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Binance Hack Shows Why Offshore Exchanges Need US Oversight, CFTC Chair Says
2026-10-31
Michael Selig said the record $6.4 billion theft shows why offshore exchanges should register with the CFTC and adopt U. S. -grade cybersecurity standards.
Intel Stock Suffers Worst Crash in 50 Years as Weak Forecast Overshadows AI Chip Demand
2026-10-31
Intel beat third-quarter earnings expectations, but warned of a prolonged PC slump, sending shares to their worst daily decline in 50 years.
Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
2026-10-31
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the record $6.4 billion theft is a Binance security failure, not a crypto-wide threat, pointing cl…
Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth
2026-10-31
Reddit shares are down 44% this week after CEO Steve Huffman warned that Google's AI-powered search features are cutting referrals, while weaker user growth and…
Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
2026-10-31
Binance lost about $6.4 billion, the largest crypto hack on record, yet Bitcoin fell about 3%, against nearly 11% in 2018 when the exchange was last attacked.
$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison Terms
2026-10-31
Raymond and Isiah Garcia held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than nine hours, forcing the father to transfer over $8 million in crypto, in one of the c…
Secret Service, FBI Join Binance Hack Probe as Circle Freezes $823 Million
2026-10-31
Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion to cover losses from the breach and the FBI and Secret Service are now working with the exchange as investigators tr…
Binance Sets Aside $6.34B to Cover Hack Losses, CEO Says 'Your Assets Are Safe'
2026-10-31
Richard Teng said the attacker used a self-destruct mechanism and an EIP-7702 delegation that bypassed Binance's normal approval controls.
Elon Musk, CZ Trade Blows Over SpaceX Shares After $6.4B Binance Hack
2026-10-31
After Musk appeared to mock Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, CZ reminded him that the exchange’s $500 million bet on his Twitter takeover is now worth over $1 billi…
What is EIP-7702? The Ethereum Upgrade Behind the $6.4B Binance Hack
2026-10-30
EIP-7702 lets ordinary Ethereum wallets run smart contract code, enabling batched and sponsored transactions. Here's how it works.