As crypto asset market participants and users jump from one hack story to another, the Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain that suffered a hack in September, has finally restored its bitcoin (BTC) reserves. Its LBTC token is now fully backed by bitcoin again. “250 BTC added, closing out the remaining shortfall,” Samson Mow, Blockstream’s former […]
OKX’s latest reserve report shows customer bitcoin holdings jumped 9.66% to 156,609 BTC in a month that ended with Binance losing $6.3 billion to hackers. OKX’s 49th Reserve Report Lands as Binance Bleeds Crypto exchange OKX has published its 49th consecutive proof-of-reserves report, a cryptographic audit that lets users check whether an exchange holds their […]
Wyoming voters pick a successor to Sen. Cynthia Lummis today, and Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman is favored to inherit the seat of Washington’s loudest bitcoin advocate. Trump’s Election-Eve Push for Hageman On the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Hageman again, stating unequivocally: “[She has] my Complete and […]
Groupe Amaury, the owner of France Football and organizer of the Ballon d’Or, says a complaint is underway over Polymarket bets that called this year’s top five in exact order before the Oct. 26 ceremony. French outlet Upside, which first flagged the bets, published blockchain tracing on Oct. 29 that ties one of the accounts […]
Thailand’s cyber police say three crypto exchanges have handed over money-trail data linked to Shuffle.com, the Curaçao-registered crypto casino, and that an operation in the case will certainly follow. The update came days after lawmakers pressed police over why the case had not moved faster. An Interdepartmental Controversy Police Major General Siriwat Deepho, a […]
A Polymarket account bought the Arizona Cardinals at 1.4 cents on Sunday, with Arizona trailing the Dallas Cowboys by 10 points and under four minutes left. The Cardinals won 33–30 in overtime, and the account finished about $118,500 ahead on the moneyline after hedging its bet along the way. A 1.4-Cent Bet With 3:54 Left […]
Binance warned that impersonators could exploit its withdrawal restart with fake compensation offers and fees for faster processing. The exchange also completed a cryptographic reserve proof, enabling customers to check backing for 10 tokens while recovery continued. Fake Compensation Offers Accompany Withdrawal Restart Binance addressed potential fraud during its withdrawal restart following the $6.3 billion […]
Tether said it froze more than $1.5 billion in stolen USDT within 30 minutes of the Binance hack, blocking access to those funds. The announcement followed the FBI’s attribution of the attack to North Korea. Tether Describes $1.5 Billion Binance Hack Freeze Tether said on Nov. 2 that it had frozen more than $1.5 billion […]
XRP recorded one of its strongest days for new wallet creation this year after the Binance hack, according to Santiment. The increase contrasted with subdued prices, as the analytics firm suggested a possible shift toward self-custody. XRP Wallet Growth Accelerates Despite Price Pressure Santiment reported on Nov. 2 that 7,934 new XRP wallets were created […]
Funds stolen from Binance passed through approximately 12,000 wallets in under four days, Elliptic found. The operation spanned 11 blockchains, while the firm assessed that only a negligible amount had likely been cashed out. Thousands of Wallets Expand the Laundering Trail Crypto assets stolen from Binance moved through approximately 12,000 wallets across 11 blockchains in […]
