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India's Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on November 4 and 5 at three offices in Bengaluru. The country's largest crypto exchange by turnover, CoinDCX, and the derivatives platform Delta Exchange India came under scrutiny: they are suspected of circumventing currency legislation.
Glassnode in a report dated November 11 calculated: the volume of the largest stablecoins (coins with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar) shrank by $14.2 billion over 30 days. It only fell more sharply in the bearish 2022.
Users complain about deposit delays, frozen transfers and additional checks on major exchanges if money is sent from MEXC. Formally, the US ban will only take effect in 30 days, but exchanges are tightening the rules in advance.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), sent letters to Binance, Tether, World Liberty Financial, Fight Fight Fight LLC and other companies. Responses are due by January 4, 2027.
MEXC exchange explained the halt as "scheduled maintenance" a day after the US Treasury order that cuts it off from the American financial system. According to the Cexorer tracker, as of November 7, six out of 18 tracked networks for USDT withdrawal (a stablecoin with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar) were working.
The Coinhub brand, under which a network of more than 2,000 Bitcoin ATMs operates in the US, has appeared in prop trading. The Coinhub Funded program runs entirely in a simulated environment: trades do not reach the real market.
The Central Bank has approved the final rules: a non-qualified investor will be able to buy cryptocurrency through a broker or a crypto exchange, but no more than 300,000 rubles per year (about $3,700) at each intermediary. The Moscow Exchange plans to start trading on December 1.
The Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has announced the date for the phased return of clients - November 9. The new estimate of what was stolen has risen to $48.6 million versus about $46 million in the first hours after the hack.
In 24 hours, exchanges forcibly closed $974.8M in positions, and almost 60% of the amount was bets on a decline. BTC gained 4.64% and reached $80,480, ETH rose 6.84% to $2,418.
Tether CEO (the issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin — a coin whose rate is pegged to the dollar) Paolo Ardoino said the company holds about 150,000 BTC, worth roughly $11.5 billion. The latest reporting implies an amount $3.8 billion lower.
At night, while votes were being counted in the US congressional elections, BTC dropped below $76,000 with a low of $75,700. By 09:16 Moscow time on November 4, it was trading around $77,918 (+1.6% over the day) — the entire dip was bought back within a few hours.
As of November 2, platforms held about 14.5 million ETH - less than 42% of the 2020 peak volume. At the same time, traders are unwinding leverage: open interest in ETH futures contracted by $3.11 billion over a month and a half.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On October 29, about $6.36 billion was withdrawn from Binance across ten blockchains. $2.85 billion (44%) was frozen or seized, the remaining $3.24 billion sits in more than 950 attacker wallets, and part of it has already passed through mixers (services that mix coins to break the trail).
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.
Binance resumed withdrawals after the largest crypto hack in history at $6.3 billion and in the first nine and a half hours paid out a net $3.64 billion. The exchange itself calls this 2.1% of its assets.
On November 1, Binance gradually reopened crypto asset withdrawals, which had been halted after the largest hack in crypto market history - damage is estimated at $6.3 billion. The exchange states that it has already reimbursed about 95% of the affected assets from its own resources and will not pass the losses on to clients.
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.
On October 29, hackers breached Binance's hot wallets (the exchange's network-connected storage) and withdrew $6.3 billion in assets. Two days later, the story became political: Donald Trump said the administration was dealing with the incident, and letters demanding federal oversight of exchanges began arriving in Congress.
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.
On Thursday, about $6.3 billion was withdrawn from Binance wallets — the largest theft in crypto market history. The exchange has reserved $6.34 billion to compensate clients, but withdrawals for users still do not work.
