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THE LARGEST HEIST IN INTERNET HISTORY TOOK EXACTLY 31 MINUTES. Attackers bypassed Binance's private keys entirely. Instead, a compromised DevOps laptop let them sign their own $6.15 billion payout. @harsh_notariya breaks down the on-chain evidence.

18 years ago on Halloween, Satoshi dropped a 9-page PDF. No face, No name anyone could verify. Just an idea that revolutionised the way we thought of money. Happy birthday to the Bitcoin whitepaper. 🎉

IS BITCOIN'S CORPORATE APPEAL WEARING OFF? Nasdaq-listed Next Technology Holding $NXTT may sell or borrow against all of its ~$450M in Bitcoin. Its board authorized management to sell or pledge all of its roughly 5,833 $BTC. The company pointed to the Binance hack and the risk from quantum computing. This is the second treasury company today stepping back from Bitcoin after the Binance hack, after Tokyo's Iole.

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ZKLINK EXPLOITED FOR $783K VIA TRANSIENT STORAGE FLAW The attacker manipulated stale data in transient storage to forge batch roots, executing 12 unauthorized withdrawals of 1 $ETH and 11 ERC-20 transfers. Security firm @SlowMist_Team warned that cross-chain relayer projects must reset transient storage and independently verify batch roots rather than relying on caller identities. The @zkLink_Official team offered a 20% white hat bounty for the return of the stolen assets.

🇺🇸 What happens if Donald Trump LOSES the 2026 US midterm elections? Could Republicans lose control of the House AND Senate? What happens if Trump wins? We break down the polls, election predictions, and what the results mean for Trump's presidency. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/Hbb5FoIun8o

Cronos finished its first monthly buyback and burn, funded by fees from its Ult trading app and Cronos Launch. It bought and burned about 1.79M crypto-com-chain:native, worth roughly $92K.

Suspected North Korea-linked hacks account for nearly 89% of reported cryptocurrency hack losses in 2026 year-to-date, according to @chainalysis. The average loss per suspected DPRK-linked attack rose to $185.65 million this year, up 3.7x from $50.65 million recorded in 2021. Between 2021 and October 29, 2026, suspected North Korean groups accounted for $13.24 billion out of $22.34 billion in total industry losses, representing a 59% cumulative share.

BREAKING: TRUMP SAYS HE IS LOOKING AT BINANCE HACK "We're looking at that... They say they have it pretty much under control. We'll see."

GOOGLE EXECUTES FIRST AI TPU TEST IN SPACE Sundar Pichai confirmed Google booted an orbital TPU and received its first AI response. The prototype launched October 1 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in partnership with Planet Labs. The milestone paves the way for Google's planned 2027 constellation of solar-powered compute satellites.

CFTC CHAIR PROPOSES DIRECT REGISTRATION FOR CRYPTO EXCHANGES @ChairmanSelig confirmed the agency wants to offer exchanges a federal registration option, per CNBC. The pathway covers leveraged or margined retail trading while Congress works on broader rules. The framework is designed to provide regulatory certainty and stronger customer protections following the Binance hack.