The Wire

Kava Lend exploited for $3.8M via LayerZero bridge to BNB Chain; 49.2M KAVA tokens extracted and sold.

Aztec's Tierra V6 upgrade for privacy layer 2 on Ethereum; AI audit harness identified critical vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries.

Keeper wallets display fake USDT balances in restricted pools that cannot be sold; Forta identified 32 affected tokens.

CFTC sued Louisiana to block state order banning 31 prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket; Louisiana AG opposes agency action.

US government disrupted North Korean social-engineering campaign 'FaceStealer' responsible for $400M cryptocurrency theft.

Cosmos Hub Proposal 1061 fixes broken governance queries; requires validator upgrade to Gaia v29.1.0 at block 33,935,300 if approved.

Pennysia protocol users instructed to revoke approvals after exploit drained four addresses; swaps were disabled before public warning.

Exa launches AI-agent search engine on Base, charging per query in USDC.

Cursor Code extension compromise affected up to 5,000 users; tampered Claude integration exposed credentials, users urged to rotate keys.

Bitcoin browser extension with 50,000 users is being sold; control transfer raises risk of future malware distribution.

Crypto super PACs backed 78 winning congressional candidates with $168M; 13 are newcomers.

DOJ seeks to seize $1.2 billion linked to Binance hack; Meta tests prediction-market app using points instead of cash.

White House nominates bipartisan slate for SEC and CFTC leadership ahead of Senate transition.

Hungary lifted crypto restrictions in August under MiCA; Bitvavo restored trading and euro deposits for Hungarian customers but inconsistencies persist across platforms.

Core Lightning v26.06.8 patches DoS vulnerability (LNF-2026-0004): duplicate funding outpoint in channel opening crashes node on reconnect; upgrade required.

dYdX v9.9 proposes moving USDC backing from Noble to Injective chain; existing balances and collateral unaffected.

Ethereum core developers dropped quick slots proposal; FOCIL and consensus direction remain unresolved as post-quantum security work pauses.

USD-pegged stablecoins gain adoption in Latin America as store of value and cross-border payment system.

Trezor confirmed malicious hardware implants in three Safe 5 wallets from reseller CryptoBilis designed to exfiltrate recovery phrases via cellular networks; fix released.

Coinbase received final OCC approval for a federal trust company charter, establishing regulatory framework for its custody business without making it a commercial bank.

Elysium launches on Arbitrum mainnet, offering 100 ms blocks and routing 25% of sequencer revenue to builders via Hyperliquid integration.

US regulators advance crypto trust charters while Senate seeks records on crypto firms' regulatory compliance and potential conflicts of interest.

Ethereum lab withdraws Quick Slots proposal to prioritize post-quantum cryptography upgrade targeting 2027.

US House Oversight Committee calls for limits or ban on government officials' prediction market participation due to insider trading risks.

CFTC Chair Selig reports crypto industry is adopting proposed agency rules as legislative efforts to regulate the sector continue to stall.

US DOJ seizes $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance, targeting North Korean state-sponsored theft scheme.

CFTC Chair Selig argues state-level gambling classification disputes shouldn't criminalize prediction market founders.

DOJ and CFTC sue Arkansas to block state enforcement against Kalshi prediction market platform over illegal gambling allegations.

UK faces crypto-laundering enforcement gap before June 2027 FATF assessment, months before full regulatory rules take effect.

Binance expanded stolen crypto reserve snapshot to 198 tokens; proof-of-reserves and SAFU restoration remain separate verification tests.

Unocoin halted deposits and withdrawals after suspicious transfers signed outside BitGo platform; BitGo confirmed account freeze protocol worked.

FBI reports North Korean hackers used deepfake video calls to social-engineer access in $400M cryptocurrency theft.

DOJ seizes $1.2B of $2.7B frozen Binance hack proceeds; separately disrupts FaceStealer scam that stole $400M over 18 months.

Thailand proposes $148,000 daily stablecoin transfer cap and same-person-only wallet rules to combat money laundering.

White House nominates candidates for SEC and CFTC vacancies; bipartisan slate includes crypto-policy veterans, per Crypto Council for Innovation.

