# Halving News / Halving News

> Crypto, without the hype. Criptoactivos, sin humo. Bilingual digital newspaper by NoWing Media. Free to read, no registration.

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## Latest

- [Mercado Bitcoin cifra en 38 millones el ataque y bloquea 11 millones](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/03/mercado-bitcoin-promete-cubrir-perdidas-clientes.md): Son las primeras cifras de la propia empresa, que repite que los clientes no perderán fondos. Un análisis de Bitquery da 48,5 millones y los retiros siguen cerrados.
- [Mercado Bitcoin puts hack at $38 million, says $11 million frozen](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/mercado-bitcoin-promises-no-client-losses.md): They 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.
- [Corea del Norte niega el robo a Binance y apunta a EE. UU.](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/03/corea-del-norte-niega-robo-binance-acusa-eeuu.md): Kim Yo Jong rechaza la atribución del FBI sin aportar pruebas. Las empresas de análisis de cadenas coinciden con Washington; el caso sigue abierto.
- [North Korea denies the Binance hack and hints at US involvement](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/03/north-korea-denies-binance-hack-blames-us.md): Kim Yo Jong rejects the FBI's attribution without offering evidence. The case rests on the FBI and two analytics firms, and nothing is settled.
- [Binance says it will cover the theft: what can be checked so far](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/binance-pledge-reserves-what-can-be-checked.md): On 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.
- [Binance promete cubrir el robo: qué se puede comprobar ya y qué no](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/binance-promesa-reservas-que-se-puede-comprobar.md): La empresa publicó el 2 de noviembre la prueba criptográfica de reservas de diez activos. Los clientes pueden verificar su saldo; otras cuentas de la promesa siguen sin poder comprobarse.
- [Mexico City lawmaker floats 12 years in jail for mining on stolen power](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mexico-bill-prison-bitcoin-mining-stolen-electricity.md): Alberto 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.
- [Un diputado propone hasta 12 años de cárcel por minar con luz robada](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/mexico-iniciativa-carcel-minar-bitcoin-electricidad-robada.md): La iniciativa de Alberto Martínez Urincho (Morena) figura en el orden del día del Congreso de la Ciudad de México del 26 de octubre y se dirige al Congreso de la Unión. Es solo una propuesta: no consta dictamen ni votación.
- [Una app falsa en la tienda de Solana Mobile pedía la frase semilla](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/solana-mobile-app-falsa-frases-semilla.md): La empresa informó el 1 de noviembre de un acceso no autorizado a su portal de publicación. No se sabe cómo ocurrió ni si hubo robos.
- [Fake app in Solana Mobile's store asked users for seed phrases](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/solana-mobile-fake-app-seed-phrases.md): The company reported unauthorised access to its publishing portal on 1 November. How it happened, and whether anyone lost funds, is unknown.
- [El Banco de Corea sondea a bancos y brokers ante un golpe cripto](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/banco-de-corea-sondea-riesgo-cripto-bancos-brokers.md): Una encuesta a 31 entidades plantea tres escenarios, entre ellos el hackeo del mayor exchange del país. Los dos medios que la cuentan no la presentan como prueba de resistencia.
- [Bank of Korea quizzes banks and brokers on crypto shock scenarios](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bank-of-korea-surveys-banks-brokers-crypto-risk.md): A 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.
- [China's Communist Party names virtual currency in anti-corruption push](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/china-communist-party-crypto-blockchain-corruption.md): A 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.
- [El PCCh cita las monedas virtuales en su lucha anticorrupción](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/china-partido-comunista-corrupcion-cripto-blockchain.md): El texto adoptado en el Quinto Pleno nombra las monedas virtuales y el blockchain entre las vías de corrupción. No menciona bitcoin ni detalla cómo se aplicaría.
- [At least 12 DeFi sites registered with Name.com redirected; cause unclear](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/defi-sites-redirected-name-com-cause-unclear.md): Attackers 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.
- [FATF to review countries with significant crypto activity](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/fatf-targeted-review-crypto-jurisdictions.md): The 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.
- [El GAFI revisará las jurisdicciones con actividad cripto significativa](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/gafi-revision-jurisdicciones-actividad-cripto.md): El organismo antiblanqueo da a conocer una revisión focalizada y fija sus primeros resultados para junio de 2027. No ha publicado la lista de países.
- [Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals; a firm sees $40 million+ outflows](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-security-incident.md): The 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.
- [Mercado Bitcoin frena retiros; una firma ve salidas de más de 40 millones](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/mercado-bitcoin-suspende-retiros-incidente-seguridad.md): El mayor exchange de Brasil, según Bitcoin Magazine, dice que ha contenido el incidente y que no hay pérdidas para clientes. Ni la cifra ni el método están confirmados.
- [Nvidia, Costco y Nike se oponen a cotizar en la plataforma de OKX e ICE](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/okx-ice-acciones-tokenizadas-rechazo-nvidia-costco-nike.md): El aviso de OKXICE del 30 de octubre lista ya 50 empresas que han presentado objeción. No da fecha de inicio y dice que la plataforma, acogida a una exención de la SEC, no está registrada ante ella.
- [Nvidia, Costco and Nike object to listing on the OKX-ICE venue](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/okx-ice-tokenized-stocks-pushback-nvidia-costco-nike.md): Fifty companies are now on the objection list of the tokenized stock venue, 12 more than on 28 October. The notice gives no start date.
- [Polymarket promete reembolsar tras un robo que atribuye a un proveedor externo](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/polymarket-reembolsara-robo-proveedor-comprometido.md): El 29 de octubre paró su plataforma internacional y volvió a operar esa misma tarde. Dice que un proveedor fue comprometido y promete reembolsar; no da cifra ni nombre.
- [Polymarket vows refunds after a theft it blames on an outside provider](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/polymarket-refunds-theft-compromised-vendor.md): Trading 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.
- [Tether reports $7.95 billion excess reserves in a BDO attestation](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/tether-excess-reserves-nearly-double-q3-profit.md): BDO'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.
- [Tether declara reservas excedentes de 7.950 millones según una atestación](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/tether-reservas-excedentes-casi-el-doble-beneficio-tercer-trimestre.md): El informe de BDO a 30 de septiembre no es una auditoría. Casi 8.400 millones del balance están en bitcoin, y la auditoría de KPMG sigue sin publicarse.
- [Redirigen al menos 12 webs DeFi registradas en Name.com; causa sin aclarar](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/webs-defi-redirigidas-name-com-causa-sin-aclarar.md): Name.com dice que restauró los dominios redirigidos para llegar a los monederos de los visitantes. Nadie ha establecido responsabilidad: Vercel y dos proyectos dan versiones distintas.
- [Bitcoin ronda los 77.900 dólares tras el robo a Binance](https://halvingnews.com/es/2026/11/02/bitcoin-cerca-78000-dolares-salidas-binance.md): Es el dato de CoinDesk a las 12:30 de Madrid de este lunes. El viernes había caído cerca de un 4 %, y siguen saliendo miles de millones de la plataforma, que reabrió retiradas.
- [US bitcoin funds see biggest one-day outflow since June, at $643 million](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-ether-etfs-october-outflows.md): It 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.
- [Bitcoin trades around $77,900 after the Binance theft](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bitcoin-holds-near-78000-after-binance-theft.md): That 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.
- [BTCPay Server tells merchants to switch off after hot wallet thefts](https://halvingnews.com/en/2026/11/02/btcpay-server-asks-merchants-shut-down.md): The open-source tool for accepting bitcoin payments says attackers are draining wallets on older installations. No loss figure or confirmed cause yet.