South Korea's president says country needs a ‘cybersecurity czar’ following $6.3 billion Binance hack
Lee Jae Myung said he wants a governmentwide agency to tackle cyberattacks as AI raises security concerns across financial institutions and critical…
Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX–ICE tokenized stock objections as deadline looms
Objections have reached 56 companies, with nearly 80% of the venture’s initial stock selection opting out. Source:CoinDesk
Stablecoin governance group behind OUSD sets out management fee, offers equity earning pool
Governance group Open Standard will charge a 0.1 basis point management fee on payment volume, capped at at $0.01 per payment. Source:CoinDesk
CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto trading model to Wall Street
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the move gives U.S. traders a regulated alternative to “offshore, and often unregulated, venues.” Source:CoinDesk
Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, exchange says
North Korealinked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hotwallet signing infrastructure through…
South Korea asks its biggest banks how a major crypto hack would hit them
In its first such survey, the BOK also asked about a crypto price crash, losses at another firm, and each firm’s crypto teams, budgets and investments.…
CZ warns of more AI-driven hacks following Binance’s historic $6.4 billion heist
While investigators found no evidence that AI agents laundered the stolen Binance funds, Zhao stressed that automated tools are lowering the barrier for…
LO:TECH raises $12 million to expand crypto trading into U.S. and Asia
LO:TECH is betting on roundtheclock tokenized stock trading but didn’t say if it trades them now; a WFE study found stock exchanges still set prices.…
Binance net outflows reach $5.3 billion after record hack. CEO says recovery underway
Nearly $11 billion left the exchange over 46 hours, although CEO Richard Teng said hourly deposits were beginning to exceed withdrawals. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin is breaking a midterm election pattern going back to 2014
Your dayahead look for Nov. 3, 2026 Source:CoinDesk
ETHGas wants to bring Wall Street to public Ethereum by selling advance block reservations
But there’s a catch: validators that fail to deliver on their commitments currently face no financial compensation requirement under the service.…
Bitcoin steadies after dip to $76,300 as ETF outflows and midterm elections weigh on crypto
Bitcoin edged up 0.2% to around $76,900 since midnight UTC as spot ETFs lost $399 million for a second day and Binance customers pulled a net $4.72 billion.…