https://chainbrief.app/en/Independent blockchain and crypto news: a 24/7 live wire, daily analysis from our desk and live market data. Free to read, no sign-up.en https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-05-0931-sherrod-brown-returns-senate-crypto-spending/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-05-0931-sherrod-brown-returns-senate-crypto-spending/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:31:00 GMTFormer Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown beat Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio, two years after a crypto-funded campaign helped push him out. Politico put industry spending on this year's race above $55 million, while Reuters counted more than $68 million before the vote. With Democrats now holding the Senate, Elizabeth Warren rather than Brown is expected to lead the Banking Committee. Source: American Banker https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-05-0929-binance-98-percent-replenished-por-44-tokens/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-05-0929-binance-98-percent-replenished-por-44-tokens/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:29:00 GMTBinance said in its seventh incident update that it has refilled about 98% of the assets hit in last week's hack from its own funds, and will buy the last 2% of thinly traded tokens on the open market and over the counter. A new proof-of-reserves snapshot taken at 00:00 UTC on Nov. 4 covers 44 tokens, up from 10, with the full zero-knowledge proof expected to take 50 to 60 hours. Co-CEO Richard Teng put the amount frozen or intercepted so far at about $2.85 billion. Source: The Daily Hodl https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2125-liquid-network-full-bitcoin-backing-restored/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2125-liquid-network-full-bitcoin-backing-restored/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:25:00 GMTThe Liquid Federation said on Tuesday that its bitcoin reserves again cover all LBTC one-to-one, closing a gap left by a Sept. 6 exploit that drained about 4,000 BTC. The attacker returned roughly 3,400 BTC a day later; the last 550 BTC arrived in two deposits on Monday, which a Federation board member attributed to Blockstream. The Federation says governance and security changes will follow in the coming weeks. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2123-binance-safu-half-bitcoin-hack/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2123-binance-safu-half-bitcoin-hack/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:23:00 GMTBinance's SAFU emergency fund now holds about 7,500 BTC, roughly half of the 15,000 BTC it held after converting from stablecoins in February, after four withdrawals on Oct. 31 to help cover the $6.3 billion theft. At around $77,000 per coin, the remainder is worth about $580 million. Binance says it will rebuild the fund to about $1 billion but has given no timetable. Source: Bloomingbit, citing CoinDesk https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2121-bitcoin-etfs-398m-outflow-ibit/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-2121-bitcoin-etfs-398m-outflow-ibit/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:21:00 GMTU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted $398.6 million in net outflows on Monday, adding to the $643 million that left on Friday. BlackRock's IBIT alone shed $405.3 million, more than the group's net total, while Fidelity's FBTC took in about $6.7 million. Bitcoin slipped toward $76,500 on Tuesday as investors waited on U.S. midterm results. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-03-okx-ice-tokenized-stock-objections-50-companies/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-03-okx-ice-tokenized-stock-objections-50-companies/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:20:00 GMTNvidia, Costco and Nike are among 50 issuers that have barred their shares from a planned 24/7 tokenized stock venue run by OKX and NYSE owner ICE. The first 30-day objection window under the SEC’s new exemption runs out around today. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-0928-binance-outflows-halve-more-networks-reopen/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-0928-binance-outflows-halve-more-networks-reopen/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:28:00 GMTBinance's 24-hour net outflows have dropped to roughly $3.29 billion, less than half the peak of about $7 billion, according to DeFiLlama data. The exchange plans to restore withdrawals for more networks and assets on Nov. 3 but has not named them or given a start time. The first phase on Nov. 1 covered 15 networks. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-0926-binance-zk-proof-10-assets-early/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-03-0926-binance-zk-proof-10-assets-early/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:26:00 GMTBinance said the zero-knowledge proof for its Oct. 31 reserve snapshot is ready a day ahead of its Nov. 3 target, letting users check that 10 assets, including BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC and XRP, are backed at least one-to-one. The exchange says it has replaced about 95% of the stolen funds from its own money; the rest sits in thinner tokens outside those 10. A broader snapshot follows on Nov. 4, with its proof expected to take another 40 to 50 hours. