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Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Announces WLFI Buybacks After Token Falls Over 60%
Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Announces WLFI Buybacks After Token Falls Over 60% Market Musing-g Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Announces WLFI Buybacks After Token Falls Over 60%
$1.1 Trillion Asset Manager Schroders Brings Emerging-Market Bond Fund to Solana
$1.1 Trillion Asset Manager Schroders Brings Emerging-Market Bond Fund to Solana Market Musing-g $1.1 Trillion Asset Manager Schroders Brings Emerging-Market Bond Fund to Solana
Binance Covered $6.3 Billion Hack Without Borrowing or Selling Assets, CZ Says
Binance Covered $6.3 Billion Hack Without Borrowing or Selling Assets, CZ Says Market Musing-g 26 minutes ago • 6 mins read Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says the exchange financed its response to the approximately $6.3 billion theft entirely from its own balance sheet, without borrowing money, raising capital or selling assets. The statement comes as Binance reports improving deposit flows five days after the October 29 attack.
CryptoMondays MENA x Minds by Animoca Brands Host AI Week Edition in Dubai.
CryptoMondays MENA x Minds by Animoca Brands Host AI Week Edition in Dubai. Market Musing-g 17 minutes ago • 3 mins read Exploring the Binance Hack and EU AI Act DUBAI, UAE — November 3, 2026 — CryptoMondays MENA, in partnership with Minds by Animoca Brands, successfully hosted its highly anticipated AI Week Edition on Monday, November 2, 2026, at Jones Social in Business Bay, Dubai.
Coinstelegram Named Official Media Partner of Fi24h Dealmakers’ Club Season 3
Fintech24h is proud to announce that Coinstelegram has officially become a Media Partner of F-Matching Season 3, the latest season of Fi24h Dealmakers’ Club. We’re grateful to Coinstelegram for joining us as Season 3 takes shape. Having a pioneering Web3 media outlet built around...
Binance Resumes Withdrawals Across 15 Networks After $6.3 Billion Hack, Reports $3.64 Billion Net Outflow
Binance has restored cryptocurrency withdrawals across 15 networks in its initial reopening phase following the largest crypto theft on record. Customers withdrew approximately $4.65 billion during the first nine and a half hours, while deposits exceeded $1 billion. The resulting...
Canadian Behind $13 Million Bitcoin Scam Sentenced After Luxury Spending and Discord Boasts
A Canadian who impersonated technology support staff to steal cryptocurrency has been sentenced in Miami after an investigation uncovered luxury purchases, private jet rentals and messages celebrating a multimillion-dollar Bitcoin theft. Trenton Richard David Johnston, 20, pleade...
HKU Hosts its First Agentic AI Workshop on 29 October 2026
HONG KONG – October 29, 2026 – Today, October 29, 2026, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) successfully hosted its ground-breaking Agentic AI Workshop. This hands-on, immersive session was the first of its kind at HKU, bringing students face-to-face with the future of autonomous A...
Binance Hit by Record $6.3 Billion Crypto Hack as Investigators Point to North Korea
Binance suffered an estimated $6.3 billion security breach on October 29, 2026, in what blockchain investigators describe as the largest cryptocurrency theft on record. The exchange suspended withdrawals, pledged to cover losses and began working with industry partners to freeze ...
China’s AI Bubble Bursts: STAR50 Plunges 40%, Wiping Out Nearly $500 Billion
China’s AI bubble is facing a brutal reckoning. The STAR50 technology index has fallen approximately 40% from its July peak, erasing around $480 billion in market value in less than four months, according to Reuters’ October 26 report. The reversal reflects concerns about stretch...
MEXC Ends Services for Russia and Belarus Users as Netherlands Exit Adds to Restrictions
MEXC is discontinuing services for users in Russia and Belarus, further narrowing access to international crypto trading platforms for customers in both countries. The exchange announced the decision on October 20, citing its efforts to strengthen global compliance. Affected cust...
Digital Assets Forum launches its first US edition in New York on November 13
About the Event DAF New York is a closed-door, institutional-only gathering bringing together the leaders shaping the future of digital assets. Set against the backdrop of the European Blockchain Convention, the event convenes over 800 senior decision-makers from asset management...
