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  • Hyeperliquid’s Top Two Traders Are Betting $1B on Crypto Falling02 Nov 2026 09:30Hyperliquid whales shorting popular coins.The two most profitable traders on Hyperliquid this month hold more than $1 billion in combined short positions. The larger account is short 22 assets at once and is still adding. Short Everything Seems to Be the New Mantra Crypto trackers flagged a position showing the largest whale on Hyperliquid shorting more than $610 million […]
  • Binance Has Shed $16B Since The Hack as Its Proof Lands Tuesday02 Nov 2026 08:30BinanceBinance’s tracked assets have fallen by about $16.6 billion since the Oct. 29 hack. Its full zero-knowledge reserve proof, first promised for Monday, is now due Tuesday, Nov. 3. A $15.7 Billion Drawdown Data from analytics platform Defillama shows the value of Binance’s tracked exchange assets fell from about $144.9 billion on Oct. 29 to […]
  • Binance Hacker Moves All $293M in Stolen XRP as $242M Slips out Through Tron02 Nov 2026 07:30Binance hack XRPThe Binance hacker has moved all 233.46 million stolen XRP, worth about $293 million, into six new wallets. The coins had sat untouched for roughly 80 hours. The Stolen XRP Wakes up The attacker’s holding address on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) started sending test payments of 1,000 XRP to six new wallets at 03:47 UTC […]
  • A Collector Paid $10 for an Old Eisenhower Dollar. It Just Sold for $189,00002 Nov 2026 06:30GreatCollections sold a 1971-S Eisenhower dollar prototype for $189,000 on October 18, 2026, after it was originally picked up for less than $10 at the Long Beach Coin Expo in 2008. The Judd-2147 piece is one of just three known examples, featuring an earlier reverse with extra lunar craters that was changed before the Ike […]
  • He Paid 75 Cents for a Record at a Street Sale. It Was a One-of-a-Kind Velvet Underground Acetate02 Nov 2026 04:30In September 2002, record collector Warren Hill picked up an unmarked acetate at a Chelsea, New York, sidewalk sale for 75 cents. The disc turned out to be a one-off 1966 Scepter Studios recording session tied to The Velvet Underground and frontman Lou Reed, and it later sold on eBay in December 2006 for $25,200. […]
  • This Week in Crypto Law (November 1, 2026)02 Nov 2026 03:30Law and Ledger SeriesLaw and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This week brought significant developments concerning prediction markets, offshore exchanges, digital-asset taxation and international crypto fraud. The […]
  • Bitcoin Payment Processor Btcpay Hit by Hot Wallet Theft Reports02 Nov 2026 03:00Btcpay X post.Btcpay Server issued an emergency shutdown warning Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets connected to self-hosted payment servers. Founder Nicolas Dorier linked the reported compromises to versions predating 2.4.2, while indicating that public servers running version 2.4.7 had not been attacked. The warning arrived just three days after […]
  • Bond Markets Surge as Investors Reassess US AI Tech Sector Growth02 Nov 2026 02:30Dollar banknote with negative candle chartsInvestors have turned to bonds as analysts have warned about stagnation in the AI and tech sector in U.S. markets, with companies like Intel, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon all dropping significantly last week, even when the wider economy reported hotter-than-expected Q3 growth numbers. Bonds Surge As A Hedge Against US AI Sector Stagnation While the […]
  • Blackrock, JPMorgan and Visa Bolster Grayscale’s Crypto Growth Case02 Nov 2026 01:30grayscaleGrayscale points to tokenized funds and stablecoin payments as evidence that crypto is becoming embedded in mainstream finance. Its research chief argues that institutional adoption should help sustain the industry’s progress regardless of the U.S. midterm election outcome. Blackrock and JPMorgan Expand Tokenized Fund Access Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Visa are embedding digital assets in mainstream […]
  • Ripple CEO Sees XRP as Institutional Gold Standard Within 5 Years02 Nov 2026 00:30Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse XRPRipple CEO Brad Garlinghouse sees XRP continuing to emerge as the institutional gold standard for crypto rails over the next five years. David Schwartz envisions mass retail adoption, with blockchain supporting how people manage money, receive payments, invest, lend, and borrow. Garlinghouse and Schwartz Outline XRP’s 5-Year Future Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and board member […]