% of losses and still targets Nov. 1 for withdrawals.
Binance Says 90% of Hack Losses Covered, Eyes Nov. 1 Withdrawals
Binance says 90% of stolen funds are now covered, up from about 80%. Ten assets including BTC, ETH and USDT are fully backed, SAFU deploys within 24 hours, withdrawals target Nov. 1 and the full zero-knowledge reserve proof is due by Nov. 3.
Regulation
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.
KuCoin Ends All Services in Russia and Belarus, Effective Immediately
KuCoin has ended all products and services for customers in Russia and Belarus, effective immediately. It is the third major exchange this month to restrict the region, after MEXC and Bitget. It names no specific law and sets no single withdrawal deadline.
DeFi
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.
Chainalysis Ties Binance Hack to North Korea, Flags New Laundering
Chainalysis says the $6.3B stolen from Binance moved through thousands of automated transactions in never-seen-before patterns. Elliptic traced discounted USDT-to-ETH swaps built to escape Tether and Circle freezes, plus a $59.9M USDT deposit into Aave.
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
A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.
Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
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