https://halvingnews.com/en/world/The latest crypto news in the world, told with context and rigour.enhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/mercado-bitcoin-promises-no-client-losses/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/mercado-bitcoin-promises-no-client-losses/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:40:00 GMTThey are the exchange's first figures of its own, and it repeats that clients will lose nothing. A Bitquery analysis puts outflows at $48.5 million, and withdrawals remain shut.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/north-korea-denies-binance-hack-blames-us/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/north-korea-denies-binance-hack-blames-us/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTKim Yo Jong rejects the FBI's attribution without offering evidence. The case rests on the FBI and two analytics firms, and nothing is settled.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/binance-pledge-reserves-what-can-be-checked/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/binance-pledge-reserves-what-can-be-checked/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:55:26 GMTOn 2 November the company published the cryptographic proof of reserves for ten assets. Customers can check their own balance; other parts of the pledge still cannot be verified.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mexico-bill-prison-bitcoin-mining-stolen-electricity/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mexico-bill-prison-bitcoin-mining-stolen-electricity/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:52:15 GMTAlberto Martínez Urincho (Morena) appears on the agenda of Mexico City's Congress for 26 October with a bill addressed to the federal Congress. It is only a proposal: no committee report and no vote on record.Regulationhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/solana-mobile-fake-app-seed-phrases/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/solana-mobile-fake-app-seed-phrases/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:52:15 GMTThe company reported unauthorised access to its publishing portal on 1 November. How it happened, and whether anyone lost funds, is unknown.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bank-of-korea-surveys-banks-brokers-crypto-risk/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bank-of-korea-surveys-banks-brokers-crypto-risk/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTA survey of 31 institutions poses three scenarios, including a hack that halts the country's biggest exchange. The two outlets reporting it do not present it as a stress test.Regulationhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/china-communist-party-crypto-blockchain-corruption/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/china-communist-party-crypto-blockchain-corruption/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTA Central Committee resolution lists virtual currency and blockchain among channels for corruption. It never says bitcoin or crypto and sets out no rule for the industry.Regulationhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/defi-sites-redirected-name-com-cause-unclear/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/defi-sites-redirected-name-com-cause-unclear/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTAttackers sent visitors of DeFi sites registered with Name.com to pages built to drain wallets. Name.com has restored the domains; nobody has established what went wrong.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/fatf-targeted-review-crypto-jurisdictions/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/fatf-targeted-review-crypto-jurisdictions/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTThe global anti-money-laundering watchdog announces a targeted review and says first findings will come in June 2027. It has not published a list of countries.Regulationhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-security-incident/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-security-incident/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTThe exchange says it has contained a security incident and that customers lost nothing. It has not given a loss figure, called it a hack or said whose funds moved.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/okx-ice-tokenized-stocks-pushback-nvidia-costco-nike/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/okx-ice-tokenized-stocks-pushback-nvidia-costco-nike/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTFifty companies are now on the objection list of the tokenized stock venue, 12 more than on 28 October. The notice gives no start date.Marketshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/polymarket-refunds-theft-compromised-vendor/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/polymarket-refunds-theft-compromised-vendor/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTTrading was back the same day. Polymarket has not named the provider or put a number on the loss; outside estimates run from about $2.2 million to $2.65 million.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/tether-excess-reserves-nearly-double-q3-profit/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/tether-excess-reserves-nearly-double-q3-profit/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:32:00 GMTBDO's report as of 30 September is not an audit. Roughly $8.4 billion of the balance sheet sits in bitcoin, and a KPMG audit has not been published.Marketshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-ether-etfs-october-outflows/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-ether-etfs-october-outflows/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTIt came on 30 October, a day after the Binance theft, which does not prove the cause. Ether funds had their biggest monthly outflow of the year as of the 21st, the latest figure we have.Marketshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-holds-near-78000-after-binance-theft/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-holds-near-78000-after-binance-theft/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTThat is CoinDesk's figure at 11:30 UTC on Monday. The price had fallen about 4% on Friday, and billions are still leaving the platform, which has reopened withdrawals.Bitcoinhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/btcpay-server-asks-merchants-shut-down/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/btcpay-server-asks-merchants-shut-down/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTThe open-source tool for accepting bitcoin payments says attackers are draining wallets on older installations. No loss figure or confirmed cause yet.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/eip-7702-ethereum-binance-theft/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/eip-7702-ethereum-binance-theft/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTWhat this 2025 upgrade allows, why signatures are its delicate point and what analysts say about whether Ethereum is to blame.Ethereumhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/hong-kong-24-7-tokenised-settlement/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/hong-kong-24-7-tokenised-settlement/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTThe monetary authority extends its Ensemble pilot, with 12 banks and 20 companies, to 24-hour interbank settlement of tokenised deposits. According to Cointelegraph, it plans to test regulated stablecoins.Tech & Web3https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/laundering-binance-loot-thorchain-tron/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/laundering-binance-loot-thorchain-tron/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTTron, Solana, cross-chain bridges and a THORChain glitch are shaping the race between those moving the money and those trying to stop them.Security & hackshttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/us-midterms-crypto-regulation-stakes/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/us-midterms-crypto-regulation-stakes/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTThe industry has spent more than $170 million on the elections, and the market bill it wanted stalled in the Senate. There are no results yet: this is what is at stake and who says so.Regulationhttps://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/xrp-ledger-fix-flaw-token-minting/https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/xrp-ledger-fix-flaw-token-minting/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:50:00 GMTAn account authorised only to burn an issuer's tokens could, under certain conditions, mint new ones. Validators are voting on the fix.Tech & Web3