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Attackers stole roughly $6.4 billion from Binance in the largest crypto hack on record. The exchange says it will cover the losses, while stablecoin issuers froze about $2.3 billion and investigators track billions that remain under the attacker’s control.
More than $6.3 billion in assets moved on-chain in a record crypto hack affecting Binance. Stablecoin issuers froze about $3 billion, while $3.3 billion remains unrecovered, according to Bitcoin Magazine reporting.
Binance is working with the FBI and U.S. Secret Service after a multibillion-dollar hack, while Circle and Tether froze digital assets linked to the attack. Investigators have attributed the theft to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking group previously linked to the Bybit breach.
Binance says it has reserved more than $6.34 billion to cover a record cryptocurrency theft, while CZ pushed back after Elon Musk appeared to mock the exchange. The dispute focused on Binance’s SpaceX shares, valued by CZ at more than $1 billion.
Galaxy’s Alex Thorn says Bitcoin’s bottom is likely in, pointing to its recovery above the 50-week moving average, resilience near $80,000 and relatively light investor positioning. Moneyiar data later showed Bitcoin at $77,777.802516415, up 0.47% in 24 hours but down 3.2% over seven days.
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FUNToken fell about 90% after a Binance hacker sold the 2017 token and other smaller cryptocurrencies into markets with insufficient liquidity, according to CoinDesk. Moneyiar data later showed FUN at $0.0089182414 on October 25, 2026.
Allium says blockchain data delivery has returned across Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery after a security incident, but historical backfills and validation remain incomplete for some networks. Users must check their warehouse, chain and affected time window, while replacing credentials and observing access restrictions.
Google is rolling out enhanced autofill in Chrome, allowing Gemini to find order numbers, tracking details and flight bookings in Gmail and use them in web forms. The feature is initially available to U.S. users with Personal Intelligence enabled on desktop, Android and iOS.
Hedge funds and banks sold about 68,000 Bitcoin of ETF exposure as the returns from an ETF-futures arbitrage trade narrowed. Sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers and other investors bought instead, while Bitcoin ETF inflows helped erase October’s earlier outflows.
Moody’s assigned Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin A2 and P-1 ratings, citing its reserves of government assets and cash. The move followed final OCC approval for Ripple National Trust Bank, while RLUSD expands custody and settlement ties with major institutions.
BNY now offers XRP and RLUSD custody to eligible institutional clients, but Ripple’s announcement disclosed no funded XRP balance or new purchase. Separately, C2FO plans a limited, US-only RLUSD settlement rollout on the XRP Ledger through its Instant Pay platform.
Akamai has launched a beta WebAssembly-based sandbox for isolating code written and run by AI agents. The move comes as machine identities multiply, security incidents expose agent vulnerabilities and major cybersecurity companies expand into AI-agent protection.
Deloitte adviser Rob Massey says Bitcoin users must continue relying on self-assessment, including for spending and some wallet activity, because broker 1099 forms will not capture every transaction. He calls for clearer Treasury guidance on lending, cost basis and other crypto tax issues.
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Terra, saying it delivers faster and more accurate computer-use performance than GPT-5.6 Terra while cutting standard API prices by 50%. The model is available to selected ChatGPT users and developers through Codex.
Polymarket assigned Lula about a 20% chance of winning Brazil’s presidential runoff, but he defeated Flávio Bolsonaro. Analysts attributed the miss to thin liquidity, limited local participation, Brazil’s prediction-market ban and possible overconfidence—not necessarily a failure of probability markets.
Galaxy Digital research chief Alex Thorn says Bitcoin’s bear market ended in June and that the cryptocurrency is accumulating. He points to technical, on-chain and ETF data, while warning that a sustained break below the 50-week average would undermine the view.
Bitcoin is hovering near $80,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, US inflation data and major technology earnings. The cryptocurrency is on track for a roughly 4% October decline, while stock-market concerns over AI spending add to the uncertain backdrop.