Solana Launches Alpenglow, Claiming the Fastest Blockchain Finality at Just 150 Milliseconds
Solana Launches Alpenglow, Claiming the Fastest Blockchain Finality at Just 150 Milliseconds Market Musing-g 41 minutes ago • 5 mins read Solana has activated Alpenglow, a major overhaul of the mechanism its validators use to agree on transactions. The upgrade targets finality of approximately 150 milliseconds, potentially shortening the wait before applications can treat payments and trades as settled. Anza, the engineering team behind the upgrade, announced the mainnet launch on October 21.
French Lawmakers Approve Proposal to Tax Profits From Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps at 31.4%
France's National Assembly has approved a budget amendment that would make certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps taxable from January 1, 2027. If enacted, investors could face the country's default 31.4% capital gains tax when moving into qualifying stablecoins, even without withdra...
Tether CEO Hits Back at Senate Iran Report: Says USDT Freezes Come Four Weeks Before U.S. Sanctions and Cut Iran-Linked Volumes 94%
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has publicly challenged a Senate Democratic report that accuses the stablecoin issuer of being a lifeline for Iran’s sanctions evasion. In a post on X, Ardoino argued that Tether freezes flagged addresses weeks before official U.S. and Israeli sanctions, that it acts before blockchain analytics firms label wallets, and that its actions have cut Iran-linked stablecoin volumes by 94%.
Hacker Steals About $1.3M from 1,404 Qubic Wallets Using Weak Seed Phrases Generated on Apple Devices; Network Halted
Hacker Steals About $1.3M from 1,404 Qubic Wallets Using Weak Seed Phrases Generated on Apple Devices; Network Halted Market Musing-g 8 minutes ago • 5 mins read The Qubic blockchain paused itself on October 18 after an attacker emptied 1,404 wallets of about 2.94 trillion QU, worth roughly $1.3 million to $1.4 million depending on the source. Qubic says the cause was weak, predictable wallet seeds created on Apple devices, not a flaw in the network’s protocol.
From USDT to Bitcoin: How to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment
From USDT to Bitcoin: How to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment Market Musing-g 5 minutes ago • 5 mins read In mid-October, Bitcoin was trading in the low $80,000s, roughly a third below its all-time high of about $126,000 set in October 2025. In July and early August, it traded in the $60,000 range, then rallied from mid-August. For anyone holding stablecoins, those months were a lesson in hesitation. At $60,000, buying felt risky, because the price could fall further.
Fake Uniswap Links Are Appearing at the Top of Google Search — $400,000 Already Gone
If you searched for Uniswap on Google today, the first result you saw was probably a scam. Attackers are running sophisticated phishing campaigns through Google’s paid advertising system — placing fake Uniswap links above the real protocol’s official website and draining the wallets of anyone who connects to them. At least $400,000 has been stolen across two identified attacker addresses in the current campaign, according to on-chain analytics flagged by multiple security researchers on X.
Squid Router Module Exploit Drains $3 Million From 86 Gnosis Safe Wallets in Two Hours
Eighty-six Gnosis Safe wallets were drained in approximately two hours on Monday — losing a combined $3 million to an attacker who exploited a vulnerability in a third-party module named SquidRouterModule on Ethereum and Base. The attack was detected in real time by Blockaid’s exploit monitoring system, which flagged the breach as it was actively unfolding across both chains.
FM Africa Summit Introduces Exclusive Crypto Networking Event by TDME in Cape Town
FM Africa Summit will host FM Africa Crypto Summit, an exclusive crypto networking event sponsored by TDME on the 25th of May at Time Out Market, Cape Town, bringing together key players from Africa’s digital asset ecosystem for an exclusive evening of important connections.
Polymarket Admin Wallet Compromised on Polygon — $520,000 Drained From Internal Operations Address
Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market platform, has confirmed that one of its administrative wallets was compromised on Polygon, with attackers draining more than $520,000 from addresses used for internal operations. The incident was first flagged by on-chain investigator zachXBT, who published a community alert identifying the attacker’s address and the drained wallets in real time via his Telegram channel.