Deutsche Bank launches crypto custody for bitcoin, ether, and three stablecoins; tokenized assets and conversion features planned later.

Trump administration nominates Hester Peirce's successor and former CFTC commissioner plus two CLARITY Act veterans to SEC and CFTC.

SEC aligns with CFTC to defend stock perpetual approvals for Kalshi, Coinbase, and Bitnomial despite judicial skepticism.

Educational overview of Ethereum smart contracts, EVM, gas, Proof of Stake, upgrades and Layer 1 tradeoffs.

Celestia publishes technical deep dive on Voyager hyperscale blockchain architecture targeting 21M TPS for agentic commerce payments.

Robinhood hasn't collected federal wagering taxes on prediction markets; Supreme Court may decide tax applicability.

Bitcoin crash to $67,000 puts 855,000 BTC holder cluster at risk after Coinbase November distribution; ETF outflows accelerate.

Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 9.1%, largest cut since June, raising expected revenue per hash amid price pressure on miners.

North Korean-linked hackers launch memecoins to launder stolen Binance funds; xStocks plans Hong Kong equities integration.

DOJ, Chamber of Commerce, a16z, Paradigm and Uniswap file briefs challenging Illinois 0.2% crypto transaction tax.

DOJ says North Korea stole $400M in crypto via deepfake video calls; also moving to seize $1.2B from Binance hack.

Research paper introduces Omakase, a parallel execution framework for multi-proposer blockchains that exploits inter-block parallelism to address execution bottlenecks in L1s like Solana and Aptos.

ERC-8499 draft proposes standard for deriving post-quantum hash-based keys (SPHINCS, XMSS) from BIP-39 seed phrases via Keccak-256.

Israeli police arrest five suspects in $5M crypto trading fraud scheme involving fictitious loan agreements to hide proceeds.

Canton Network is a privacy-enabled blockchain for banks and tokenized assets; Canton Coin (CC) is its native token.

Swiss city Lugano launches token LVGA and partners with Tether to rebrand as crypto hub and boost economy.

Trezor CTO discusses post-quantum signature trade-offs for Bitcoin wallet security.

stUSDT staking winds down with May 2027 redemption deadline; rebase rewards end November 14.

1inch protocol closes new resolver delegations; delegators must claim rewards and undelegate by Nov. 27 deadline.

Protos analyzes Polymarket API to measure reaction speed to Nvidia CEO news, finding rapid market adjustments.

Researcher demonstrates 1.6 MB STARK proof of Bitcoin's UTXO set at block 972,500, verifiable in-browser in ~500ms using Lean-proven circuits.

India's Enforcement Directorate investigates CoinDCX and Delta Exchange for allegedly routing Indian user trades offshore via Costa Rican shell entity.

BIP draft proposes bc1z post-quantum address format using ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) to protect Bitcoin against Shor's algorithm threats.

Akash opens one-way AKT token migration from Cosmos to Solana, locked for two years.

Empirical study of 973,581 Bitcoin Lightning channel force-closes (2018–2026) measuring fee costs under old design before Bitcoin Core 31.0 and May 2026 zero-fee specification change.

Ondo supports Spout protocol for Solana stock-token loans with no interest, funded by covered calls; borrowers bear opportunity cost and liquidation risk.

Wall Street pushes 24/7 trading; debate centers on weekend funding and cash settlement between trading platforms.

Trump Media faces Nov. 30 deadline to repay up to $1B in convertible bonds from May bitcoin treasury fund; shares down 60% YTD.

Bitcoin fell below $64,000 with liquidations reported around $66,000 over the weekend.

EIP draft proposes running leanVM post-quantum signature aggregation in shadow mode alongside BLS until quantum/AI threats emerge, enabling emergency hard fork transition without consensus disruption.

MANTRA temporarily halts new unstaking requests for seven days; existing unstaking withdrawals continue on eight-day schedule.

Aave V3.8 activates pool-wide reentrancy guard across 15 networks without opposition from governance vote.

Forge Fixes fix(symbolic): run delegate code for EIP-7702 calls (#18459) by @stevencartavia fix(forge): recompile artifacts missing storage layouts (#18458) by @stevencartavia Other chore(deps): bump tempo dependencies to 3e5d8fd (#18430) by @github-actions[bot] test(cast)…

Bitcoin Core discloses three patched bugs including high-severity mining flaw fixed in October 2025; no active exploits reported.

