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Keplr Wallet disclosed in early November 2026 that a vulnerability in Web3Auth's infrastructure leaked private keys for some users who signed in with Google or Apple, while seed-phrase and hardware-wallet users were unaffected. Here's what happened, how 'social login' crypto wallets actually work, and what the incident means for anyone using one.
Bitcoin fell to roughly $75,500-75,650 on November 6, 2026, down about 5-6% in 24 hours, as an AI-valuation-driven Nasdaq selloff erased the brief rally that followed the November 3 US midterm elections. Here's the full week-by-week breakdown: the ETF outflows, the $1.25 billion in liquidations, and why a crypto-friendly election result didn't stop the slide.
Core Scientific, one of the largest US Bitcoin miners, told investors on November 5, 2026 that it will fully exit Bitcoin mining by the end of 2026 and become a pure-play AI data center company. Here's why, what changed since its 2028 target, and what it means for Bitcoin's network.
Zcash's NU7 network upgrade activated at block 3,543,405 in early November 2026, cutting target block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. Here's what changed, why about 22,000 ZEC in Zcash's oldest shielded pool just became unspendable, and what it means for anyone holding or using ZEC.
On October 29, 2026, NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) agreed to build a regulated US venue for Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures with startup trade[XYZ]. Here's what was actually announced, what still needs CFTC approval, and what perpetual futures even are.
Liquid Network, Blockstream's Bitcoin sidechain, lost roughly 4,000 BTC to a software bug in September 2026. On November 3, 2026 the Liquid Federation confirmed its bitcoin reserves are fully restored. Here's what happened and what it means.
New Jersey's securities regulator rescinded its 2023 cease-and-desist order against Coinbase's staking service on October 30, 2026, dropping a $5 million penalty along with it. Here's the three-year legal fight behind that move, and which states still have open cases against crypto staking.
The FBI publicly linked North Korea to the $6.3B Binance hack and asked the decentralized protocol THORChain to block stolen funds. Here's how the laundering actually works, and why a request like that is so hard to enforce.
On October 14, 2026, Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, agreed to buy Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania's Saldo Bank, becoming the first crypto company to acquire a licensed EU bank. Here's what the deal covers and what it doesn't.
Binance disclosed a security breach on October 29, 2026 with an estimated $6.3 billion impact, the largest crypto theft on record. Here's what happened, who's blamed, and what it means for your funds.
The Fed held its benchmark rate at 3.75%-4% on October 28, 2026, in a 10-2 vote — but two officials dissented in favor of a hike, not a cut. Here's why that hawkish split, not the hold itself, is what pushed Bitcoin lower and what it means for crypto heading into December.
Keystone disclosed a website breach on October 20, 2026 that exposed roughly 26,000 buyers' names, addresses and order details, plus a device authentication key, forcing it to destroy almost 19,000 wallets. Here's exactly what leaked, what didn't, and what owners should actually do.
On October 26, 2026, the OCC gave Ripple final approval to open Ripple National Trust Bank, a federally chartered entity that will hold RLUSD's reserves and act as collateral trustee. Here's what the charter actually covers, what it doesn't, and how it compares to Circle's own bank.
On October 1, 2026, the IMF's board cleared a $138 million loan payment to El Salvador despite the government missing a promise to stop growing its public Bitcoin reserve. Here's what the waiver says, why it happened, and what changed with the Chivo wallet.
Electrum, one of the oldest standalone Bitcoin wallets, patched a high-severity flaw on October 24, 2026, that let a malicious server trick users into signing away their own funds when they tried to speed up a stuck payment. Here's exactly how the attack worked and what to do about it.
On October 25, 2026, Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirmed it lost 15.99 million USDT (about $16 million) after a deposit-sweeping tool failed on old wallets — days after its CEO called the reports a 'false alarm.' Here's the timeline, the dispute with blockchain investigators, and what it means for exchange users.
On October 23, 2026, reports emerged that South Korea's central bank and government plan to amend the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act so stablecoins count as a recognized means of payment. Here's what's actually being proposed, why now, and how it compares to the US and EU.
In April 2026, North Korea-linked hackers drained roughly $295 million from Solana's Drift Protocol using a fake collateral token and stolen multisig signatures. Six months later, recovery claims are paying about 1 cent per dollar lost, and the attackers just moved another $61-63 million into Tornado Cash. Here's the full timeline.
Elon Musk confirmed on October 20, 2026 that SpaceX and Tesla have formed special board committees to study a possible merger — one that would combine SpaceX's 18,712 bitcoin with Tesla's 11,509 bitcoin. Here's what's actually been confirmed, what a deal would require, and why it's far from a done thing.
On October 14, 2026, the European Banking Authority named Circle's USDC the first 'significant' e-money token under MiCA, shifting reserve and capital oversight to EU-level supervision starting November 12. Here's exactly what moves, what doesn't, and why USDT isn't in this position at all.
The SEC's comment period on Regulation Crypto Assets, its first dedicated framework for token offerings, closed October 20, 2026 after drawing roughly 140 comments. Here's what the rule would actually let issuers do, why state regulators are pushing back, and what happens next.
Solana replaced its original consensus engine, TowerBFT, with a new system called Votor on October 21, 2026, targeting 150-millisecond transaction finality. Here's how Votor actually works, what finality means in practice, and why early mainnet data didn't yet match the headline number.
