The rollout of rapid-fire crypto contracts comes as the CFTC investigates Polymarket’s compliance with its 2022 U.S. onboarding settlement terms.

Crypto exchange HTX agreed to exit the U.K. and halt domestic sign-ups after settling High Court proceedings with the Financial Conduct Authority.

Bitcoin price fell below $79,000 as reports of a suspected Binance hack, with outflows of up to $5.8 billion, prompted Tether and Circle to freeze roughly $1.8 to $2.4 billion in stablecoins.

Strategy reported record $20.91 billion in Q3 2026 operating income, driven by Bitcoin’s rebound, despite declining revenue, negative year-to-date BTC yield, and continued pressure to fund preferred dividends.

Binance’s own reserve data lists the drained wallets as backing customer balances, leaving its ether backing an estimated 6% short until the exchange replaces what was stolen.

Binance says the attacker reportedly gained access through a compromised employee laptop, and about $3 billion has been frozen onchain.

Security researchers suggested that the hermit kingdom's Lazarus Group was behind Thursday's nearly $6 billion hack of the world's largest crypto exchange.

The withdrawals suggest the fallout from the multibillion-dollar breach is spreading beyond Binance.

The hacker dumped FUN and other smaller tokens into markets too small to absorb large selling, leading to price crashes.

The $6.3 billion Binance hack added to crypto jitters, while weak earnings outlooks and mounting concerns over AI spending pushed the Nasdaq down more than 2%.

Andrew Kang’s departure comes as Strategy reports $21 billion in quarterly operating income and bitcoin holdings of 848,517 BTC.

Bitcoin traded near $77,350 after falling to $76,400 on a $6.3 billion Binance hack, with crypto futures liquidations jumping to $1.57 billion.

On Ethereum, the attacker used a 2025 upgrade built to make ordinary wallets smarter, armed with 50 signatures from Binance's own wallet.

The day ahead in crypto: Oct. 30, 2026

Binance has reserved $6.34 billion of its own funds to cover the record $6.3 billion hack, including freezes of roughly $3 billion in stolen assets.

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the $6.3 billion Binance hack is unlikely to derail the crypto market's recovery.

Attackers used Ethereum’s EIP-7702 account-delegation feature and self-destruct mechanisms to drain hot wallets without triggering standard approval checks.

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Tether, Circle, and other issuers acted rapidly to freeze nearly $3B in stolen Binance assets, prompting experts to question why smaller victims rarely get identical protections.