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DecryptWorried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street FirmsAnalysts 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 clients toward proxies like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptReddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User GrowthReddit 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 disappointing fourth-quarter guidance added to investor concerns.Oct 30, 2026
CointelegraphTether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5BThe stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptBinance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018Binance 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.Oct 30, 2026
Decrypt$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison TermsRaymond 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 clearest “wrench attack” prosecutions yet.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptSecret Service, FBI Join Binance Hack Probe as Circle Freezes $823 MillionBinance 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 trace the stolen funds.Oct 30, 2026
CointelegraphCoinbase leads crypto stock selloff following $6.3B Binance hackCircle, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks fell sharply Friday, a day after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion security breach.Oct 30, 2026
CointelegraphCrypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problemBitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF.Oct 30, 2026
CointelegraphRecap: How Binance’s record $6.3B hack unfoldedA recap of Cointelegraph’s live coverage of the Binance hack, including early breach reports and the exchange’s full reimbursement pledge.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptBinance Sets Aside $6.34B to Cover Hack Losses, CEO Says 'Your Assets Are Safe'Richard Teng said the attacker used a self-destruct mechanism and an EIP-7702 delegation that bypassed Binance's normal approval controls.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptElon Musk, CZ Trade Blows Over SpaceX Shares After $6.4B Binance HackAfter 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 billion in SpaceX shares.Oct 30, 2026
DecryptWhat is EIP-7702? The Ethereum Upgrade Behind the $6.4B Binance HackEIP-7702 lets ordinary Ethereum wallets run smart contract code, enabling batched and sponsored transactions. Here's how it works.Oct 30, 2026