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Bithumb is investigating a possible customer-data leak after hackers breached an internal employee mobile system. The South Korean exchange said the system is separate from its trading infrastructure, so customer crypto holdings could not be accessed through the incident.
X100 and Arkadiko suffered separate governance attacks after newly acquired voting power gained immediate authority. X100’s attacker used locked tokens and a flash loan, while Arkadiko’s vote activated a malicious vault contract, producing losses estimated at millions of dollars.
Discord will begin making messages from eligible public servers searchable on the web, expanding their reach beyond members. Users and administrators can opt out, while cryptocurrency, trading and finance communities may be especially affected.
Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin markets now use 60-second averaged benchmarks rather than single snapshots. Early research found that a previously observed Binance settlement-time trading pattern subsided, but it did not establish current wallet profits or eliminate every possible manipulation strategy.
Zcash’s community is divided over whether to end, reduce or preserve developer funding as its grants program holds more than $125 million. The dispute follows rising ZEC prices, stronger privacy-transaction activity and growing institutional exposure to the cryptocurrency.
VanEck has launched the Wealth Builder ETF, an actively managed fund combining stocks, bonds, gold and other real assets with a 2% target allocation to Bitcoin. The Bitcoin exposure can range from 1% to 5% and is obtained through a spot Bitcoin ETP.
Intel, IBM, Oracle and IonQ have objected to being included in OKXICE’s proposed tokenized stock exchange. The number of companies seeking to opt out has reached 26, representing about 41% of the 62 companies initially proposed for listing.
China’s mainland shares have lost about $2.4 trillion since May, with the STAR 50 technology index down 40% in under four months. Investors are questioning AI companies’ ability to turn heavy investment into profits amid weak consumer spending and growing chip and robotics restrictions.
OpenAI says its AI system has challenged the Exponential Time Hypothesis through a result involving SAT problems. Researchers are reviewing the claim, but it does not establish a practical attack on Bitcoin’s mining process, private keys or signature systems.
Robinhood reported record third-quarter revenue of $1.42 billion, narrowly missing expectations, while earnings also fell short. Event-contract revenue climbed to $173 million, but crypto revenue, despite rising from the second quarter, remained sharply below its year-earlier level.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said U.S. leadership in digital assets could reinforce the dollar’s global role. He pointed to stablecoins, demand for Treasury securities and possible agency-led crypto safeguards after Congress failed to pass the Clarity Act.
Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali says uncertainty over Bitcoin’s ability to withstand future quantum-computing attacks is already restraining institutional investment. He called for a credible security-upgrade roadmap, warning that delays could undermine confidence before a practical quantum threat emerges.
Robinhood’s third-quarter crypto transaction revenue fell 55% to $120 million as trading volume declined, although the result topped analyst forecasts. Growth in options, equities and prediction markets lifted total revenue, while shares fell in after-hours trading after the company missed broader revenue and earnings estimates.
Robinhood is adopting Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for institutional settlement on Bitstamp, Ripple Treasury for global cash operations and Ripple Prime financing services. RLUSD is expected to reach Robinhood’s main app later this year, broadening a partnership that spans retail, institutional and back-office infrastructure.
Ripple and Robinhood are expanding their partnership to bring RLUSD to Robinhood’s retail and institutional businesses, alongside treasury, settlement, custody and trade-finance integrations involving the XRP Ledger and new partners.
Bitcoin recovered toward $80,500 after briefly falling below $80,000, with traders watching the Federal Reserve’s rate decision and November midterms. Potential changes to crypto legislation, continued spot ETF outflows and bitcoin’s distance from its 2025 record are shaping the market backdrop.
Anchorage Digital has expanded its custody and listing arrangement with Bitso, covering stablecoins moving between the United States and Mexico. The deal places MXNB and two dollar stablecoins across a regulated custody framework targeting one of the world’s largest remittance corridors.
The CFTC has sued Utah and Attorney General Derek Brown over the state’s effort to pursue Kalshi for up to $60 million in alleged illegal profits, arguing federal law gives the regulator exclusive authority over prediction markets.