On October 6, 2026, Winklevoss Asset Services filed with the SEC for a spot Zcash ETF called WINK, charging a 0.25% fee — one-tenth of what Grayscale's existing ZCSH charges. Here's what the filing actually says, how the two funds compare, and why ZCSH has been losing assets.
Binance announced on October 13, 2026 that it's shutting down Binance Pool and related mining services on November 10, after the pool's hashrate share fell from 2.3% to under 1% of the Bitcoin network. Here's why it's closing, what miners need to do, and what it means for Bitcoin's mining concentration.
HEX and PulseChain founder Richard Heart was detained in Istanbul on October 14, 2026, on a Finnish Interpol Red Notice over alleged tax fraud — a separate matter from the SEC case a US judge dismissed in 2025. Here's what's confirmed, what isn't, and why HEX and PLS crashed within hours.
On October 13, 2026, Coinbase published a proposal urging the Bitcoin network to start migrating to quantum-resistant signatures now, even though no quantum computer capable of breaking Bitcoin exists yet. Here's what's actually at risk, how many bitcoins are exposed, and what Coinbase wants to change.
MSCI finalized a new screening test in mid-October 2026 that could remove Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy (MSTR) and Metaplanet from its global stock indexes. Here's how the test works, who's at risk, and why it matters even if you don't own the stock.
In October 2026, Ledger confirmed that hardware wallets sold through a Southeast Asian reseller called CryptoBilis contained an unauthorized implant that transmitted recovery phrases over a cellular network. Here's how the attack worked, who it affected, and how to buy a hardware wallet without falling for the same trick.
The September 2026 CPI report, released October 14, showed core inflation at 2.6% and headline inflation at 3.7% — both above forecasts. Bitcoin fell toward $80,500 and Ether dropped harder, triggering hundreds of millions in liquidations. Here's what the report said, why crypto reacted the way it did, and how this differs from early October's separate crash.
Bitcoin fell from near $87,000 to an intraday low around $80,400 between October 5 and 8, 2026, triggering roughly $1.1-1.17 billion in forced liquidations in 24 hours. Here's what a liquidation cascade actually is, why this one happened, and how it differs from October 2025's much bigger crash.
On October 9, 2026, RippleX disclosed a decade-old integer overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine that could have let someone mint spendable XRP beyond the 100 billion supply cap. Here's what the bug actually did, how it was found and fixed, and why the patch skipped the normal validator vote.
Payments firm Conduit sued Tether on October 5, 2026, over $2.76 million in USDT frozen for more than a year with no court order. Here's what the lawsuit says, how Tether's freeze power actually works, and what it means for anyone holding USDT.
Robinhood disclosed a $25 million bitcoin purchase for its corporate treasury on October 7, 2026 — separate from the roughly $25-30 billion in crypto it already holds for customers. Here's what the purchase means, how it stacks up against companies like Strategy, and why Robinhood's own finance chief was skeptical of the idea less than a year earlier.
Zcash jumped from about $569 on August 20, 2026 to over $1,600 by late September — fueled by a Grayscale ETF that crossed $1 billion in assets, a closed SEC probe, and a broader privacy-coin rotation — before sliding back to around $1,315 by October 3. Here's what actually drove it, and the risks that come with it.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs swung from a $5.8 billion deficit in July 2026 to a 9-day, $3.1 billion inflow streak by October — then straight back into outflows. Here's what ETF flow data actually measures and why it moves so fast.
On October 1, 2026, the SEC proposed letting registered investment advisers and funds hold crypto assets themselves — but only as a last resort when no outside custodian exists. Here's exactly what the rule requires, why it exists, and what it doesn't change.
Two XRP Ledger amendments, Batch and Permission Delegation, are both stuck in the same validator-voting bottleneck heading into October 2026. Here's what each one actually changes, why Batch already caused a security scare earlier this year, and how XRPL's amendment system decides when an upgrade goes live.
Ethereum's next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, reached its first public testnet on October 6, 2026. Here's what it actually changes — enshrined proposer-builder separation and parallel execution — and why developers warned days earlier that the test itself could be disrupted by anyone with free testnet ether.
September 2026 was the worst month for crypto hacks all year — over $766 million stolen across dozens of incidents, per security firms PeckShield and CertiK. Here's what actually happened, why two breaches explain most of it, and what the pattern means for anyone holding crypto.
On September 30, 2026, MetaMask Staking disclosed a security incident and began exiting all its Ethereum validators from Lido. Here's what happened, why MetaMask says wallet funds aren't at risk, and what it actually costs people who stake ETH through MetaMask.
Bitwise launched NRR, the first US spot NEAR Protocol ETF, on NYSE Arca on September 29, 2026. Here's how its staking structure, fees, and risks actually work — and why NEAR had already surged before the fund even opened.
On September 28, 2026, the CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, giving Coinbase full control of its own futures stack. Here's what that title actually means, what it doesn't cover, and why the market barely reacted.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the agency's best-known crypto advocate, resigns effective October 2, 2026. Here's what she actually changed, what's still unfinished, and what her exit means for crypto rules going forward.
On September 24, 2026, suspected North Korean hackers drained $387.5 million from crypto exchange Bitget's hot wallets — not by stealing keys, but by spoofing its own approval system. Here's what happened, how Bitget is covering it, and what it means for your crypto.
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