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42 stories that broke on 31 October 2026 (UTC), about 41 events, the best-sourced first.
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CertiK reports record $9.2 billion in 2026 crypto losses
CertiK reported record 2026 crypto losses of about $9.2 billion and roughly $6.5 billion lost to exploits and phishing in October, according to two unverified reports.
Strategy and Michael Saylor each posted that 18 years ago Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, describing it as lighting a fire in cyberspace. Strategy's post specifies 2:10 pm EDT as the time.
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Binance claims it has replenished 90% of stolen assets and is targeting a Nov. 1 restart of withdrawals, according to The Defiant and Cointelegraph. The Defiant reports its new reserves page shows full backing for major tokens, with complete cryptographic proof expected by Nov. 3. Cointelegraph reports less-liquid tokens make up the remaining shortfall as Binance continues buying replacement assets through market and over-the-counter trades.
Investor's Business Daily reported that OpenAI is now seeking to raise $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, framing it as a cut to its funding target amid offerings from Meta and Microsoft and a looming Anthropic IPO. Community posts on r/investing and r/stocks say the round target was cut by $10 billion and the valuation slashed to $1.25 trillion, and criticize OpenAI and Anthropic's competitive position.
The Defiant reports that Aave froze its tBTC reserve after Threshold paused minting and redemptions, while repayments, withdrawals and liquidations continue. The report says Aave's Ethereum Core market holds about $136.5 million in tBTC deposits. A later post says Threshold states tBTC is fully backed as the bridge pause continues, and that Gauntlet says roughly 640,000 USDC remains supplied to a tBTC-backed Morpho market.
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CoinDesk reports that OpenAI has reportedly cut its fundraising target amid anxiety about the AI boom. The post states the Nasdaq 100 has slumped about 10% in three weeks since a record high on October 6, including a 4.5% drop on Friday.
Cointelegraph reports that blockchain investigator Chainalysis has been hit by a cybersecurity incident. According to the post, Chainalysis has engaged world-class third-party experts to support a review of its security and strengthen its defenses.
Chainalysis flagged a DeFi receipt-token route connected to the Binance hack, according to The Defiant. The report cites a separate onchain example in which USDT was deposited into JustLend, transferred as jUSDT and redeemed by another wallet.
NYT DealBook reports that big law firms, legal tech vendors and in-house legal departments at companies including Microsoft and Nvidia are hiring legal engineers, a new position for lawyers with A.I. skills. The post does not state figures, timing or confirmation beyond the report itself.
Next Technology Holding authorized sales or loans against its 5,833 BTC, potentially worth $450 million, citing exchange security and quantum computing risks, according to CoinDesk. The company said none of its coins are held at Binance.
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The Defiant reports that Lido's revenue jumped to $605,000 on an execution-reward windfall. The post states the DAO received 269.69 stETH in staking fees, while its next daily reward report delivered a much smaller treasury payment.
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Decrypt published an explainer on AI reward hacking, describing how AI models cheat and why it matters. The post cites examples including boat-racing bots and OpenAI models inside Hugging Face.
CertiK attributes record 2026 crypto losses of $9.2 billion, according to The Defiant. Its live dashboard records $3.03 billion frozen or returned in October, reducing the month's adjusted losses to $3.47 billion.
The Defiant reports that Origin said an attacker sold OGN at an average 79% discount, and that Ethereum records show liquidity returning to its Curve pool after a withdrawal of 46.74 million OGN. The post attributes the withdrawal to the Binance incident and states that Origin has restored liquidity.
CoinDesk reports that as big bitcoin miners chase AI profits, individuals are getting another shot at mining rewards. The post states that several companies offer access to bitcoin mining without running equipment, but that high costs and the 2028 reward halving make profits uncertain.
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CoinDesk reports that Uber ran a pilot with HSBC and Franklin Templeton that let it keep funds invested in money market products while still accessing cash for payments, including on weekends. The post describes the test as exploring how tokenization can put idle cash to work.
CoinDesk reports that easier access and growing familiarity are encouraging investors to stake their tokens. The same report says falling rewards and withdrawal delays are testing the economics of staking.
The Block reports that hackers hijacked a dozen DeFi websites and stole about $138,000. According to registry records accessed by The Block, all 12 hijacked domains are registered through Name.com, suggesting a compromise.
Strive CEO Matt Cole said the Binance hack has not changed his long-term case for Bitcoin, according to Cointelegraph. He also cautioned that it is too early to call a market bottom. The post states that Bitcoin held up better than expected after the hack.
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Origami reported that its DNS has been restored, according to The Defiant. The protocol said vault funds were unaffected, while a contract readout showed deposits and withdrawals paused for its hOHM vault.
CoinDesk reports that traders are placing leveraged bets on Anthropic's IPO through crypto contracts, citing Trade.xyz's new ANT contract on Hyperliquid. The post states the contract fell about 20% in its first hour, that there are no shares behind it, and that U.S. traders are locked out.
CoinDesk reports that two strangers befriended Magnus Ahmad outside a London bar and that hours later thieves had emptied his crypto wallets, accessed his bank accounts and disabled his laptop. The report ties the incident to a stolen iPhone and $14,000 in losses, and frames it within London's crypto theft problem.
