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37 stories that broke on 24 October 2026 (UTC), about 36 events, the best-sourced first.
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Unverified X100 exploit drains Uniswap pool; proceeds split into four 400-ETH wallets
The Defiant reported a third X100 exploit transaction and said exploit proceeds were split into four 400-ETH wallets.
Eric Balchunas posted that his "assistant" has gone rogue and multiplied into bot accounts that are spamming his timeline and tagging some of his followers with trading ads. He said he tried to report them but found X's reporting process, which asks for a form and uploads, sketchy, and concluded he would have to wait it out.
Michael Saylor claimed that the Digital Credit Capital Framework launched four months ago is delivering results, with programmatic $STRC buybacks strengthening credit markets and supporting $MSTR. He said the company manages its entire capital structure to create long-term shareholder value.
The Defiant reported a third X100 exploit transaction in which a different sender routed about 549,916 X and 1,909 USDT to a new beneficiary, while the affected pool held less than 200 USDT. In a later report, The Defiant said the first exploiter swapped about 4.75 million USDT into ether and that exploit proceeds were split into four 400-ETH wallets, with the distribution wallet retaining another 423 ETH.
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The Defiant reports that Kraken has scrapped questionnaires asking clients what they will do with withdrawn Monero, while keeping XMR listed. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi said asking what clients will do with withdrawn coins is unacceptable, according to the post. Source-of-funds checks reportedly remain in place.
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CoinDesk reports that Franklin Templeton added $150 million in fund shares to the XRP Ledger through two subscriptions on Thursday, nearly quadrupling the fund's tokens on the network. The post states the receiving wallet shares its authorized signers with the issuer.
Arthur Hayes said he sold Maelstrom's directional book, according to The Defiant. The report says Hayes-linked wallets transferred 8,000 ETH and six other tokens, contrasting with his Oct. 15 declaration that he was long Bitcoin and Ether.
The Defiant reports that the UNI token slid 29% over four weeks and underperformed bitcoin and ether, while Uniswap still holds about $4 billion in liquidity.
Apex Group CEO Peter Hughes warned that the failure of the U.S. Clarity Act will drive digital asset businesses toward faster-moving jurisdictions in Asia and the Middle East. The post attributes the competitive edge for those regions to the U.S. legislation not passing.
NYT DealBook reports that surveys show workers and executives have different views on how the AI rollout is going. The post states that executives say the AI rollout is going well while employees feel differently, citing survey results.
Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca told CoinDesk that borrowing against bitcoin and earning income to build BTC holdings are becoming priorities for long-term investors. The post attributes the view to Rocca and describes the shift as a sign of maturing investment habits among wealthy holders.
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Hyperliquid's Yan and CME's Duffy are reported to be split over who must bear US compliance obligations. Yan favors oversight of market deployers rather than the blockchain, while Hyperliquid's interface still bars US-based users and VPN circumvention, according to the post.
Shaw published a reconstruction of Daos.fun that claims a critical flaw, according to The Defiant. The repository reports matching captured and rebuilt binaries. Daos.fun says it no longer maintains the platform, though existing tokens remain tradable.
Investor's Business Daily published a stock market action plan describing a heavy week ahead for investors. The post states that investors face earnings from Alphabet and Amazon, along with a Fed meeting and preelection positioning.
A CoinDesk report states that an Argentine judge dropped the criminal probe into President Javier Milei over the crashed memecoin LIBRA. The judge found that Milei's promotion of LIBRA did not constitute fraud, according to the post.
The Defiant reports that an exploit on X100 netted 4.85 million USDT after a governance takeover, with two transactions converting treasury tokens and liquidity positions into USDT. Blockaid warned that the Ethereum attack was ongoing.
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CoinDesk reports that some of the world's biggest companies objected to being listed on the first tokenized securities trading venue under the SEC's innovation exemption. The article names McDonald's, Microsoft and Google in its headline as among those saying no. It argues the early pushback may reflect issuer caution rather than rejection of tokenization itself.
Robert Bowling, a former Call of Duty developer, told Decrypt that Activision suggested cutting game discs nearly two decades ago. The post states he spent six years working on Call of Duty and that publishers have pushed to cut discs since 2007.
CoinDesk reports that Block's new voice AI sounds eerily human, with reactions split between amazement and fears it could fuel scams and deception. The post also says CZ is eyeing uses in children's education.
CoinDesk reports that Strategy and Strive face a balancing act between buying bitcoin and paying preferred stock dividends. The post states the securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin and that analysts expect the funding channel to complement the larger ETF market.
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Decrypt reports that Sweden's Government Offices will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers starting Monday, directing civil servants to Microsoft Copilot. According to the post, Copilot was the only AI tool that passed the office's security review.
