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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will publish the results of its proof of reserves on November 2. Binance stated on October 30 that it has recovered approximately 80% of the stolen assets and is still processing the remainder; the proof-of-reserves snapshot is planned to be taken after the buyback is completed. Some users on Platform X have questioned that taking a snapshot after the buyback cannot reflect the previous asset shortfall, and the related insider-job claims currently have no solid evidence to support them.Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs attributed the theft to the North Korean hacker group Tradertraitor and said it has high confidence in this judgment. TRM Labs stated that the attackers may have controlled Binance's hot wallet signing system, and the funds were transferred out via ten blockchains in about 20 minutes; Elliptic said that a North Korea-linked group may be involved, but no government or law enforcement agency has yet confirmed the attribution.Binance said it has discovered other points of intrusion and that there is no evidence that wallet private keys were leaked; co-CEO Richard Teng stated that only Binance's own hot wallet was compromised and that customer funds were unaffected. Binance said withdrawals are expected to resume in stages within about 34 hours, after which it will publish the reserves report and a full technical post-mortem. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Lin Han, founder and CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform Gate, has called on the crypto industry to immediately establish a security alliance to unify security standards, intrusion detection protocols, and emergency response mechanisms in order to address security incidents like the one suffered by Binance. The Binance incident involved approximately $6.3 billion in losses.Gate also proposed promoting a vault solution with split keys, distributing private keys among users, Gate, and recovery partners, so that funds can only be transferred after at least two parties are compromised; vault withdrawals would be subject to a 48-hour delay to allow users to freeze their funds.Gate stated that it has flagged the relevant hacker addresses and will freeze any illicit funds transferred to its platform. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Cryptocurrency market liquidations exceeded $1.54 billion on Friday morning, with an attack on Binance triggering a market-wide sell-off. Long positions accounted for approximately $1.29 billion in liquidations, representing over 80% of the total. Binance stated that attackers stole approximately $6.3 billion, with the investigation pointing to a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer.Bitcoin briefly dropped to $76,320, with related liquidations approaching $500 million; Ethereum long liquidations exceeded $300 million. Bitcoin subsequently rebounded to $78,400 but remains down 2% over the past 24 hours and 5% below its price at the start of the month.Binance said partners have frozen approximately $3 billion of the stolen funds, and the company will draw on its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) and corporate reserves to cover remaining customer losses. Deposits and withdrawals remain suspended, and Binance has revoked authorizations for affected addresses while contacting law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace the funds. On-chain analyst ZachXBT linked the attack to the North Korea-affiliated threat group Tradertraitor. (Bitcoin.com News)
据 Bitcoin.com News 报道，西班牙国民警卫队在对加密货币平台 Arbistar 的调查中发现，与该已倒闭公司相关的数字钱包在平台崩盘后仍发生大额比特币转移。调查显示，2020年 9 月平台崩盘时约 881 枚比特币被转入外部钱包；2021年 1 月至 3 月，与主要被告关联的钱包累计流入流出超过 2 万枚比特币，按 2021年 3月 31 日比特币价格计算价值逾 11 亿美元。 西班牙当局将该平台定性为影响多达 3.2 万名投资者的庞氏骗局，2020 年检方称约 10 亿美元投资者资金去向不明。创始人 Santiago Fuentes Jover 及合伙人 Diego Fernández Nojarova 分别被判处 16 年和 11 年监禁。
Odaily reports: Timothy Wadsworth has been sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $810,965.19 in restitution after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing on October 23. Wadsworth is from Rochester, New York. His fraud scheme involved processing unauthorized credit card payments through Stripe, then transferring part of the funds to Coinbase to purchase Bitcoin and send it to co-conspirators.Between March 10 and May 15, 2020, Wadsworth used account information provided by co-conspirators to attempt to process 310 payments through Stripe totaling approximately $1.6736 million, of which 116 succeeded, amounting to about $730,700. The funds were moved through HSBC and Evolve Federal Credit Union accounts under his control, with some subsequently used to purchase Bitcoin.The judge also ordered the forfeiture of $810,956.19 in wire fraud proceeds. From March 2020 to September 2021, the actual and intended losses caused by the related fraud scheme totaled approximately $2.06 million, and also included disaster loans, Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment benefits, and other fraud proceeds targeting victims. (Bitcoin.com News)
Connecticut tax preparer Yuridia Trujillo has been accused of filing false cryptocurrency losses for clients who never held the relevant assets. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleges that her company, Yuri's LLC, submitted at least 4,335 tax returns between 2017 and 2024, which also allegedly included false claims regarding retirement contributions, dependent care, business and rental property information.The indictment alleges that Trujillo used Form 8888 to divert some clients' tax refunds into her own bank account and that of an accomplice. A federal grand jury indicted her on October 7, and law enforcement arrested her on October 9; she faces 19 counts related to false income tax returns and has been released on $50,000 bail pending trial. (Bitcoin.com News)