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-02-italy-exit-tax-crypto-holders-unrealized-gains/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-02-italy-exit-tax-crypto-holders-unrealized-gains/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:42:00 GMTArticle 17 of Italy’s draft 2027 budget would tax unrealized gains of long-term residents who move abroad with €800,000 or more in assets. The headline rate is 26⁠%, but crypto media are reading it as 33⁠% for tokens, and the government has not said which applies. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2138-cipher-digital-q3-revenue-27m-hpc-lease/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2138-cipher-digital-q3-revenue-27m-hpc-lease/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:38:00 GMTBitcoin miner turned data center developer Cipher Digital reported third-quarter revenue of $26.7 million, down from $71.7 million a year earlier and about $11 million short of analyst estimates. Mining brought in $20.8 million and its first high-performance computing lease added $5.9 million; a $127.2 million warrant revaluation turned the quarter into a $31.6 million net profit. The company also extended its Barber Lake lease with an AI lab to 20 years, lifting contracted revenue at the site to about $9.1 billion. Source: GlobeNewswire https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2134-circle-froze-1-1b-usdc-binance-hack/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2134-circle-froze-1-1b-usdc-binance-hack/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:34:00 GMTCircle said it has frozen more than $1.1 billion in USDC connected to last week's Binance theft, up from the roughly $823 million it locked in the attacker's wallet within minutes of the hack. The company has not explained the gap between the two figures. Bitcoin and ether, which no issuer can freeze, make up an estimated $2.4 billion of the stolen funds, according to TRM Labs. Source: American Banker https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2130-binance-net-withdrawals-4-7b-usd-cash/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-2130-binance-net-withdrawals-4-7b-usd-cash/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:30:00 GMTCustomers have taken a net $4.72 billion out of Binance since withdrawals reopened on Sunday morning, or about 2.8% of assets on the platform, a spokesperson told Reuters, against roughly $2.7 billion of inflows. The exchange added U.S. dollar cash withdrawals back on Monday, while most tokens beyond bitcoin, ether and some dollar stablecoins remain partly suspended. Binance said withdrawal volumes have eased after the initial spike. Source: Reuters via BNN Bloomberg https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-gone-KRW-D-2026-11-02/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-gone-KRW-D-2026-11-02/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:14:52 GMTBithumb has ended trading of D. Holders should check the withdrawal window. Exchange notice https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-gone-KRW-HOOK-2026-11-02/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-gone-KRW-HOOK-2026-11-02/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:14:52 GMTBithumb has ended trading of HOOK. Holders should check the withdrawal window. Exchange notice https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-0929-binance-hackers-tron-242m-laundered/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-0929-binance-hackers-tron-242m-laundered/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:29:00 GMTAfter Tether froze 378.7 million USDT, the attackers still had about $249 million to work with on Tron, and roughly $242 million of it moved out through Relay, THORChain, Chainflip and other services within two days, according to on-chain analyst SomaXBT. Elliptic estimates about $3.3 billion of the loot sits in assets no issuer can freeze, including 18,270 BTC that has not left the 19 bitcoin addresses named by the FBI. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-0927-binance-net-outflow-3-64b-after-reopening/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-02-0927-binance-net-outflow-3-64b-after-reopening/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:27:00 GMTCustomers pulled about $4.65 billion from Binance between 06:00 and 15:30 UTC on Sunday while depositing about $1.01 billion, a net outflow of roughly $3.64 billion, the exchange said on X. That is about 2.1% of the $171 billion shown in its Oct. 28 proof of reserves. All 15 networks in the first phase were open by Sunday evening; the rest are still being tested. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-01-crypto-midterm-spending-clarity-act-test/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-11-01-crypto-midterm-spending-clarity-act-test/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:28:00 GMTCrypto-funded political groups have put somewhere between $176 million and more than $200 million into the U.S. midterms, depending on who is counting. Tuesday’s results, led by an Ohio Senate race the industry has spent heavily to swing, will shape whether the stalled market structure bill gets another chance this year. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2127-bitcoin-steadies-near-78000-withdrawals-restart/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2127-bitcoin-steadies-near-78000-withdrawals-restart/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:27:00 GMTBitcoin traded around $78,000 on Sunday, a small gain on the day, after dipping toward a six-week low near $76,100 in the selling that followed the Binance hack. Ether was near $2,270. The Oct. 30 sell-off had triggered more than $1.5 billion in liquidations. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2124-binance-reserves-snapshot-zk-proof-nov-3/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2124-binance-reserves-snapshot-zk-proof-nov-3/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:24:00 GMTA Binance proof-of-reserves snapshot taken at 00:00 UTC on Oct. 31 shows customer balances in BTC, ETH, USDT, BNB, SOL, USDC, XRP, USD1, RLUSD and ZEC fully covered, the exchange said. A complete zero-knowledge proof is now expected by Tuesday, Nov. 3, a day later than the Nov. 2 date given earlier. Binance has also promised a detailed incident report once its investigation ends. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2122-binance-phase-one-withdrawals-95-percent/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-2122-binance-phase-one-withdrawals-95-percent/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:22:00 GMTBinance restarted withdrawals on Sunday in a first phase that began with the bitcoin network shortly after 06:00 UTC, followed by ether, BNB and some USDT and USDC routes, across 15 networks in total. The exchange said it has now bought back about 95% of the roughly $6.3 billion taken in last week's hack, up from 90% a day earlier, with the rest made up of less liquid tokens. No date has been set for the second phase, and deposits stayed open throughout. Source: Reuters via Business Standard https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-0916-fbi-north-korea-tradertraitor-binance/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-0916-fbi-north-korea-tradertraitor-binance/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:16:00 GMTThe FBI on Saturday attributed the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance to TraderTraitor, the North Korean group it also tied to last year's $1.5 billion Bybit hack. The bureau said most of the stolen assets have been swapped into ether and asked exchanges, analytics firms and node operators to block transactions linked to addresses it published. Source: AP via ClickOrlando https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-0913-binance-90-percent-replenished-withdrawals/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-11-01-0913-binance-90-percent-replenished-withdrawals/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:13:00 GMTBinance said Saturday it has replaced 90% of the roughly $6.3 billion taken from its hot wallet, up from about 80% a day earlier, with its ten most-held assets, including BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC, now fully covered. The exchange still plans to reopen withdrawals token by token on Sunday, Nov. 1, while a full zero-knowledge proof of reserves is expected around Nov. 3 UTC. Source: Cointelegraph https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-31-binance-hack-washington-exchange-rules-debate/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-31-binance-hack-washington-exchange-rules-debate/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMTTwo days after the $6.3 billion theft from Binance, the fight has moved to Washington. The CFTC chair is pitching his voluntary registration plan for offshore venues, an industry group wants Congress to act before it adjourns, and the two parties are reading the same hack in opposite ways, three days before the Nov. 3 election. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2128-singapore-binance-hack-exposure-unclear/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2128-singapore-binance-hack-exposure-unclear/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:28:00 GMTTRM Labs said on-chain data from Binance's hot wallets cannot be tied to individual users or countries, leaving Singapore's exposure to the $6.3 billion theft unknown, The Straits Times reported. Binance.com has remained on the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Investor Alert List since 2021, when the regulator ordered it to stop soliciting Singapore residents. Source: The Straits Times via The Star https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2125-coinbase-kraken-okx-security-after-binance/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2125-coinbase-kraken-okx-security-after-binance/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:25:00 GMTCoinbase said it had changed the systems it uses to hold crypto keys offline, describing the move as purely precautionary after the theft at Binance. Kraken said it was studying the incident for lessons for its own defenses, and OKX chief executive Star Xu called for a real-time alert system so exchanges can share attack data and freeze suspected stolen funds quickly. Source: Reuters via The Business Standard https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2122-bitcoin-etfs-643m-outflow-post-hack/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-2122-bitcoin-etfs-643m-outflow-post-hack/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:22:00 GMTU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted about $643 million in net outflows on Oct. 30, ending a four-day run of inflows and marking the largest one-day withdrawal since June. BlackRock's IBIT lost roughly $234 million and Fidelity's FBTC about $201 million, while ether funds shed another $156 million or so, according to Farside data. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-0928-coinbase-eea-converts-14-stablecoins/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-0928-coinbase-eea-converts-14-stablecoins/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:28:00 GMTCoinbase carried out a one-time conversion on Oct. 30 of 14 stablecoins that lack MiCA authorization, among them USDT, PYUSD, USD1 and DAI, swapping remaining EEA retail balances into USDC or another supported asset at market rates. Tokens sent to Coinbase after the cutoff will not be credited; the exchange noted that MiCA's transition period for issuers ended July 1 without extension. Source: Unchained https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-0926-binance-phased-withdrawals-proof-of-reserves/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-31-0926-binance-phased-withdrawals-proof-of-reserves/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:26:00 GMTIn its second incident update on Oct. 30, Binance said it aims to begin restoring withdrawals in stages within roughly 34 hours, once security checks are complete, and will publish full proof-of-reserves results by Monday, Nov. 2. The exchange says about $3 billion of the stolen assets is frozen on-chain, while Elliptic's independent tally stood at $2.84 billion. Source: Bitcoin.com News https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-warn-KRW-RECALL-2026-10-30/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-bithumb-warn-KRW-RECALL-2026-10-30/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:48:49 GMTBithumb designated RECALL as a caution-flagged asset. Unresolved caution flags can lead to delisting in Korea. Exchange notice https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2130-okx-star-xu-exchange-security-standards/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2130-okx-star-xu-exchange-security-standards/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMTOKX founder Star Xu called on exchange chiefs to agree common security standards, arguing safety should not be a field for competition. His proposals include real-time settlement between verified exchanges, added checks and delays for large withdrawals to unknown addresses or smart-contract approvals enforced at the signing layer, and joint incident alerts and asset freezes. Source: CoinDesk https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2128-coinbase-q3-profit-prediction-markets/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2128-coinbase-q3-profit-prediction-markets/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:28:00 GMTCoinbase reported third-quarter net income of $719 million, almost all of it from a $715 million gain on crypto it holds, while revenue of about $1.22 billion was flat on the quarter and down 35% from a year earlier. Prediction markets passed $200 million in annualized revenue, and CEO Brian Armstrong said the CFTC has cleared Coinbase to list its own event contracts. Source: The Block https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2126-bitcoin-etfs-17m-ether-funds-105m-out/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-2126-bitcoin-etfs-17m-ether-funds-105m-out/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:26:00 GMTU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in a net $17.2 million on Thursday, a fourth straight day of inflows but far below Wednesday's $137 million, as the Binance hack hit prices. Ether funds lost $105.5 million, led by $71.7 million out of BlackRock's ETHA, and Solana products shed $27.7 million, according to Farside data. Source: FinanceFeeds https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-30-binance-6-34b-reserve-north-korea-tradertraitor/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-30-binance-6-34b-reserve-north-korea-tradertraitor/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:25:00 GMTA day after the largest theft in crypto’s history, Binance says it has ring-fenced more than $6.34 billion of its own money to restore customer balances, while two U.S. analytics firms name North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit as the likely culprit. Withdrawals stay shut, and the questions have moved from how much was taken to who pays and what rules change. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-0928-aave-freezes-markets-binance-hack/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-0928-aave-freezes-markets-binance-hack/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:28:00 GMTAave paused new deposits and borrowing across every DAO-operated V3 and V4 market, while still letting users withdraw and repay, after a wallet linked to the Binance attack posted stolen USDT as collateral and borrowed roughly 20,000 ETH. Aave said its contracts were not affected and positions remain overcollateralized. Source: Cointelegraph https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-0926-binance-verified-frozen-2-54b/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-30-0926-binance-verified-frozen-2-54b/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:26:00 GMTBinance said the amount frozen in connection with its hot-wallet breach now stands at a verified $2.54 billion and may rise as tracing with law enforcement and stablecoin issuers continues. Co-founder Yi He said the exchange will absorb all losses, with deposits and withdrawals paused until security checks finish. On-chain estimates of the outflows still range from about $2.4 billion to $5.8 billion. Source: CoinDesk https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2144-euronext-suspends-coinshares-zcash-etp/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2144-euronext-suspends-coinshares-zcash-etp/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:44:00 GMTEuronext suspended trading in the CoinShares Zcash ETP (ZCSH) in Paris on Oct. 28, citing settlement requirements that the central securities depository cannot yet fully support. The product would have