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Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze
All 18,270 coins sit in 19 wallets, 17 of them holding exactly 1,000 BTC each, and none has moved since Thursday night, a CoinDesk trace of the blockchain shows.
$6 billion Binance hack sends bitcoin, ether tumbling; Standard Chartered expects more pain
Bitcoin and ether slid after a suspected $6.3 billion Binance security breach and a Polymarket exploit. Standard Chartered says crypto prices may remain under pressure before find…
Institutional crypto investors rush to pull funds from exchanges after Binance hack
The withdrawals suggest the fallout from the multibillion-dollar breach is spreading beyond Binance.
Binance hack could accelerate shift to DEXs: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says the breach could accelerate a shift toward decentralized trading and strengthen his case for Uniswap’s UNI token reaching $100 by 2030.
Trump is still defying judge’s orders by banning media access, CNN, MS NOW and Politico say
The most recent filing asks the court to make those previous orders permanent.
Crypto's longtime foe, North Korea's Lazarus Group, likely behind Binance hack: blockchain sleuths
Security researchers suggested that the hermit kingdom's Lazarus Group was behind Thursday's nearly $6 billion hack of the world's largest crypto exchange.
Weakened Netanyahu spreads claims of malfeasance by Arab-led parties as his party claims Israel’s election was ‘stolen’
The opposition accused Netanyahu of demonizing the Arab population after a historic showing by Arab-led parties in an attempt to delegitimize the election.
Spanish PM, facing reelection, says it’s ‘unacceptable’ to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in one year as at least 68 die in collision
Pedro Sánchez called for increased safety measures to restore confidence in a high-speed rail system that was once a source of national pride.
California high-speed rail chief quits amid billowing expenses scandal
Ian Choudri resigns after report found agency overseeing troubled LA-San Francisco project misused over $600,000 in public fundsThe chief executive of California’s embattled high-…
Crypto giant Binance freezes $2.5bn of assets over suspected hack
The firm said transactions are suspended while it conducts security checks and will "cover all losses".
‘Awesome day’: rail enthusiasts ride the first metro extension service from Bankstown – video
Hundreds of rail enthusiasts showed up at Bankstown station to ride the first service of a long-awaited extension to Sydney’s metro line, bringing an end to more than two years of…
Binance hack drained wallets backing customer assets, reserve data shows
Binance’s own reserve data lists the drained wallets as backing customer balances, leaving its ether backing an estimated 6% short until the exchange replaces what was stolen.
Binance hack may involve private key ‘misuse,’ not theft: Blockaid CEO
Blockaid’s Ido Ben-Natan suspects attackers manipulated Binance’s transaction-signing infrastructure, drawing parallels with the Bybit hack.
Alphabet just had its worst day as a public company. BofA now values Google search at a lower multiple than fossil fuel stocks
Search revenue missed forecasts and free cash flow went negative. Bank of America now values Google’s core search business at about 10 times earnings, against 18.7 for the S&P 500.
From workshops to the catwalk - why mended clothes are going mainstream
A new generation is embracing eye-catching patching and visible mends.
Amazon CEO says shopping agents like Meta’s Muse ‘not great’
In September, Amazon blocked Meta’s popular new AI assistant from accessing its online store.
Binance hack rattles crypto markets as BNB falls 7%, Bitcoin slides
Bitcoin and Ether tumbled as the broader crypto market fell 3.3%, with reports of suspicious multibillion-dollar transfers from Binance-linked wallets fueling uncertainty.
Binance Hacker Hunts for Exit Ramps as DeFi Exchanges Pause Markets
Etherscan records show wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges.
‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ icon Patrick Stewart dies at 86: ‘We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today’
Captain Picard and Professor X sails into the undiscovered country.
‘The logic points in that direction’: Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria as attacks on NATO’s Black flank pile up
The attacks in Bulgaria and Romania’s exclusive economic zones threaten a global shipping route and left two people dead, with at least 25 still missing.
Cyclone Arnab hits India’s data-center coast, where Google, Adani and Airtel plan to invest $15 billion in a hyperscale data center
Meteorologists said unusually high temperatures across the Bay of Bengal helped fuel Arnab.
‘Whenever I want it to end’: U.S. tells Middle East allies to prepare for possible new strikes on Iran after the midterms
The cost of fighting the Iran war to American taxpayers has grown to $47.1 billion, according to the latest estimate the Pentagon has provided to Congress.
Tampered Ledger reported in Singapore a month before news broke: Asia Express
Singapore police say tampered Ledgers started showing up there on September 10. South Korean lawmakers look set to delay the crypto tax law for a fourth time.
The U.S. and EU could break their tariff truce over a record-breaking $3.4 billion Airbus loan and a reignited 17-year dispute between aviation giants
The Trump administration’s top trade official has pressured the EU to disclose more information about a loan its lending arm made to Airbus earlier this year.