Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 5 days ago
TLDR The Binance hack affected an estimated $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency, exceeding the scale of the $1.5 billion Bybit theft in February 2025. Binance said approximately $3 billion had been frozen on-chain through coordination with blockchain par...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
TLDR The US Treasury has sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity linked to North Korean IT worker fraud. Two Russian nationals, Ilya Boykov and Vitold Obertas, allegedly converted millions in crypto for North Korea. The Treasury also designated a N...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
TLDR Chainlink launches Chainlink 24/7, a pricing service covering weekends and holidays for stocks, commodities and other traditional assets. Off-hours prices are based on quotes from perpetual futures venues, not closed exchanges. Aave is the firs...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
TLDR Dubai-based startup Utexo plans to relaunch Tether’s USDT on Bitcoin using the RGB protocol, with a public launch set for November 28. Lightning Network support is expected in the first quarter of 2027. The project faces a market where roughly...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
TLDR European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will leave her post on February 7, 2027. She will have served about seven years and three months, short of her full eight-year term. The European Council will appoint her successor under an EU t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
TLDR Polygon Labs decided to bring its Open Money Stack to Solana. Businesses get bank funding, wallets, cross-chain transfers and global payouts through one integration. Kira, a fintech focused on cross-border dollar payments, is among the first ad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
Bitcoin’s recent struggles have sparked another heated argument between investors, and this time, there’s a potential $1 million wager involved. Real estate investor Grant Cardone has challenged venture capitalist Jason Calacanis to bet o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
Arbitrum has recorded a sharp increase in blockchain activity, with daily active addresses reaching approximately 1.09 million on October 28, their highest level in 30 days. The jump comes as Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks continue competing for u...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
Ripple is preparing to finish 2026 with a projected $900 million annualized product revenue run rate, marking an important step in its expansion beyond cryptocurrency payments. The company announced the target during its Swell 2026 conference in New...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
Bitcoin ETFs are experiencing an interesting change in ownership. Some of Wall Street’s biggest trading firms have been reducing their positions, while sovereign wealth funds and wealth managers are quietly increasing theirs. At first glance, d...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 6 days ago
Bitcoin Core developers have released security updates after an AI-powered code scan uncovered three vulnerabilities, including one that could allow attackers to crash Bitcoin nodes running on Windows and macOS. The findings were made public on Octob...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR South Korean exchange Bithumb is investigating a data leak after its in-house mobile work system was hacked. The exchange discovered the breach on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Bitcoin climbed to $81,687 on Wednesday, with bid liquidity thickening around $79,000 and $80,000. South Korea’s KOSPI jumped 6.63% as tech stocks rebounded from earlier October losses. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says most of the market corre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Coinbase says an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact information for a small subset of its customers. The exchange says it found no evidence that its own systems were breached and that customer funds were not affected. The di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $176 million in net inflows on Tuesday, their second straight day of gains. The two-day total reached $286 million, following $110 million on Monday. October’s net outflows have narrowed to roughly $26 millio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
TLDR Euronext suspended the CoinShares Zcash ETP (ZCSH) on Euronext Paris on the day it was meant to start trading. The exchange operator cited operational settlement requirements. The suspension stays in place until the Central Securities Depositor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin’s reputation for strong October rallies is facing another test. After five consecutive years of gains during the month, the cryptocurrency is now on track for its second negative October in a row. Data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin fal...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has confirmed a $15.99 million loss linked to retired wallet infrastructure, days after CEO Sumit Gupta dismissed reports of suspicious outflows as a possible false alarm. The exchange says a failed automated tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
The US government isn’t waiting for Congress to settle the debate over cryptocurrency regulation. Speaking at Ripple’s Swell conference in New York on October 27, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how federal regulators could move...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000, triggering approximately $404.15 million in cryptocurrency long liquidations over four hours. The move coincided with heavy withdrawals from US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), adding to signs of caution...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Circle’s Arc blockchain has passed $1 billion in USDC holdings, just six weeks after its mainnet launch. It’s definitely an impressive start for a network built around stablecoin payments, but a closer look at where the money sits raises...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
The United States has announced $5 million for a regional program intended to strengthen cryptocurrency investigations and combat illicit financial activity across the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Alliance for Combating Illicit Finance and Cybercrime...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Robinhood’s cryptocurrency business is showing signs of transformation, with its latest quarterly results revealing that blockchain infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important source of revenue. The financial services company reported...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
A major Bitcoin-related accounting controversy has shaken investor confidence in Datavault AI, sending its shares down nearly 50% after the company revealed difficulties accessing cryptocurrency associated with a $150 million investment agreement. We...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
The OCC’s new GENIUS Act rules let exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood keep paying interest-like stablecoin rewards, despite warnings from banks about deposit flight. TLDR Federal regulators have confirmed that crypto exchanges can keep paying int...