Chinese national Zheng Zhao has been extradited from the Netherlands to the United States and appeared before a court in the Central District of California on October 23. He is alleged to have participated in an investment fraud and money laundering scheme involving 174 U.S. victims and more than $36.9 million in illicit funds. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said the fraudulent operations were run by scam centers in Cambodia.Prosecutors allege that more than $36.9 million was transferred through accounts controlled by accomplices into an account at Bahamas-based Deltec Bank, then converted into the stablecoin USDT and sent to digital asset wallets in Cambodia. Eight other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty; Zheng Zhao faces a money laundering conspiracy charge and, if convicted, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily Report: Fidelity Digital Assets research analyst Zack Wainwright noted in an analysis published on October 20 that preferred stock financing oriented toward Bitcoin could attract capital from the approximately $15 trillion global fixed income market. Fidelity estimates that the size of this type of preferred stock is approximately $12 billion.As of October 5, preferred stock financing has supported the purchase of 135,979 BTC, of which more than 95,000 were purchased between March and May. Fidelity estimates that nearly 96% of Bitcoin's maximum supply has been issued, and the next halving is expected in less than two years.Bitcoin treasury company Strive Inc. completed a 15% Series A Perpetual SATS Preferred Stock offering on October 20, selling 7 million shares at $90 per share for total proceeds of $630 million; the dividend rate is calculated on a $100 par value and is 15% annualized.Bitcoin treasury company Strategy Inc. disclosed that it holds 848,517 BTC and purchased 267 BTC the previous week for $22.1 million, using proceeds from common stock issuance and cash. Fidelity noted that the performance of related instruments is affected by both Bitcoin and the issuing company. (Bitcoin.com News)
Hyperliquid trader address 0x30af closed a 1,355.6 BTC long position at an average price of approximately $80,945 on October 18, ending a position previously worth about $98 million with 40x leverage. On-chain data platform Lookonchain estimates the loss at $3.26 million.Subsequently, the address opened a Tesla long position worth $34.6 million on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market, using 20x isolated leverage with an entry price of $360.23 and a liquidation price of approximately $350.74. Tesla is set to report its third-quarter earnings on October 21.The address also holds a $7.6 million Roundhill Memory ETF long position and a $3.9 million Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Fund long position, with leverage of 20x and 10x respectively. Hyperdash data shows the address lost $9.53 million over the past week and $6.52 million over the past month. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Blockchain project Qubic has disclosed that between October 17 and 18, approximately 2.94 trillion QU worth $1.3 million was transferred out of 1,404 wallets. The unauthorized transfers occurred between 23:42 and 01:26 the following day, after which network validators paused transactions at tick 85,371,949.Qubic stated that the incident involved predictable wallet seeds generated by older Apple devices and browsers, and that the issue has been fixed in version 4.26.4. Developers also secured other at-risk funds before the attacker could move them.About 87.1% of the stolen QU remains within the paused Qubic network, while approximately 12.9% was transferred to cryptocurrency exchange MEXC and frozen. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has suspended QUBIC deposits and withdrawals. Whether victims will be compensated is to be decided by Qubic's Computor cluster, and QEARN staking remains unaffected. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said on the Convergence program on October 16 that OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are all unprofitable, and that AI model companies rely on debt financing, equity financing, and implicit support from the U.S. government.The Nasdaq 100 index fell 2.5%, and chip stocks declined for an eighth consecutive day, marking the longest losing streak since 2008. On October 17, Bitcoin's price was close to $81,400. A Bank of America analyst said the $1 trillion AI investment boom may follow a typical boom-and-bust cycle.Hayes believes that the bigger the AI bubble, the larger the subsequent bailout will be, and the higher Bitcoin's price will go. He also said Bitcoin can reflect wasted capital. He also criticized token issuance methods, saying that retail investors who bought at TGE and then suffered a 95% drop were the ones who got hurt. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News - Financial services company Charles Schwab has completed the rollout of direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for eligible retail clients. The company manages approximately $13.33 trillion in client assets and has 40.3 million active brokerage accounts.Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster stated that the company is gradually rolling out cryptocurrency deposit and withdrawal functionality, and plans to add trading for Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink by the end of 2026. Currently, transfers support the Bitcoin network and the Ethereum network, and withdrawal addresses must be pre-registered.Schwab Crypto charges a 0.75% trading fee, with a minimum transaction amount of $1 and a maximum of $2 million. Rick Wurster stated that cryptocurrency trading will become one of the new transaction-based revenue streams; the platform is currently not available in New York State, Louisiana, U.S. territories, or international markets. (Bitcoin.com News)