Over 300 pro-crypto lawmakers elected to Congress following midterm elections.

Blockstream launches Bitcoin custody system using dedicated hardware for offline transaction signing; Adam Back advocates for simpler security design.

Evernorth raised $35M; analysis speculates potential XRP purchase impact based on allocation timing through Nov 9.

Apache HTTP/2 critical vulnerability patched; unrelated to crypto/blockchain infrastructure.

Systematization of knowledge (SoK) survey of Tendermint BFT consensus design choices, covering Tendermint Core and CometBFT protocols, ABCI, and proposed research modifications.

Research comparing one-dimensional vs. multi-dimensional fee mechanisms on Ethereum, analyzing equilibrium and dynamic simulation of EIP-7999 multidimensional fee market design.

Nakamoto bitcoin treasury extended Kraken USDT loan by one year; 60 million USDT principal now due after 2026.

MegaETH parent cuts 20% of staff during restructuring and AI pivot.

Peter Schiff predicts Bitcoin could fall below $16,500 if $50,000 support breaks.

ERC-8498 proposal for namespaced state transitions enabling soulbound tokens to accumulate and reuse verified experience credentials across protocols.

Research paper implements privacy-preserving electricity markets on Hyperledger Besu using AMM, Poseidon2 commitments, and UltraHonk zero-knowledge proofs for price settlement.

MEGA (formerly MegaETH Foundation) cuts 20% of workforce following $30M rebrand push into AI inference products.

Payward (Kraken parent) reports Q3 platform margin of $487M (up 12% QoQ, down 12% YoY) replacing Adjusted Revenue as primary metric; excludes staking rewards.

Kraken opens Anthropic IPO requests for eligible clients via ANTx share-backed tokens at 5% spread; no direct stock ownership.

Strategy's bitcoin holdings show $7.7B unrealized loss as price falls below $67,000; no margin call triggered.

Research evaluates two Solidity smart contracts for federated learning reward distribution: public quality scores vs. privacy-preserving zero-knowledge proof variant using non-transferable tokens.

Research paper applies hidden Markov models to Bitcoin on-chain transaction structure (2012–2026) to detect market regimes without price data.

Ethereum Magicians post on stateful Tier-1 error-caching vulnerability in BLS12-381 with algebraic fix and EIP-4844 use cases; appears incomplete or speculative.

EIP-8496 adds code_hash field to EIP-7928 AccountChanges, enabling stateless clients and proof systems to reconstruct pre-block state without execution.

Kraken parent Payward reports 66% drop in Q3 adjusted EBITDA to $60M, plans U.S. prediction markets and personal finance AI agent.

UK, Singapore, and Thailand central banks completed cross-border FX settlement trial linking traditional and tokenized systems via Partior's prototype.

Open-source framework for analyzing blockchain decentralization across multiple independent dimensions beyond the Nakamoto coefficient, covering node, validator, and stake concentration.

Maple reports $1.89B in Syrup loan collateral following CEO update on departures and withdrawals; disclosure not an audit.

Bitcoin price fell 14% in one week to ~$65,600, breaking support levels over the weekend.

Ethlabs proposes pqai27 roadmap to make Ethereum post-quantum and post-AI resistant by 2027, prioritizing cryptographic migration timeline at protocol layer.

Draft ERC proposing GEOF framework for recording and verifying how generative AI engines represent and measure objects.

Seam contract on Base verifies Zcash block headers using EIP-152 BLAKE2b precompile, enabling trustless cross-chain verification of Zcash consensus rules at ~626k gas per header.

ERC-8446 extends EIP-3668 CCIP-Read to enable clients as cross-chain gateways, eliminating proof requirements when client already trusts RPC to target chain.

Twenty One Capital's $1.09B Q3 profit attributed entirely to fair-value gains on 43,514 BTC holdings, not operating business.

Hyperliquid captures 11.7% of derivatives open interest across major centralized exchanges with 80% Q3 growth.

Binance's USDT reserve balance exceeds customer holdings by $1.06B, but proof-of-reserves attestation remains pending.