HYPE Token Nears All-Time High After 57% Weekly Gain and Record ETF Inflows
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is trading at $59.20 today — within touching distance of its all-time high — after gaining more than 57% in a single week. In a market where most altcoins are either flat or declining, that kind of relative strength demands an analytical explanation rather than a price recap. What is actually driving HYPE right now, and what does its move signal for the broader market?
USA SEO Virtual Summit 2026 Announced: The Premier Virtual Event Driving Organic Search Innovation Across America
USA SEO Virtual Summit 2026 Announced: The Premier Virtual Event Driving Organic Search Innovation Across America New York City, NY, USA – USA AI SUMMIT LLC has officially announced the upcoming USA SEO Virtual Summit 2026, scheduled to take place entirely online from October 15 to October 16, 2026.
Iran Launches ‘Hormuz Safe’ – Bitcoin-Settled Maritime Insurance Platform for Strait of Hormuz
Iran has turned one of the most strategically vital waterways on the planet into a crypto business. The country has launched Hormuz Safe — a state-backed digital maritime insurance platform that issues marine insurance policies for vessels transiting the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, with settlements processed in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
THORChain Exploited for $10.7 Million Across Four Chains — The Same Protocol North Korea Used to Launder $175M
THORChain, the decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol, has been exploited for approximately $10.7 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. The protocol paused trading and triggered an emergency network shutdown following the attack — a move that immediately drew sharp criticism given THORChain’s long-standing positioning as a censorship-resistant, permissionless protocol.
Circle Raises $222 Million for Its Arc Blockchain at $3 Billion Valuation — With BlackRock and a16z Leading the Round
Circle, the company behind USDC, just made its most ambitious move yet. The stablecoin giant has raised $222 million in a presale of Arc tokens — the native asset of its forthcoming Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for institutional finance — at a fully diluted network valuation of $3 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with a $75 million anchor investment, according to CNBC, which first reported the raise.
MAC’26 — Europe’s Largest iGaming & Affiliate Conference
MAC’26 — Europe’s Largest iGaming & Affiliate Conference In 2026, MAC will once again bring together the leading iGaming and affiliate professionals in Yerevan. Attendees can expect upgraded zones, an enhanced program, more networking opportunities, and, of course, warm reunions with old friends and colleagues. MAC has been a flagship event in the industry for nearly 10 years, uniting those who truly profit from traffic.
Gamma Prime Brought the Tokenized Capital Summit to Miami on May 4th, Showcasing Its Platform for Investors’ Dealflow
Gamma Prime, the coordination layer for the world’ private deal ecosystem focused on hard-to-access, non-correlated assets, hosted the Tokenized Capital Summit 2026 in Miami on May 4th. The event attracted more than 2,000 participants in person, including representatives from family offices, investment firms, and other institutional investors, while more than 90,000 people tuned in online through livestreams on X and YouTube.
Tripy the Strategic Partner for World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock Festival: Pioneering the Future of Agentic AI Event Logistics
Tripy the Strategic Partner for World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock Festival: Pioneering the Future of Agentic AI Event Logistics DUBAI, UAE — May 8, 2026 — The organizers of World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock. Festival proudly announced Tripy as the summit’s Strategic Partner. In this elevated role, Tripy.ae did not only manage the technical ticketing infrastructure but is also deployed its proprietary Agentic AI to redefine how global delegates experience high-tier corporate gatherings.
Jerry Ropero Headlined Global Music Festival Partnership at World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock. Festival
DUBAI, UAE — May 8, 2026 — The intersection of high-finance and high-octane was ignited as the World Token Summit 3.0 XTheBlock. Festival officially announced their Global Music Festival partnership. For April 30th, the streets of One Central transformed into a sonic playground, featuring a world-class lineup of electronic music pioneers led by the legendary Jerry Ropero.
Drift Protocol Unveils Recovery Plan After $295M North Korea Hack — But Full Repayment Could Take 8 Years
Five weeks after losing approximately $295 million to a North Korean state-affiliated hacking group, Drift Protocol has published its recovery plan — and it is more complicated than a simple refund. The Solana-based perpetuals exchange has introduced a token-based compensation mechanism that gives affected users a choice between waiting years for full recovery or accepting a reduced payout now.
