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Unocoin Confirms $200K Hot Wallet Loss, Warns of Data Exposure
Indian exchange Unocoin confirmed on Nov. 14 that attackers stole about $200,000 from three hot wallets using compromised Unocoin-controlled backup keys. It will cover the loss and warned customer data, including KYC information, may have been exposed.
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Kazakhstan Plans Tokenized Government Bonds for Q1 2027
National Bank Governor Timur Suleimenov says tokenized government bonds, issued with the Ministry of Finance, will most likely debut in Q1 2027, following a 10 billion tenge pilot of tokenized notes on the KASE DFA platform that drew 1.4 times demand.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
BPI Report Pitches Bitcoin Mining for Curtailed Scottish Wind
Britain pays Scottish wind farms to switch off and gas plants to switch on. A Bitcoin Policy Institute report argues bitcoin miners could buy that curtailed power, while conceding savings and emissions effects still need analysis.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
XRP Slips Below $1 for First Time Since August as Longs Get Flushed
XRP fell below $1 for the first time since August as about $16.94 million in positions were liquidated. Ali Charts flags $0.80 if $0.99 support fails, while spot XRP ETFs saw $1.09 million in net outflows.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Schiff Calls Bitcoin a Slow Bleed as Gold Drops Below $3,900
Peter Schiff says bitcoin is in a long-term bear market after falling 22% in seven weeks to below $69K, and tells holders to buy gold. Gold futures slid below $3,900 on Friday, and HSBC warns margin calls tie it to stock market stress.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
TSMC Confirms Employee Data Leak as Hackers Seek 3 BTC
TSMC confirmed employee personal data appeared online without authorization. Forum sellers want 3 BTC for a claimed 46,000 records and 6.9 GB of data. TSMC says the records matched data held by an unnamed cloud provider and its own systems show no breach.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Blockstream and Thales Launch Offline Bitcoin Custody System
Blockstream's new institutional custody system, built with Thales, runs the full Secure-MPC signing protocol inside hardware security modules. CEO Adam Back argues complex MPC is a liability as AI-assisted attacks grow.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
FBI Warns of North Korean FaceStealer Scam, $400M Stolen in 18 Months
North Korean hackers behind the FaceStealer campaign used fake video calls to steal $400 million in crypto over more than 18 months, the FBI warned. Authorities shut down the campaign's cloud infrastructure and recovered over 900 victim webcam videos.
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BitGo Says Unocoin Transfers Were Signed With Two Unocoin Keys
BitGo says its systems were not breached and the disputed Unocoin transfers were signed with the exchange's own user and backup keys. Unocoin suspects misuse of a backup mechanism, gives no loss figure, and services remain suspended during a server rebuild.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bitcoin Heads for Sixth Weekly Loss as Anthropic IPO Looms
Bitcoin is down 11% in November and 21% to 22% in 2026, on course for a sixth straight weekly loss. Anthropic's IPO next week, seeking up to $64.4 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation, is one possible driver. The SpaceX listing in June offers a precedent.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bitcoin Tops $70K After October PPI Prints Cooler Than Forecast
Bitcoin pushed back above $70,000 on November 13 after October producer prices rose 0.3% month over month, a tenth below forecast. Shorts took most of the hour's liquidations, and Polymarket odds of a 50 bp December Fed hike fell to 6%.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Congress Wants Huang Testimony in December as BTC Slides to $68,000
Tim Scott wants Huang to testify Dec. 3 and Lutnick Dec. 10; House chairs want Huang Dec. 1. Bitcoin hit a twelve-week low near $68,000, $1.65B was liquidated and NVDA perp volume on Hyperliquid hit a record $2.14B.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Nakamoto Shares Fall After Q3 Operating Revenue Turns Negative
Nakamoto (NAKA) posted negative $1.9M operating revenue in Q3 2026 after a $5.8M loss on Bitcoin options, versus about $17.4M expected. GAAP net income of $85.5M rested on a $110.4M unrealized BTC gain. Shares fell 6% to 7%.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Jane Street Lifts Fidelity Bitcoin ETF Stake to $509M, Trims IBIT
Jane Street's Nov. 12 Form 13F shows its FBTC stake up 691% to 7,010,008 shares worth $509.2M at Sept. 30, while IBIT shares fell 19% to 20.2M. It also added nearly 9M ARKB shares and more than doubled ETHA.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Cardano ADA Hits Lowest Since July as Hoskinson Floats Midnight Flip
Cardano's ADA touched $0.168, its lowest since July, after a 27% monthly drop. NIGHT is up 130% since September, and Hoskinson says it could overtake ADA by market cap, though a $6.19 billion gap remains.
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Nakamoto Extends $60M Kraken Loan Tranche to December 2027
Nakamoto amended its Kraken credit facility, moving a 60 million USDT tranche to Dec. 4, 2027. The full $165 million still comes due in 2027, and the debt now exceeds the company's roughly $104 million market value.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Osmosis Restarts After Four Hours Down; Upbit Pauses OSMO Transfers
Osmosis stalled at block 74,955,152 for roughly four hours before restarting. Upbit and Bithumb suspended OSMO deposits and withdrawals while keeping trading open, Coinbase flagged delayed transfers, and OSMO rose almost 14% in 24 hours.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Injective Veyra Upgrade Vote Open, Still Below Quorum
Injective's Proposal 717 would add IBC links for its EVM environment, RFQ infrastructure and atomic swaps ahead of a targeted Nov. 24 activation. With no votes against so far, participation near 24% remains below the 33.4% quorum.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
US Works With Two Largest Stablecoin Issuers on $2.7B Binance Freeze
The US Justice Department says it joined with the two largest stablecoin issuers to secure about $2.7 billion, almost half the funds stolen from Binance. Frozen is not recovered, and Binance's reserve proof is still pending.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
DOJ Wins Court Authority to Seize $1.2B of Stolen Binance Crypto
The Justice Department says it has court authority to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion stolen in the Binance hack, part of a freeze topping $2.7 billion. The FBI also seized cloud infrastructure behind the $400 million FaceStealer fake video call scheme.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
XRPL Lending Amendment Reaches 22 Validator Votes, 7 Short
The XRP Ledger lending system has gained three validator votes in about three weeks, reaching 22. It needs 29 of 35 validators for two straight weeks to activate. Borrowers post no collateral, and depositors rely on brokers' off-chain underwriting.
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Gemini Said to Sell Shuttered UK and EU Units to KAST for Under $10M
Gemini has sold its already closed U.K. and European units to Singapore stablecoin payments firm KAST for less than $10 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. Neither firm has confirmed the deal, and no regulator has approved a change of control.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Binance Covers All $6.3B Hack Losses, Reserve Proof Still Pending
Binance says coverage of assets affected by its $6.3 billion October hack is complete and has published a new Proof of Reserves snapshot. The zero-knowledge proof that would let users verify 1:1 backing has not been generated, and Binance gave no timeline.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit on $2.246B Gold Backing
KPMG U.S. gave Tether Gold issuer TG Commodities an unqualified opinion on its 2025 statements, counting every bar behind 520,089.350 ounces worth $2.246B. It is Tether's second Big Four audit after USDT, but it covers 2025, not current holdings.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab