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TREE NEWS reports: Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick said the Binance breach could accelerate a shift toward decentralized trading and strengthen his case for Uniswap’s UNI token reaching $100 by 2030. The assessment ties the hack to a potential migration of trading activity to DEXs, with Kendrick maintaining a long-term bullish view on Uniswap.

TREE NEWS update: Binance confirmed that roughly $3 billion of the nearly $6.3 billion stolen in a coordinated hot-wallet breach has been frozen, with Tether and Circle accounting for about $2.6 billion. Tether blacklisted over 1.76 billion USDT plus XAUT and USDT0, while Circle froze 823 million USDC. Arbitrum’s Security Council moved 74.56 million ARB and 8,425 ETH to a freeze wallet, and Binance locked nearly 30,000 WBETH.

TREE NEWS update: Binance hot wallets across six blockchains were drained of at least $5.5 billion starting October 29, 2026, in the largest publicly recorded crypto theft. Attackers used an EIP-7702 authorization signed with a Binance 14 private key to delegate the wallet to a sweeper contract, then emptied 11 Binance wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Avalanche within 12 minutes. Tether and Circle froze about $1.8 billion on the main receiving address; Binance said it is investigating.

TREE NEWS update: zkLink halted its Nova network on Thursday, patched affected contracts and disabled withdrawals after an attacker faked withdrawal approvals to drain more than $780,000 from its bridge to Ethereum, the team said. Security firms identified the exploit, which let the attacker move funds out of the bridge.

TREE NEWS update: Binance suffered a multibillion-dollar hack, sending BNB down 8% and rattling the broader crypto market. Bitcoin, Ether and other major tokens also fell, with Bitcoin trading near $77,000. The exchange has not disclosed the exact size of the loss.

TREE NEWS reports: Wallets tied to the suspected Binance hack are swapping freezable stablecoins for Ethereum on decentralized exchanges, Etherscan records show, as some DeFi exchanges paused markets. The moves suggest the attackers are seeking exit ramps that are harder to freeze or trace than stablecoin holdings.

TREE NEWS reports: The hacker behind the suspected Binance breach is swapping PEPE, UNI, LINK and other tokens into ETH on-chain, Lookonchain said on October 30. The wallet still holds large altcoin positions, including 217 million ENA worth about $39.51 million, 7.58 trillion PEPE worth about $34.41 million and 2.575 million LINK worth about $28.07 million. Lookonchain warned the tokens could face significant selling pressure.

TREE NEWS update: Aave has frozen all DAO-operated markets on Aave V3 and V4 as a precaution after reports of a possible security incident involving a Binance-linked wallet, pausing new deposits and borrows while leaving withdrawals and repayments open. The protocol said its contracts were unaffected and all positions remain overcollateralized. Founder Stani Kulechov said the team is monitoring the situation and will unfreeze markets as soon as feasible. An address tied to the suspected Binance breach had deposited about 60 million USDT into Aave and borrowed 19,762 ETH.

TREE NEWS update: Stan Druckenmiller confirmed he has taken a stake in trade.xyz and said he plans to use the platform’s Hyperliquid perpetual futures, adding he is “excited” to back the venture. The U.S. market for 24/7 perpetual futures, run by ICE, still requires regulatory approval before it can operate.

TREE NEWS update: Solana lending protocol Kamino said it has paused borrowing in its SOL/BTC market as a precaution, though it has not been affected by the Binance incident. The move follows an apparent attack on a Binance hot wallet, with a linked address having used USDT collateral on Aave to borrow ETH. Kamino said it is monitoring the situation and coordinating with partners.

TREE NEWS reports: An address tagged “Binance Hot Wallet Exploiter 15” has sold about 4.7 million UNI tokens for ETH through Uniswap. The address originally received roughly 7.02 million UNI and holds about 2.3196 million UNI (around $14.89 million) remaining, plus approximately 12,283.8 ETH (about $27.89 million).

TREE NEWS update: Binance co-founder Yi He said on X that the exchange has paused withdrawals until the environment is confirmed safe, after its hot wallet was suspected of being attacked. She thanked Ripple for swiftly freezing about $200 million in related assets and World Liberty Financial for freezing $27 million in USD1 and 48 million WLFI tokens (about $2 million). On-chain data indicates outflows tied to the incident may have reached $5.6 billion.

TREE NEWS reports: An address flagged as “Binance Hot Wallet Exploiter 3” deposited about 60 million USDT into Aave V3 and borrowed 19,762 ETH, worth roughly $44.7 million, starting at 04:57 Beijing time on Oct. 30. The borrowed ETH was drawn in two tranches, and a total of 23,314.5 ETH has since been moved to another address tied to the suspected Binance hot wallet theft.

TREE NEWS update: Binance said on October 30 that its team is conducting a security check and that withdrawals will resume once the security issue is fully resolved, adding that user funds remain safe and it will keep updating. The exchange had earlier said some users’ withdrawals were blocked by a technical error and were being restored. On-chain data indicated Binance’s hot wallet may have been attacked, with outflows possibly reaching $5.6 billion.

TREE NEWS update: Binance said it is investigating a hack after suspicious outflows from its hot wallets reached as much as $5.8 billion. Tether and Circle subsequently froze $1.79 billion in USDT and USDC tied to the movement. The exchange has not disclosed further details on the incident or the status of customer funds.

TREE NEWS reports: On-chain estimates show about $5.8 billion moved out of Binance wallets in a suspected hack, with marked wallet outflows at roughly $5.64 billion as of 5:22 a.m. Beijing time — $3.528 billion on Ethereum, $1.449 billion on Bitcoin, $628 million on Tron, and $38 million combined on Arbitrum, Optimism and Base. Tether and Circle have frozen at least $2.316 billion in stablecoins. Binance has not confirmed a hack and says user funds are fully safe.

TREE NEWS reports: An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, with Tether and Circle freezing $1.8 billion of the funds. The combined figures cover the suspected exploit and the stablecoin issuers’ subsequent action against the assets.

TREE NEWS update: Circle has frozen more than $800 million in USDC assets linked to a potential vulnerability connected to Binance, the stablecoin issuer said, adding that it is closely monitoring the situation. The company did not specify the nature of the exposure or how many addresses were affected. The freeze marks one of the largest single actions taken by Circle against its own stablecoin supply.

TREE NEWS update: Polymarket has added 15-minute gold and silver prediction contracts that settle on start-and-end spot prices, using Chainlink for price data. US takers pay about $1.74 per 100 contracts traded at 50 cents, before rebates. The listing expands the platform’s short-duration commodity markets.

TREE NEWS reports: Hundreds of ETH changed hands on Uniswap at elevated stablecoin prices, trading roughly 20% above Binance levels. Chainlink’s ETH/USD reference feed showed about $2,250 during the activity, highlighting a sharp divergence between decentralized exchange pricing and the oracle reference rate.