🚨 UPDATE: More than $4 billion in assets have reportedly been withdrawn from Binance since withdrawals resumed following the $6.3 billion hack.

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⚡️ Binance reopened withdrawals after the $6.3B hack. Where did the money go?

Binance: -$4.5B in 24h

Next 10 exchanges combined: ~+$368M (OKX took most of it)

₿ Coinbase +984 $BTC, Kraken +1,422 $BTC

Nearly 9 in 10 dollars leaving Binance didn’t land on a rival exchange.

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🚨 JUST IN: BTCPay Server urges users to shut down their instances after reports that attackers swept hot wallets on its servers.

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🚨 ICYMI: Binance got hacked for $6.3B last week, the largest theft in crypto history.

Here’s how it unfolded:

> suspicious wallet transfers flagged on Oct. 29
> Tether and Circle freeze over $2.36B
> Binance pauses withdrawals, pledges to cover all losses
> Aave freezes markets after attacker borrows $44.6M
> total frozen assets reach $3B
> Binance confirms $6.3B stolen
> initial findings point to a compromised engineer’s laptop
> investigators link attack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor
> Binance uncovers additional breach points
> reserves $6.34B to cover losses, including $5B in matching tokens
> Blockaid warns EIP-7702 may have helped bypass safeguards
> FBI and Secret Service join recovery efforts
> Aave reopens markets, confirms contracts unaffected
> US politicians clash over regulation
> Binance reports 90% replenished by Oct. 31
> replenishment reaches 95% on Nov. 1
> withdrawals begin reopening across 15 networks Sunday
> Binance reports $3.64B net withdrawals in Sunday’s first 9.5 hours
> on Nov. 2, Binance reports withdrawal volumes stabilizing

Read here for full Binance hack coverage: https://ct.com/search?q=binance

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🚨 NEW: Trade.xyz restored its GitBook documentation following unauthorized activity but warned users to avoid clicking links while the investigation continues.

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⚡️ KEY EVENTS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK (ET)

Tuesday, November 3
🇺🇸 US midterm elections (polls open from ~6:00 AM; first polls close 6:00 PM)
🇺🇸 JOLTS job openings (September) – 10:00 AM
Wednesday, November 4
🇺🇸 ADP employment report (October) – 8:15 AM
🇺🇸 S&P Global Services and Composite PMI (October) – 9:45 AM
🇺🇸 ISM Services PMI (October) – 10:00 AM
Thursday, November 5
🇺🇸 Initial jobless claims – 8:30 AM
Friday, November 6
🇺🇸 Nonfarm payrolls (October) – 8:30 AM
🇺🇸 Unemployment rate (October) – 8:30 AM

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