Binance hack may involve private key ‘misuse,’ not theft: Blockaid CEO
The gist: Blockaid’s Ido Ben-Natan suspects attackers manipulated Binance’s transaction-signing infrastructure, drawing parallels with the Bybit hack.
The gist: Blockaid’s Ido Ben-Natan suspects attackers manipulated Binance’s transaction-signing infrastructure, drawing parallels with the Bybit hack.
The gist: The move follows the addition of Tron support and Polygon’s acquisition of Coinme.
The gist: CFTC chair Mike Selig says autonomous AI agents could challenge financial rules built around human traders, and regulators need to adapt.
The gist: Police say at least two cases were reported as early as Sept. 10, nearly a month before the wider incident became public.
The gist: Traders are pricing in a 78% chance of a December rate hike, while analysts say Treasury yields, the US dollar and upcoming inflation data could determine Bitcoin’s next move.
The gist: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says tokenized equities need more than a temporary SEC exemption to flourish in the US.
The gist: The breach impacted its in-house mobile system, used by employees for work and information sharing.
The gist: Discord conversations on large public servers will soon reach audiences far beyond their communities, raising privacy concerns.
The gist: The stablecoin payments company previously disputed reports that its US listing had been delayed.
The gist: Keystone initially disclosed a leak of customer information but has since disclosed that hackers also stole a key that could allow counterfeit wallets to pass authenticity checks.
The gist: The approval clears the way for Ripple to manage reserves backing its RLUSD stablecoin and provide digital asset custody.
The gist: The warning comes as Gartner forecasts that more than 80% of specialist cloud providers will cease operating independently by 2030.
The gist: The Nasdaq-listed firm said it plans to establish Solana validator operations in Hong Kong.
The gist: A security researcher warned that the leaked shipping details could expose crypto holders to targeted scams and physical attacks.
The gist: The Standard Chartered and Animoca Brands joint venture previously targeted retail access as early as the end of 2026, but its CEO declined to reaffirm that timeline.
The gist: Bitcoin Core says keeping certain vulnerabilities secret no longer offers much protection in the wake of AI-assisted bug hunting.
The gist: BIT Asset Management’s Bitcoin Fund ETF is expected to begin trading on SIX Swiss Exchange in November, with its public offering restricted to Switzerland.
The gist: Hegseth warned that prediction market wagers could expose military operations to adversaries.
The gist: “Plenty will be ponzis. Plenty will get exploited. Plenty will insta die. There will be ridiculous gains, and people will get absolutely f***ing rinsed,” says Illuvium co-founder Kieran Warwick.
The gist: Government websites and online services were disrupted after concerns about a PHP bug that could allow attackers to take control of vulnerable servers.
The gist: A private key generation flaw allowed anyone to guess them and forge HTTPS certificates for any website.
The gist: A merger would bring Tesla into the same corporate group as Grok developer SpaceXAI and social media platform X.
The gist: The network’s validators approved a recovery plan and opened claims until May 1, 2027.
The gist: The proposed acquisition would give Bitget a route into Thailand’s crypto market through a locally licensed operator.
The gist: In June, Sophon’s developers said the costs of maintaining a standalone blockchain no longer justified its benefits and announced plans to focus on consumer finance and AI applications on Base.
The gist: The restrictions extend earlier bans within US defense and security agencies, amid concerns that DeepSeek could expose federal information to China.
The gist: “A return to last year’s indiscriminate capital raising looks unlikely,” said Bitfinex head of derivatives Jag Kooner.
The gist: Finance officials are reportedly set to meet major crypto exchanges on Tuesday, days after a lawmaker introduced legislation that could push the tax’s start date back two years.
The gist: Qubic says 87.1% of the stolen funds remain onchain and the rest were frozen at crypto exchange MEXC, as network validators prepare to vote on a recovery plan.
The gist: Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan wants to turn Farcaster into a haven for well-mannered techno-optimists. He had to do a bit of housekeeping first.