Tether says it holds ~150,000 BTC (~$11.5B). Its Q3 reserve report shows ~100,060.
So where's the other ~50K? Ardoino didn't say, and it's not a new purchase, per CoinDesk. BTC held outside USDT reserves wouldn't show in that report. @Tether_to
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Equity perps are coming onshore.
CFTC clears perpetual futures on single stocks โ a first for U.S. regulated exchanges
Oversight shared with the SEC
No venues or tickers named yet
Perps did $630B+ in volume last month, per DeFiLlama. That's the market Wall Street wants in on.
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๐จ Binance says its $6.3B hack began with a fake job interview.
โ Engineer approached in September via a job platform
โ Coding test carried zero-day malware
โ Attackers abused EIP-7702 on a hot wallet
โ $2.85B frozen so far
A months-long campaign, per Binance. @binance
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๐จ Mercado Bitcoin lost an estimated $46M+ in a Brazil exchange hack.
โ Attackers picked at eight small chains for four hours (CertiK's Dickson Wu)
โ Then moved tiny ETH amounts from 27,160 addresses
โ Standard transfers, not a smart contract exploit
Cause still unattributed
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๐จ Arbitrum's Security Council moved ~$30M tied to the Binance exploit without the attacker's key.
โ 8,425 ETH + 74M ARB
โ 9-of-12 council approval, temporary Inbox contract upgrade
โ Funds held until an ArbitrumDAO vote
Safety net or trade-off? @arbitrum
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๐ Bitcoin slipped under $77,000 as a chip rout hit stocks.
โข US chipmaker gauge: -12% over three days
โข Nasdaq 100: -10% from its peak, i.e. a correction
โข Kospi fell 3%+
โข BTC fell below its ~$77,600 Sunday dip
Crypto is trading with tech right now. (CoinDesk)
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๐ก๏ธ Binance's SAFU fund now holds ~7,500 BTC (~$580M), half of the 15,000 BTC it held in February.
โข Four transactions on Oct 31 drew it down
โข Binance's rule rebalances to $1B only on BTC price drops, not spending
โข It pledged a ~$1B refill, no timeline
(CoinDesk)
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๐ @FungoLabs Genesis: 3,232 encrypted NFTs on Ethereum.
โข 2,500 sale, paid in cZAMA
โข 500 free mints (whitelist + nominees), gas only
โข 232 team
Built with FHE on @zama. Holders decide who looks inside.
$FUNGO
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๐ @Strategy bought 811 BTC for $65.5M (Oct 26 โ Nov 1) at an avg of $80,846.
โข Total: 849,327 BTC
โข Avg cost: $75,451 per BTC
โข Also repurchased $208.2M of STRC preferred
Buying resumed after a one-week pause, per the 8-K.
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