Durov Announces Telegram Takes Full Control of TON Blockchain — Token Price Jumps Over 85%
Pavel Durov just made the most significant announcement in TON’s history — and the market responded immediately. Telegram, the world’s largest messaging app with over one billion users, is officially replacing the TON Foundation as the primary driving force behind The Open Network blockchain.
Ex-Pump.fun Employee Admits Team Ran Bots to Dump Coins Before Market Launch
A former Pump.fun employee went live on an X Spaces podcast and made one of the most damaging admissions in the platform’s history — then ended the stream abruptly after receiving a direct message from a Pump.fun co-founder mid-broadcast.
X User Tricked Grok Into Sending $204,000 in Crypto With a Hidden Code Trick — Then Sent It Back
Artificial intelligence just became the target of its own kind of social engineering — and the result was a $204,000 transfer that nobody authorized. An attacker manipulated Grok, xAI’s AI model, into sending approximately $204,000 worth of DRB tokens from its wallet by embedding a disguised transaction command inside what appeared to be a simple coding question. The funds left Grok’s wallet, were sold almost instantly, and then — in an unexpected turn — were sent back.
Elon Musk Calls Most Crypto “Scams” While Testifying in OpenAI Trial
Elon Musk used a federal courtroom in Oakland on Wednesday to deliver one of his most candid assessments of the crypto industry to date — and it wasn’t flattering. Asked to explain cryptocurrency during testimony in his ongoing legal battle against OpenAI, Musk told the court: “Some of them have merit, but most of them are scams.” The comment was reported in real time by New York Times reporter Mike Isaac on X. The remark came in an unexpected context.
Eastern Europe is getting ready for one of its biggest Web3 events of the year.
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Wasabi Protocol Loses $5 Million Across Four Chains — No Multisig, No Timelock, One Compromised Key
Another DeFi protocol has been drained. Wasabi Protocol — a decentralized perpetuals trading platform built on Ethereum and Base — was exploited for approximately $5 million across four networks on Thursday morning. The chains affected: Ethereum, Base, Berachain, and Blast. The cause, according to blockchain security researchers who were first on the scene: a single compromised private key with unchecked administrative control over the protocol’s entire vault infrastructure.
Gamma Prime Brings the Tokenized Capital Summit to Miami on May 4th, Showcasing Its Platform for Investors’ Dealflow
Gamma Prime, the coordination layer for the world’ private deal ecosystem focused on hard-to-access, non-correlated assets, will host the Tokenized Capital Summit 2026 in Miami on May 4th. The event is expected to attract more than 3,000 participants, including representatives from family offices, investment firms, and other institutional investors. The speaker lineup includes J.P. Morgan, Grayscale, Swift, Multicoin Capital, 21Shares, Coinbase, Robinhood, along with other industry leaders.
Exclusive: Tim Draper Reveals Why Quantum Computers Will Actually Protect Bitcoin
Tim Draper is a venture capital legend. As a founding partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Draper Associates, he’s backed some of tech’s biggest names — Tesla, SpaceX, Hotmail, Skype, and Coinbase. But beyond the unicorns, Draper has become one of crypto’s most vocal advocates. A self-described Bitcoin maximalist, he sees the world moving toward a future where Bitcoin, not the dollar, becomes the default currency.
New Study Reveals Only 3% of Polymarket Users Are Actually Profitable — The Rest Are Funding Them
The premise that has made Polymarket famous — that the collective wisdom of thousands of traders produces more accurate predictions than any single expert — may be significantly overstated. A new academic study from researchers at London Business School and Yale University has analyzed every transaction on Polymarket between 2023 and 2025, and the findings challenge the platform’s foundational narrative in ways that neither Polymarket nor its competitors will want to highlight.
U.S. Soldier Arrested After Betting $400,000 on Polymarket With Classified Venezuela Intel
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier has been arrested for what federal prosecutors are calling one of the most brazen cases of insider trading the prediction market industry has ever seen.
