Crypto

Bitcoin holders receive eCash tokens after October fork

Summary: Paul Sztorc launched the eCash network on Oct. 29, distributing ECX to Bitcoin holders at block 973,728. NeoxEX lists the token while CoinW plans future support.

Gnosis Pay breach leaks card data, wallet addresses

Summary: Gnosis Pay disclosed a security breach exposing payment card details, personal data and crypto wallet addresses, though it stated customer funds remain unaffected.

Bitcoin Magazine Books Launches Limited Genesis Book Edition

Summary: Bitcoin Magazine Books opened a third-anniversary campaign for Aaron van Wirdum's The Genesis Book, offering 333 hand-signed hardcovers priced from $221 to $5,000.

Binance Hackers Swap $50 Million Stolen XRP for Bitcoin

Summary: Elliptic says hackers converted about 42 million XRP into bitcoin via THORChain. Roughly $3.11 billion in stolen assets remains unmoved across linked addresses.

Zcash Activates NU7 Upgrade With Fee Recycling Plan

Summary: Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade, introducing a mechanism to recycle 60% of transaction fees into future block rewards while cutting target block times to 25 seconds.

Zcash NU7 upgrade strands 12,224 ZEC in legacy Sprout pool

Summary: Zcash’s NU7 upgrade activated Friday, rendering about 12,224 ZEC in the legacy Sprout pool unspendable while cutting block times to 25 seconds and introducing a new fee mechanism.

Mercado Bitcoin to Resume Access, Cover Hack Losses

Summary: Mercado Bitcoin will restore customer account access Monday and use company funds to cover losses from a hack that stole over $46 million in assets.

US Voters Back AI Data Center Bans in 29 Jurisdictions

Summary: Voters in at least 29 US jurisdictions approved bans or restrictions on AI data centers, with strong support in Ohio and Illinois amid rising political opposition.

GitBook Breach via AI Agents Forces Crypto Docs Migration

Summary: GitBook disclosed an AI-agent-assisted breach exposing API tokens and secrets, prompting PancakeSwap to migrate its documentation off the platform.

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin Pledges to Cover Hack Losses

Summary: Mercado Bitcoin promises to absorb losses from a Nov 2 breach, with estimates ranging from $38M to $49M, while suspending withdrawals indefinitely.

Aztec Launches Tierra Upgrade Fixing Critical Bug

Summary: Aztec's Tierra upgrade fixes a critical V5 bug, cuts Ethereum message latency to 12 seconds, and doubles transaction proof speeds.

ARK buys $17M in Coinbase, Circle shares while trimming Bullish

Binance’s net inflows turn positive at $2.3B as withdrawals expand

NEAR token sinks 7% as proposal to cut annual token issuance passes

Bitcoin ETFs Post $515M Net Outflow in October After $643M Friday Exit

Summary: US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $643M in Friday outflows, ending October with $515M net losses amid Binance's $6.3B hack, while Ether ETFs recorded a historic $1.61B monthly exit.

Binance Records $5.8B Net Outflows After Resuming Withdrawals Following Record Hack

Summary: Binance saw $5.8B in net outflows after resuming withdrawals post-hack, though the exchange states flows are stabilizing and represent a small portion of its $171B total assets.

Binance Hit by Record $6.3 Billion Hack; $3.3 Billion Missing Despite Freezes

Summary: Binance faces its largest-ever hack, with $6.3 billion in assets moved on-chain. Stablecoin operators froze about $3 billion, but $3.3 billion remains missing. TRM Labs links the multi-chain attack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group, raising serious questions about exchange custody security and solvency.

Log Scale CEO Flaum Sees Massive Upside for Strategy Stock in Next Bitcoin Bull Run

Summary: Log Scale CEO Mike Flaum predicts Strategy’s stock will surge massively in the next Bitcoin bull run. He details how issuing Stretch preferreds at $100 restarts BTC buying and compares Bitcoin-backed yields to Treasuries for retirees.

Strategy Executives Detail STRC Par Return and Bitcoin Financialization Challenges in Q3 Call

Summary: Strategy executives Michael Saylor and Phong Le answered analyst queries on Q3 2026 earnings, detailing the return of Stretch (STRC) to par and discussing Bitcoin financialization. They addressed challenges with Euro-listed preferreds and the lack of a U.S. token standard.

Chrome Uses Gemini to Pull Order Numbers and Flight Details From Gmail

Summary: Google launched Chrome's enhanced autofill on Oct. 28, using Gemini to pull order numbers and flight details from Gmail. Available to U.S. users with Personal Intelligence enabled, the feature encrypts data but raises privacy questions amid recent policy changes.