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Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, the local financial market regulator) announced on November 5 that the Bitget website, related domains and mobile application will be blocked in the country starting December 5. At the same time, a criminal complaint has been filed against the exchange operator, BG Limited, for operating without a license.
The Arbitrum network security council used special powers to transfer 8426 ETH and 74.6 million ARB from the Binance hacker's wallet - the owner's signature was not required for this. In parallel, Binance and Polymarket submitted a proposal to Polygon governance for a hard fork that would seize 70.49 million POL (about $6.8 million) from five addresses.
The exchange published a release on the phased return of withdrawals for a new group of assets - among them UNI (the Uniswap exchange token) and AAVE (the token of the Aave lending protocol). Access is being opened across several withdrawal networks at once.
The world's largest crypto exchange has lost assets worth roughly $6.3 billion, and it will have to reimburse them out of its own pocket: according to Bloomberg Law, Binance has no cyber insurance policy for that amount.
After resuming withdrawals, Binance showed a daily net inflow of $1.82 billion. The weekly total, however, remained deeply negative: $11.832 billion in net outflow.
On October 29, about $6.3 billion was withdrawn from Binance wallets across several blockchains. Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin (a coin whose exchange rate is pegged to the dollar), said it managed to immobilize more than $1.5 billion of the stolen USDT.
The state Bureau of Securities withdrew the June 2023 order along with the $5 million fine. State residents will again be able to stake (lock coins in the network for a reward) through Coinbase; the company did not name an exact date.
From 07:00 Moscow time on November 3, Binance is again letting money out according to a new list of assets. This is the second stage of unblocking after the largest hack in the exchange's history, which caused withdrawals to be stopped completely.
Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals on Monday, November 2, after its wallets were emptied across ten blockchains at once. Loss estimates from specialized security firms exceed $40M.
The FBI officially named the North Korean group TraderTraitor as the culprit behind the October 29 Binance hack. After the findings were released, clients withdrew a net $3.64 billion - 2.1% of all exchange assets.
Brent crude (the benchmark grade used to price oil in Europe and Asia) fell to $110.06, losing $3.37 in a day. The reason is not OPEC+, which on Sunday left December quotas unchanged, but Tehran's statement that the Strait of Hormuz could be opened in two days.
Analytics firm Chainalysis (a company that tracks coin movements on the blockchain and works with exchanges and regulators) has traced the Binance hack: the attacker managed to convert about $325M into other assets to bypass blockades. In parallel, roughly $2.8B has been frozen in connection with the incident.
The attacker who withdrew about $3 billion from Binance sold off seven tokens for $158.25 million and used all the proceeds to buy 70,480 ETH. About $2.86 billion remains under his control, while issuers managed to freeze another roughly $2.69 billion.
On October 28, Tether (the issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin - a coin with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar) blacklisted at least 33 addresses on the TRON network. The owners can no longer move a single coin from them.
The European Central Bank holds its rate meeting today, October 29. According to a Bloomberg survey, analysts unanimously expect the rate to remain unchanged.
On Saturday, October 24, BTC lost 2.2% in a day and dropped to $79,700 - its weakest level in more than a month. The reason is not market-related: Washington is urgently evacuating embassy and military base personnel from the region.
On October 23, Brent crude passed two round marks in a matter of minutes: at 16:49 Moscow time the price went above $115, and already at 16:58 Moscow time - above $116. The reason - a sharp escalation of rhetoric around Iran.
SkyAI (traded on Nasdaq, formerly called Sharps Technology) completely sold off its treasury reserve of Solana - more than 2M SOL at an average price of $107.51 per coin. By October 16, it had $223.8M in cash and zero cryptocurrency.
The AFSA regulator reported on October 20 that the court of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) has banned six crypto platforms from providing and advertising services with digital assets without a license. The ban applies within the financial centre and is not nationwide.
On Friday, October 16, the US stock market closed lower: Nasdaq lost 2.3%, S&P 500 - 1.2%. For the week, the Nasdaq 100 posted its steepest decline since April 2025.
In August, the number of job openings in the US declined to 7.079 million versus the expected 7.225-7.230 million. At the same time, hires and layoffs remained nearly unchanged.
