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TREE NEWS update: Binance is rebuilding its withdrawal service after a breach it estimates at $6.3 billion. The attacker used EIP-7702 to bypass wallet controls, Teng said, and also destroyed tools and traces during the intrusion.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will coordinate the investigation into the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the bureau said. The FBI is taking the lead in coordinating the probe into the attack on the exchange. No further details on the scope of the investigation or the losses involved were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Binance CEO said attackers behind the exchange’s hot wallet breach used a self-destruct mechanism to destroy their tools and traces during the operation. The attackers exploited the known multisig protocol EIP-7702 to gain on-chain execution rights over the hot wallet, which was the affected component. Withdrawals remain suspended while Binance rebuilds the service and will not reopen until strict testing is passed; a full proof-of-reserves report is due before next Monday.

TREE NEWS update: Binance executive Teng set a Monday deadline for the exchange’s reserve report while withdrawals remain paused, saying the Sunday restart target is still on track within 40 hours but that reopening depends on the rebuilt service passing testing. The reserve report deadline and withdrawal restart both hinge on the platform’s systems clearing checks.

TREE NEWS update: Ripio will compensate about 1,000 users after a pricing error on its wARS token, with the shortfall totaling no more than roughly $6,000. The Argentine exchange confirmed the figure, which comes as non-dollar stablecoins account for just 0.6% of the $302 billion stablecoin market.

TREE NEWS update: Binance co-CEO Teng said the exchange plans to restart withdrawals on Sunday following a hack and has reserved more than $6.34 billion in company funds. A full Proof of Reserves report is scheduled for publication by Monday.

TREE NEWS update: Tydro has restored new borrowing while keeping a reduced USDC cap, cutting the USDC borrow limit 31.2% to 51.6 million tokens. That leaves roughly $1.1 million of headroom at the time of reporting.

TREE NEWS update: China’s securities regulator has accepted the Hong Kong IPO filing materials of Beijing SiliconFlow Technology Co., Ltd.. The materials were received on October 19, 2026, marking the start of the regulatory review process for the company’s planned listing in Hong Kong.

TREE NEWS reports: Strategy shares fell after its Q3 earnings, but StoneX and TD Cowen maintained buy ratings, citing a $4.83 billion cash reserve and a more stable STRC preferred structure. The analysts said the preferred-stock fix sets up renewed bitcoin buying.

TREE NEWS reports: EIP-7702, an Ethereum upgrade that lets ordinary wallets execute smart contract code for batched and sponsored transactions, is behind the $6.4 billion Binance hack. The proposal enables wallets to run contract logic, a feature linked to the exploit that drained the exchange. Details of how the upgrade was exploited were not immediately specified.

TREE NEWS update: All Nippon Airways (ANA) said on October 30 that unauthorized access to a contractor handling its passenger service system exposed the data of approximately 37,800 users. About 1,700 of those records include passport numbers and nationalities, the airline said.

TREE NEWS update: Aave has reopened its markets while keeping nine assets at zero loan-to-value, meaning they cannot be used as collateral. The collateral restrictions apply wherever those assets are listed, with different rules governing existing V3 and V4 positions. The protocol did not specify in the material which nine assets are affected.

TREE NEWS reports: Coinbase and Strategy shares extended opening losses following a breach at Binance, falling more than Bitcoin’s 4.65% decline and the S&P 500’s 1.24% drop over the same period. The two crypto-linked stocks underperformed both the leading cryptocurrency and the benchmark U.S. equity index.

TREE NEWS update: Anchorpoint said it plans to issue its HKDAP stablecoin natively on Solana, moving beyond its current Ethereum-only beta access. The Hong Kong dollar-pegged token remains in limited beta on Ethereum, while HSBC’s RedCoin has already launched for retail payments through PayMe. No timeline for the Solana issuance was given.

TREE NEWS update: Tydro has unfrozen its markets following a precautionary freeze, but new borrowing remains blocked, the protocol said. Repayments, withdrawals and liquidations stayed available throughout the freeze. Tydro’s dashboard shows $62.36 million in outstanding borrows. The protocol did not give a timeline for resuming new loans.

TREE NEWS reports: A US fusion startup says it has turned mercury into gold, a claim that could raise questions about gold’s scarcity. The development raises the prospect of an increased gold supply, which could strengthen Bitcoin’s claim to be a better form of digital gold. No further details on the process or the company were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: A matched one-ETH arbitrage example shows that trading fees erode a quoted price gap, leaving less net profit than the spread implies. The analysis also notes that prefunding the trade shifts risk to the rebalancing leg rather than removing it, meaning the strategy still carries exposure after the initial transaction.

TREE NEWS update: Binance said it has set aside $6.34 billion in assets to cover losses from a major hack that it says resulted in roughly $6.3 billion in stolen assets. Around $3 billion of the stolen funds has been frozen, the exchange said. The figures were disclosed in live updates on the incident.

TREE NEWS update: Binance has allocated $6.34 billion to cover hack losses, with industry partners freezing another $3 billion in affected assets. The exchange disclosed the figures without specifying which incidents the funds cover or a timeline for payouts.

TREE NEWS update: Binance is working with law enforcement, including the FBI, to recover assets following a $6.3 billion hack, the exchange said. More than $6.3 billion has been set aside from company funds to cover the shortfall, and $3 billion is currently frozen as recovery efforts continue.