Aave Loses $16 Billion in Deposits After KelpDAO Hack — Spark Protocol Is the Unexpected Winner
The fallout from the KelpDAO rsETH exploit is still rippling through DeFi — and the numbers are getting harder to ignore. Aave, the largest lending protocol in the space, has seen its total deposit volume collapse from $45.8 billion before the incident to $29.6 billion today — a loss of $16.2 billion in deposits in a matter of days. The damage extends beyond Aave, touching Morpho and reshaping the competitive landscape of DeFi lending in ways that will take months to fully understand.
Justin Sun Sues Trump-Affiliated World Liberty Financial Over Frozen $75M Token Holdings
Justin Sun, founder of the TRON blockchain and one of crypto’s most prominent figures, has filed a lawsuit in California federal court against World Liberty Financial — the crypto project publicly associated with Donald Trump and his family. The legal action centers on $75 million worth of WLFI tokens that Sun says were wrongfully frozen, stripping him of governance rights and threatening the permanent destruction of his holdings without justification.
Over $1 Billion Stolen From Crypto in 2026 — And We’re Not Even Halfway Through the Year
Four months into 2026 and the crypto industry has already crossed a threshold that took previous years much longer to reach. More than $1 billion in digital assets has been stolen from DeFi protocols, individual users, and blockchain infrastructure since January — and the pace is accelerating, not slowing down. April alone has seen over $600 million drained across more than ten protocols in two weeks. The attacks are not random.
Cyprus AI Expo 2026 Officially Launches as a Global Hybrid Event Showcasing the Future of Intelligence
Larnaca, Cyprus – The official launch of Cyprus AI Expo 2026 marks a major milestone for the region’s growing role in artificial intelligence, bringing together global and local voices to explore how AI is shaping industries, creativity, and the future of work.
KelpDAO Loses $293 Million in Cross-Chain Exploit — North Korean Hackers Behind the Attack, LayerZero Confirms
DeFi is having one of its worst months on record. KelpDAO, a liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum, was exploited for approximately $293 million on April 18th — with attackers draining 116,500 ETH from the protocol’s rsETH adapter before bridging funds across chains. The attack has since triggered a cascade of consequences across the broader DeFi ecosystem, with Aave seeing over $8.6 billion in outflows and its token dropping more than 15% in the aftermath.
VESA Presents Dubai Tourism Endorsed Art Cars at World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock. Fest
Dubai Tourism-endorsed commission series opens conversation on tokenizing serious physical art DUBAI, UAE — April 20, 2026 — As Dubai continues to solidify its status as the world’s leading hub for the digital economy and creative innovation. VESA, one of the original pioneers working at the intersection of physical art and digital provenance, will present his Art Cars series at the World Token Summit 3.0 X TheBlock. Fest, taking place at TheBlock.
Tired of Being the Product: Why People Are Leaving Social Media
LAS VEGAS, NV— People are tired of social media that treats them like a product. They’r tired of algorithmic feeds they can’t control, profiles that all look the same, and platforms that can revoke their account at any time. A growing wave of internet nostalgia reflects a deeper hunger: people want the creative, personal web back. Today at Bitcoin 2026, Soapbox announced the public launch of Ditto: a fully customizable, open source social platform that brings that era roaring back.
Kraken’s Parent Company Acquires Derivatives Exchange Bitnomial for $550 Million
Payward, the parent company behind Kraken, has agreed to acquire Bitnomial — a Chicago-based, CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange — for up to $550 million in a cash-and-stock transaction, CoinDesk reports. The deal values Payward at $20 billion and hands Kraken something it has been building toward for years: a complete, fully licensed US derivatives stack under one roof. The acquisition is one of the most significant regulatory moves in American crypto this year.
Drift Protocol Gets $150M From Tether to Reimburse Users After $285M Hack
Two weeks after losing $285 million to a North Korean state-affiliated hacking group, Drift Protocol has a path back. Tether — the world’s largest stablecoin issuer — has confirmed it is leading a recovery plan of up to $150 million alongside the Solana Foundation to reimburse affected users and relaunch the protocol. “When the industry faces challenges, Tether steps up,” the company wrote on X. The deal comes with a structural shift that matters beyond the dollar amount.
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