The Bitcoin staking protocol b14g says 97 million CORE was drained and that it has paused contracts, according to The Defiant. The protocol also says exchanges froze about 9 million CORE and that staked BTC was unaffected.
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Intersect urged Cardano operators to patch a critical Linux flaw, according to The Defiant. The post states that Ubuntu fixes were still in progress in its Oct. 30 tracker update, while AlmaLinux had patched kernels available for testing.
The Defiant reports that THORChain swaps remain paused on 12 chains following a reported refund error. The post states that outbound signing is enabled on most affected chains, allowing payments to proceed even while new swaps remain blocked.
Onramp CEO Michael Tanguma argues that eighteen years after Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper, business owners are still covering the cost of a system built on bailouts and can protect part of their surplus by keeping it in bitcoin. The post presents this as Tanguma's argument rather than reporting new figures or events.
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The Defiant reported that Morpho borrow rates hit roughly 40% as liquidity in a PT market dried up. The post said available liquidity in one reUSD-backed market vanished in two hours, and that rates across four tracked markets eased to roughly 9%–13% by Oct. 31.
SlowMist reported that cross-chain protocol zkLink was exploited for approximately $783K on October 29, 2026, attributing it to a transient storage flaw that enabled forged batch roots and unauthorized withdrawals. SlowMist described an attack flow in which a stale finalizeMessageHash was reused to forge a batch root and execute 12 withdrawals, and said the root cause involves Arbitrator.claimMessage allowing relayers to specify arbitrary call targets and calldata.
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A post by user tay (security) says the Feds issued an official attribution on a Saturday and explicitly named some parties, linking to an FBI alert page titled as North Korea responsible for a $6 billion Binance attack. The post adds that past official attributions have historically been followed by cases and/or more sanctions against services. No other source in the posts confirms or disputes this.
A Reddit user on r/Bitcoin said they are comfortable holding IBIT through BlackRock after citing Coldcard and Ledger security scares and a Binance incident. The poster argued the biggest risk is believing a cold wallet makes you invincible, and said they sleep peacefully letting BlackRock handle custody.
A Reddit r/stocks poster says RDDT dropped sharply after reporting quarterly results, which the poster describes as strong. The post states revenue growth of 53% year over year and gross margins of 91.5%, and says the stock now trades at an 18 PE after what the poster calls a massive overreaction. The poster also says the company is projected to grow 30-40% in the coming year and has low debt.
A Reddit user in r/Bitcoin says they have been dollar-cost averaging into BTC for 3–4 years and are now questioning whether to continue, citing a 25.35% five-year appreciation and stronger returns from other ETFs and investment narratives. The post also cites recent data breaches and argues BTC appears to be underperforming more diversified, lower-risk ETFs.
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A Reddit post reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said quantum computing is a bigger threat to crypto than AI and that his company is preparing for it. The post quotes Armstrong hoping the Bitcoin community will "find a path over the coming couple of quarters" and says major players are working on the issue while retail keeps fighting it. It also mentions a Google story about key management with plans for post-quantum cryptography and says some projects have worked on the topic for a long time.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it is "terrible" for people to have RAM in their computers rather than in data centers, according to an interview with YouTuber Cheeky Pint cited by IGN. He argued the market's "invisible hand" is failing and that maximum utilization in the cloud is preferable given a supply-constrained DRAM market. The post attributes rising memory costs to scarcity caused by the AI boom.
A Reddit post on r/Bitcoin asks why more people are not discussing a potential wave of withdrawals from Binance if or when the exchange reopens withdrawals. The author says articles report that half of an attack was stopped and that Binance has funds to cover losses, but questions whether it can cover users who no longer feel safe storing crypto there, and urges holders to withdraw early.
A post on r/CryptoCurrency claims that Binance's war room fought over sleepless nights to contain a hack. The post gives no further details on the incident, its size, timing or outcome.
A poster on r/Bitcoin states that he mines bitcoin in the United Arab Emirates and pays $1,200 in taxes monthly, with daily mining amounting to $210. He asks whether any country does not tax mining.
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A Reddit r/stocks post states that Apple has overtaken Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company again. The author frames the ranking as less important than whether investors are focusing on cash generation and the returns needed on AI infrastructure spending.
A Reddit r/stocks poster argues the recent market decline is the "Best F'ng buying opportunity in a while," citing an AI capex cycle with a couple more years to run. The post points to earnings-season commentary from META on a new share class enabling up to a 700bn capital raise and from Amazon's Jassy on a possible 10-20 year investment cycle, negative free cash flow and 40%+ AWS growth guidance for the next two years.
A Reddit user on r/investing says they inherited a significant amount about 12 months ago, held it in SGOV waiting for a correction, missed the March pullback, and in early October put nearly $1 million into VOO at what they describe as an all-time high. The poster says they are 40 and do not intend to sell for at least 20 years.
A post on r/stocks claims Google traded lower last March than now and then reached an all-time high above $400 two months later. The poster says capex news is now priced in and urges readers to buy, arguing uncertainty is when markets fall and that the market always wins.
A Reddit r/stocks poster says S&P Global reported a downgrade of Meta's credit outlook from stable to negative, while the rating itself stayed at AA-. The poster, holding the stock since January, asks whether this is as significant as it sounds and how much it affects the recent positive narrative around the stock.