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Zcash marks 10 years as Lisk shuts down its blockchain
Zcash is marking its 10th anniversary, having launched on October 28, 2016. Grayscale research cited by ZyCrypto says 20 percent of newly issued ZEC goes to a Dev Fund for protocol work. Lisk has officially shut down its blockchain after 10 years. Its Portal and Bridge services have ended, and LSK…
Tria founder says XRP could overtake Ethereum on payments growth
Tria founder John Lilic said XRP could overtake Ethereum in market value as payments move to the XRP Ledger. He pointed to RLUSD stablecoin, card offerings and neobanking services. He estimated capturing 10% of Visa's weekly volume would bring about $35 billion in weekly payments. He also projected…
Ethereum whales accumulate ETH as price holds near $2,288
Large ETH holders have been buying heavily, according to on-chain data cited in both reports. One wallet, 0x9EcA, spent almost $38 million on 16,658 ETH at an average price of $2,279. A purchase of 27,553 ETH for nearly $63 million was also reported. ETH traded near $2,288 after falling more than…
Solana marks 1,000 days without a network-wide outage
Solana has completed 1,000 consecutive days without a network-wide halt, reaching the milestone on November 2, 2026. The blockchain last stopped producing blocks on February 6, 2024, following a software failure. Its status page recorded 100% uptime over the previous 90 days for the main validator…
Nvidia and Nike among 50 firms opposing OKX-ICE tokenized stock plan
Fifty companies have objected to the OKX-ICE plan to tokenize their shares, according to an updated public notice dated October 30. Nvidia, Nike, Costco, Micron, Reddit and CrowdStrike are among the latest additions. The venture is a joint effort by crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental…
ZachXBT flags suspected $106 million theft from EU entity exchange accounts
An unidentified EU entity may have lost more than $106 million from accounts at several centralized exchanges on November 1. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT raised the alert on November 2. He said the suspected attacker withdrew USDC and USDT, swapped USDC for ETH, routed funds through instant…
Mercado Bitcoin confirms security incident and suspends deposits and withdrawals
Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest crypto exchange, confirmed a security incident and temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals. The exchange said there were no customer losses and no data breach. Blockchain security firm Hypernative flagged more than $40 million in suspicious transfers across…
Strategy buys 811 bitcoin for $65.5 million, lifting total holdings
Strategy acquired 811 bitcoin for approximately $65.5 million, funded through its at-the-market offering program, which raised $164 million in net proceeds from common stock sales. The company also repurchased $208.2 million in STRC preferred stock. CoinGape reported the purchase occurred between…
Bitbase launches 2.0 brand upgrade with new logo and mascot
Bitbase announced the launch of Bitbase 2.0, a brand-led upgrade under the statement "MARKET FLOWS. WE FOCUS." The exchange's new logo and visual identity are live across its app, website and official social channels. BENIE, a new mascot, was introduced alongside the branding. The second stage will…
Claude AI outlines speculative 2027 scenarios for BNB and SUI
Anthropic's Claude AI has outlined speculative scenarios for BNB and SUI, both dated January 1, 2027. The BNB case follows the October 29 Binance hack, estimated at $6.3Bn, which Binance said may have stemmed from a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop. BNB has traded between $700 and $750, with…
Strategy adds 811 Bitcoin using MSTR sale proceeds and repurchases STRC
Strategy bought 811 BTC for $65.5 million at an average of $80,846 per coin. The purchase was funded by selling 1,178,552 MSTR shares for $164.0 million, with $98.5 million kept as cash. In the same week the firm repurchased about $208 million of STRC preferred shares, reducing its cash reserve to…
Strategy resumes bitcoin buying with 811 BTC purchase after one-week pause
Strategy bought 811 BTC for $65.5 million, resuming purchases after a one-week pause. The average price was $80,846 per coin. The company sold MSTR shares for $164 million in net proceeds. Strategy now holds 849,327 BTC, acquired for $64.08 billion at an average of about $75,451 per coin. It also…
Bitcoin holds up after $6.3 billion Binance hack as ETF outflows hit
Binance suffered a $6.3 billion security breach, which Glassnode called the largest crypto hack on record. Bitcoin traded near $77,400 on Saturday, about 4% below its price shortly before the attack began Thursday. It recovered above $78,000 by Monday. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $643.2 million…
Hong Kong expands Project Ensemble to 24/7 tokenized settlement
Hong Kong has expanded its Project Ensemble pilot to support round-the-clock settlement of tokenized transactions. The HKMA said participating banks can settle tokenized deposits using tokenized central bank money outside conventional banking hours. The regulator also plans to bring regulated…
Ripple CEO forecasts XRP as institutional payments standard within five years
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said XRP could continue to break out as the institutional gold standard for crypto rails over the next five years. He spoke at Ripple Swell, where he outlined Ripple's expansion into custody, corporate treasury and institutional trading. Garlinghouse said XRP remains…
Bank of Korea surveys 31 financial firms on crypto risks
South Korea's central bank has reportedly begun surveying 18 banks and 13 brokerages on crypto-related risks, its first reported review of financial institutions' participation in the virtual asset market. The survey, which started Oct. 23, asks about crypto staffing, budgets, business activities…
BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet thefts on outdated software
BTCPay Server urged operators to shut down servers on Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets. The project later said the attack vector targeted instances running version 2.4.1 or earlier, released July 23, 2026. It said it had no credible reports of drains…
Binance warns users of fake $150 reward campaigns as withdrawals resume
Binance warned users on November 1 about fake reward campaigns and phishing links. Co-founder Yi He said no cash voucher promotion is running and that a planned community rewards campaign needs regulatory approval before launch. Eowyn Chen denied compensation for the withdrawal suspension. Fake…
Binance resumes phased withdrawals after $6.3 billion hack, says 95% covered
Binance resumed withdrawals on 1 November, three days after a hack drained about $6.3 billion from its hot wallets. The exchange said it has covered about 95% of stolen funds from its own reserves, including $581 million (7,499 BTC) from its Secure Asset Fund for Users and about $425 million from…
Anchorpoint and Solana Foundation partner to bring HKDAP stablecoin to Solana
Anchorpoint and the Solana Foundation have entered a strategic collaboration to bring the Hong Kong dollar-pegged HKDAP stablecoin to Solana. The arrangement covers native minting and redemption of HKDAP on Solana and near-instant settlement. Anchorpoint is licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary…
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