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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.
Tether CEO (the company issuing the largest stablecoin USDT - a coin with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar) Paolo Ardoino cited a figure of 150,000 BTC, worth roughly $11.5 billion. The company's quarterly report lists about 100,000 BTC, and he did not specify where the difference came from.
Michael Selig, chairman of the CFTC (the US derivatives market regulator), in an interview with CNBC on October 30 called the theft from Binance an argument in favor of federal rules for crypto exchanges operating outside the US.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, traded on the NYSE, bought another 8,573 ETH worth about $19 million last week and is closing in on its goal of holding 5% of all Ethereum coins.
After a $6.3 billion hack - the largest in crypto history - Binance transferred 7,499 BTC from its SAFU insurance fund. The fund's Bitcoin reserves have roughly halved: from ~15,000 BTC to ~7,500 BTC (about $583 million), and the exchange has not given a timeline for replenishing it.
After $6.3 billion was stolen from the exchange's wallets, Binance stated that it has returned about 90% of the withdrawn assets and aims to resume operations on November 1. Full cryptographic proof of reserves is promised by November 3.
Tether (the issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin - a coin whose exchange rate is pegged to the dollar) reported $1.5 billion in operating profit for the third quarter of 2026. Since the start of the year, the result has reached $4.5 billion.
Strategy (Michael Saylor's company, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin) reported third-quarter 2026 results with net income of $19.53 billion versus $2.79 billion a year earlier. Almost all of it is paper: it is a revaluation of crypto reserves, not business income.
European countries will sell 42 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves over three months. France announced this, Bloomberg reports.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the regulator of national banks) has granted Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. Now the $2.5 billion in RLUSD stablecoin reserves will be managed under federal oversight.
Over 30 days through October 19, 6.05 billion XRP were deposited to exchanges - the most since March. Total exchange reserves rose to 11.81 billion tokens, the 99th percentile for the year.
SkyAI (formerly Sharps Technology) has completely exited its Solana reserves - more than 2 million SOL - and instead of buying coins, is launching a buyback of shares and warrants worth up to $201.3 million
Last week, Strive increased its Bitcoin reserves by another 3,311 BTC. The purchase became part of a corporate strategy of holding BTC on the balance sheet as a long-term reserve asset.
Japanese Metaplanet announced the issuance of bonds worth ¥52 billion ($329 million). The funds will go toward repaying Bitcoin-backed loans and buying back shares, while the company does not plan to sell its 44,000 BTC.
Global exchange-traded funds backed by physical gold attracted $30.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026. This is the largest quarterly inflow in the entire history of observations, and metal holdings in the funds hit an all-time high.
Strategy added 250 BTC for $21.5 million in a week, whereas two weeks ago it acquired 1,665 BTC. At the same time, the company allocated $192 million to buy back STRC preferred shares, almost nine times more than for Bitcoin.
Gold is trading around $4,215 on Monday and holds above $4,200. The metal is supported by the largest inflows into gold ETFs in four years, central bank buying and a weaker dollar.
Gold declined after the publication of the minutes of the September Fed meeting. XAU/USD briefly dropped to $4,066, the lowest level in about two months, amid a stronger dollar and rising US bond yields.
IEA countries have decided to accelerate the release of oil and petroleum products from state reserves. If the entire previously promised but not yet realized volume reaches the market, additional supply could amount to up to 100 million barrels.
Over the past three weeks, wallets with a balance of 10 to 10,000 BTC increased their holdings by 86,702 BTC, and their combined balance reached its highest level since April 23. At the same time, a large outflow of coins from exchanges continues.
In the week to September 27, 23,137 BTC were withdrawn from Binance, and since September 20 the exchange's reserves have shrunk by almost 40,000 BTC. At the same time, large players increased the volume of stablecoins on the platform, creating a potential reserve of liquidity for future purchases.
Strategy bought 334 BTC for $28.7 million in a week, but allocated $176.3 million to buy back STRC preferred shares. The company now holds 848,000 BTC worth approximately $73 billion.
Brent rose above $102 per barrel amid the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The head of Saudi Aramco warned that tension in the oil market will intensify until the passage is restored.
G7 countries plan to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel fuel and crude oil from strategic reserves. On this news, oil fell by about 3%, but later the decline stopped due to persistent geopolitical risks surrounding Iran.
