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Arbitrum’s Security Council froze 8,425 ETH and 74,559,805.2 ARB tied to the Binance exploit in an emergency action executed at 8:08am HKT on October 30, 2026 The council temporarily upgraded
Binance says its initial investigation points to a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which an attacker used to reach a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawals The exchange e
A wallet linked to the Binance exploit supplied 60 million USDT to Aave V3 Ethereum Core and borrowed 19,762 WETH, worth about $44.6 million at the time, against that collateral Guardian mult
The Binance hack that drained an estimated $6.3 billion from the exchange on Thursday was more complicated than first described. On Friday, October 30, 2026, Binance said its investigation ha
What Is the Aave Emergency Freeze, and Why Is It in the News? The Aave Emergency Freeze is a short pause on Aave, a DeFi lending app. It stops some activity for a while, so the team can check
Ethereum News Today: Binance Hack and Whale Moves Put ETH in Pressure Ethereum news today centers on a reported Binance security breach that has put Ethereum fund movements under close watch.
Can a headline tied to the owner of the NYSE really flip a two-week downtrend overnight? This Hyperliquid price prediction trades at $91.20, up 15.14% in 24 hours as of 10:00 UTC on Oct 30, 2
On October 30, 2026, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken restored spot and derivatives trading after a 60-minute system outage. The disruption started at 02:42 UTC and ended at 03:42 UTC. During t
Fourth Exchange Migration Is Scheduled for 30 October Crypto news today centers on the Zilliqa hard fork, announced by the project on 29 October 2026. The upgrade is set for block height 39,2
Three Things to Know A suspected Binance hack left one attacker address holding a large Ether stash that no issuer can freeze. Ether trades below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, and sel
Ethereum fees spiked to the highest levels since April, showing a sudden burst of activity in the ecosystem in the aftermath of the Binance hack. Decentralized trading and MEV bot fees were t
The cryptocurrency market has been rocked by reports of a staggering $6.3 billion security breach involving Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, sending shockwaves through th