The Defiant reports that ARB touched a four-week low, with its losses outpacing Bitcoin and Ether over matched four-week windows. The post also states that OP and POL lost more than a quarter over the same windows, while Arbitrum One's active-address count rose.
Decrypt reports that Google updated its privacy policy to allow connected Gmail, Drive and Photos data to personalize ads through its Personal Intelligence AI features. The post states the policy change took effect Oct. 16 and carves out an exception to Google's long-standing pledge.
Electrum developers patched a wallet flaw that a malicious server could exploit to substitute a fake payment and trick users into signing it while raising the transaction fee, according to The Defiant. Developers said one user reported losing money.
CNBC Hedge Funds reports that biotech stocks are rallying, attributing the move to clinical wins, M&A and new drug technologies that are reviving the sector. The post says analysts favor certain ETFs and stocks as ways to play the trend, without naming them in the excerpt.
Hardware-wallet maker Keystone reported a breach of its website that exposed customer addresses and order details, according to The Defiant. The company said it blocked access and fixed the vulnerability, and stated that payment details, recovery phrases and private keys were not exposed.
SlowMist's threat intelligence team issued an alert that a campaign called DarkSword targets crypto users on iPhone and iPad, exploiting iOS vulnerabilities to escape the sandbox and steal sensitive data. SlowMist's MistEye analysis identified 1,500+ DarkSword-related phishing sites across e-commerce platforms, fake Binance and OKX sites, fake crypto wallets, gaming services and exchanges. SlowMist advised users to update iOS, be cautious of suspicious apps, and avoid storing wallet credentials or seed phrases in Notes.
A post by 'tay (security)' claims that leaking hardware wallet customers' shipping information creates a risk of physical assaults and kidnappings rather than phishing. The post cites a Keystone Wallet tweet link but states no further details, figures or confirmation.
A post on r/Bitcoin reports that billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya said Bitcoin will eventually be hacked by AI and go to zero. The post gives no further detail on timing, mechanism or any response from others.
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A Reddit r/stocks post asks how SpaceX would fund the roughly $500B buildout implied by reaching about 13 GW of compute by end-2027, applying Jensen Huang's ~$50B per 1 GW cost estimate. The post cites SpaceX's ~$90B in cash and marketable securities at end-September, reported talks on a further $40B debt package for Nvidia chips, and Q4 capex guidance of $35–40B versus $19.6B in Q3. It notes the implied ~$125B per quarter is about three times that guidance and that the CFO says new compute deployments pay back in under a year at current pricing.
A r/Bitcoin community post claims Bitcoin fell below 80k for the first time in a month. The poster says they began buying within the past month and that the price had been fluctuating within 80k until today's drop.
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A Reddit r/investing post claims Brent crude closed at $117.10 after Houthi strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure and Trump remarks about a possible further US operation against Iran. The post says the State Department issued diplomatic departure orders across the Middle East and that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level since 1982, having been tapped again this week. It also states airlines are the most exposed if $115 holds another two weeks, given fuel is their single biggest cost line.
A Reddit r/stocks post says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that AWS's major cloud capacity is largely booked through 2027, with part of 2028 already committed, while the company plans to spend around $220 billion this year. The post notes Amazon reports earnings on October 29 and asks whether the AI demand will translate into expected profits.
A Reddit user on r/Bitcoin reports that the same Bitcoin address received coinbase rewards from four blocks mined within roughly 20 hours and 9 minutes, each about 3.13 BTC, totaling approximately 12 BTC. The post adds that an earlier block reward to the same address on October 22 brings the total to five rewards in roughly 47 hours, and notes the blocks were labeled as mined by an unknown miner. The author states the label and address do not establish who mined the blocks or that it was a solo miner.
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South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, with related ministries, announced a plan to streamline regulatory processes and accelerate investment in semiconductor megaprojects, according to a Reddit post. The plan introduces a fast-track system processing site selection, permitting, land compensation and design simultaneously or in a single batch, and outlines 13 specific improvement tasks. These include designating advanced industry complexes as comprehensive bonded zones and enacting super-regional special zone legislation for bulk permit approvals.
BigGo Finance, cited in a r/CryptoCurrency post, reports that BNB Chain tightened its grip on tokenized stocks as Q3 volume reached $25.6 billion and revenue jumped 54%. No other source in the posts confirms or disputes the figures.
Amgen announced Phase 3 trial results showing that combining Imdelltra with Imfinzi reduced the risk of death by 58% in patients with small-cell lung cancer compared with Imfinzi alone, according to a post citing a CNBC article. The post states median overall survival was 21.1 months with the combination versus 12.7 months with Imfinzi alone. The post says the results could be significant for Amgen's oncology business, depending on regulatory approval, commercial adoption, and the treatment's safety profile.