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Ripple released 1 billion XRP from its monthly escrow on November 1, 2026, split into two 500 million XRP tranches. Company executive Jack McDonald argued…
VanEck’s BNB ETF (VBNB) led October inflows among US-listed spot crypto ETFs tracked by SoSoValue, with about $99 million. Most of that inflow arrived on October 2, 2026, before Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion hot wallet theft on October 29, 2026. Broader crypto ETF flows were negative in October, led…
XRP traded near $1.29 on October 29, 2026, about a quarter below the estimated acquisition cost of exposure held in US-listed XRP funds. Tracker data shows a small net reduction of about 0.26% in holdings across the measured funds between October 23 and October 28, 2026, leaving most positions intact.…
Bitcoin’s Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to its lowest level in four years, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. The reading matches levels last seen in November 2022, shortly after the FTX collapse, when Bitcoin reached its cycle bottom. The market is weighing this signal alongside a $6.3 billion…
Binance has completed an initial investigation into a hack it describes as a “security incident,” tied to a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop. The exchange estimates the total impact at about $6.3 billion, with roughly $3 billion frozen on-chain with help from blockchain partners. Binance says wallet private keys remain secure,…
Bitcoin traded back above $80,000 after the U.S. September PCE inflation data matched market expectations. The headline PCE rate rose to 3.6% year over year, up from 3.4% in August, while the Fed held rates at its October meeting. Polymarket odds of a December rate hike eased slightly, with 78%…