on-chain analyst Willy Woo shared AI-generated estimates on October 11, indicating a 1.3% probability that Bitcoin's digital signatures could be cracked within the next two years. The estimates addressed quantum computing as well as classical mathematical or AI-assisted cryptanalysis.Subsequently, researchers used approximately 4 AI models to assess the probability that Bitcoin's ECDSA and Schnorr signatures could be practically cracked within the next 2, 5, 10, and 20 years. ChatGPT-6 Astra gave a 20-year probability of approximately 76%, Claude approximately 66%, Grok 60%, and Deepseek 34%.All 4 models identified quantum computing as the primary long-term threat, estimating the related probability over the next two years at 0% to 2%. The models also noted that there is currently no practical classical cryptanalysis method for cracking secp256k1, and that improvements in AI capabilities alone have not produced any verified cryptanalytic breakthroughs. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News — A whale trader on Hyperliquid holds a short position of 391.48 BTC, valued at $32.36 million, with an average entry price of $82,863.10. The account has $7.19 million in equity, uses cross margin with 13x leverage, and has a liquidation price of $99,801.20.According to Hyperbot data, the account has executed a total of 4,726 trades, with perpetual contract profits of $952,200 over the past week and a maximum drawdown of 11.03%. As of the time of disclosure, the short position is profitable by approximately $75,500, with funding fees of $64,249.75.This position emerged on the one-year anniversary of the massive crypto market liquidation event on October 10, 2025. Hyperliquid's Bitcoin market open interest is approximately 38,040 BTC, with this account's position accounting for about 1% of it.Coinglass data shows that if Bitcoin rises to $85,000, approximately $3.3 billion in short positions would face liquidation. Polymarket data indicates that the probability of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 before December 31, 2026, is 27.5%. On October 9, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $21.13 million, with BlackRock's IBIT leading the way. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: An armed robbery occurred at a luxury residence near Pattaya, Thailand, where three armed individuals broke into a gated community and took control of a Chinese national holding Turkish citizenship, forcing him to open a safe and hand over cash and 3 luxury watches.The attackers also forced the victim at gunpoint to transfer $820,000 worth of cryptocurrency to one of their wallets, which was immediately sold afterward. After escaping, the victim reported the incident to the police, who have not yet confirmed the nationalities of the three suspects.Police Region 2 has launched an investigation and identified the getaway vehicle through surveillance footage; the vehicle was later abandoned in a remote area. Police are tracking the sold digital assets to identify the relevant accounts and recover the funds. Chainalysis estimates that over $30 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen in such violent robberies in the first half of 2026. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Polymarket has filed a lawsuit in a Dutch court seeking to overturn a ban imposed by the Dutch gambling regulator on its prediction market. The company argues that its event contracts are derivatives and should be regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), rather than the Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA).On January 20, the KSA ordered Polymarket to cease providing services to Dutch users within four weeks or face weekly fines of €420,000, up to a maximum of €840,000. The KSA stated that inspectors had registered an account through a Dutch IP address, topped up €10 using a Dutch bank account, and purchased $1 worth of "Yes" shares in the "Next Dutch Prime Minister" market.Polymarket said it implemented IP blocking on February 18, but the KSA determined that the measure came one day after the deadline and decided to impose a €420,000 fine. On June 23, the KSA dismissed Polymarket's objection, noting that Dutch law prohibits betting on non-sporting events and that licensed operators are also not permitted to accept cryptocurrency payments. (Bitcoin.com News)
A crypto asset vault on Base had approximately 1,783 wstETH transferred out on October 4, resulting in losses exceeding $6 million. On-chain records show that the vault is controlled by a 3-of-7 Safe, and the identities of the seven signers have not yet been made public.Security firms stated that the attacker borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and swapped it for wstETH through Aave. Neither the Base chain itself nor Aave's core contracts have been identified as being exploited, and the specific authorization vulnerability remains unconfirmed. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: According to on-chain tracking platform Lookonchain, a wallet tagged as an Andrew Tate-linked address transferred 20,950 HYPE, worth approximately $1.87 million, to Binance on October 2.The wallet purchased 122,826.9 HYPE at an average price of $4.48 on November 29, 2024, investing approximately $550,000; it sold 41,430 HYPE within two days, with most of the remainder used for staking.Lookonchain estimates that this address's HYPE holdings have generated a cumulative profit of $7.24 million, representing a return rate of 1317%. The address still holds 42,417 HYPE, valued at approximately $3.7 million at the time based on the then-current price. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: In September, long-dormant Bitcoin addresses transferred out 5,419.45 BTC, worth approximately $457 million, involving 94 transactions. The transfer volume was lower than August's 6,427.59 BTC but higher than July's; among them, wallets created in 2016 transferred out 1,556.53 BTC across 13 transactions.Wallets created in 2013 transferred out approximately 888.91 BTC across 26 transactions. Another roughly 57 transfers involved Bitcoin that had been dormant for 12 to 16 years; September 6 saw the highest transfer volume, reaching 1,620.39 BTC. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit on September 28, seeking the forfeiture of 110,300 USDT seized from a Binance account. The case involves phishing text messages impersonating Coinbase, which led to the theft of 33.7 bitcoins, worth approximately $900,000 at the time, from a beneficiary and their family trust held in the same Coinbase account.Investigators said that between June 5 and June 15, 2023, 11.2 of the stolen bitcoins were traced to the Binance account and were quickly converted into Monero. When the FBI requested the account be frozen, it held approximately 758.55 Monero; Binance transferred 110,300 USDT to a government-controlled wallet on August 3, 2026. (Bitcoin.com News)