been Europe's fourth Zcash ETP after earlier listings by 21Shares, Virtune and Valor. Source: Cointelegraph https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2141-ice-trade-xyz-hyperliquid-perps-onshore/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2141-ice-trade-xyz-hyperliquid-perps-onshore/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:41:00 GMTIntercontinental Exchange said on Oct. 29 it will run a new market and clearing structure built on Hyperliquid for Trade[XYZ]'s perpetual futures on crypto, stocks, commodities and currencies, aimed at KYC-verified U.S. retail traders, and will take a strategic stake in Trade[XYZ]. The plan needs regulatory approvals that have not yet been sought, and no launch date was given. Source: ICE https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-29-dtcc-tokenization-service-live-wall-street/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-29-dtcc-tokenization-service-live-wall-street/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:40:00 GMTThe firm that sits under almost every U.S. securities trade has opened a live service that turns stock, ETF and Treasury positions into blockchain tokens. The launch is narrow by design, and that is exactly what supporters and crypto-native critics are arguing about. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2138-utah-criminal-charges-kalshi-founders/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-2138-utah-criminal-charges-kalshi-founders/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:38:00 GMTUtah prosecutors charged KalshiEX and co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara with 13 felonies and one misdemeanor in Salt Lake County's Third District Court on Oct. 28, including 12 counts of online gambling promotion and one of a pattern of unlawful activity. The defendants were summoned rather than arrested, and Kalshi called the case an overreach it expects to beat. It escalates a fight in which the CFTC sued Utah earlier this week. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-binance-a259777ee4104befa3daba5c1eadc7b5/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-binance-a259777ee4104befa3daba5c1eadc7b5/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:48:52 GMTBinance announced spot trading for PREDICT. New listings on major exchanges often bring sharp early volatility. Exchange notice https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-0931-bitcoin-etfs-286m-two-days/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-0931-bitcoin-etfs-286m-two-days/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:31:00 GMTU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $176 million on Oct. 27, led by roughly $151 million into BlackRock's IBIT, after $110 million the session before, for a two-day total near $286 million. Spot ether ETFs lost about $149 million over the same two days. Source: Bitcoin.com News https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-0928-fed-holds-two-dissents-bitcoin/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-29-0928-fed-holds-two-dissents-bitcoin/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:28:00 GMTThe Federal Reserve kept its target range at 3.75% to 4.00% on Oct. 28 in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack dissenting in favor of another quarter-point increase. The decision follows September's hike and a rise in consumer inflation to 3.7%. Bitcoin barely moved on the news and held near $81,000. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2148-ripple-robinhood-bny-rlusd-deals/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2148-ripple-robinhood-bny-rlusd-deals/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:48:00 GMTRipple used its Swell event on Oct. 27 to announce that Robinhood will bring the RLUSD stablecoin to its retail app later this year, use it on the XRP Ledger for institutional settlement and adopt Ripple Treasury for cash management. BNY's digital asset custody platform now holds XRP and RLUSD, and the two plan to let bank clients mint and redeem the token directly. RLUSD's market value is about $2.57 billion. Source: Cointelegraph https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2145-bessent-sec-cftc-after-clarity-act/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2145-bessent-sec-cftc-after-clarity-act/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:45:00 GMTTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Ripple's Swell conference in New York on Oct. 27 that Congress's failure to pass the CLARITY Act was a disappointment, but that Treasury can push crypto oversight forward with the SEC and CFTC through agency action. He grouped digital assets with AI and chips in the technology race with China and noted that more than 90% of stablecoins are tied to the dollar and often backed by Treasuries. Rules made by agencies would not carry the durability of a statute. Source: CoinDesk https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2142-robinhood-q3-prediction-markets-top-crypto/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-2142-robinhood-q3-prediction-markets-top-crypto/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:42:00 GMTRobinhood said Oct. 27 that third-quarter revenue rose 12% from a year earlier to a record $1.42 billion. Event contracts brought in $173 million, more than six times last year's level, while crypto revenue dropped 55% to $120 million. Customers traded a record 16.4 billion event contracts in the period. Source: Stock Titan https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-28-cftc-sues-utah-prediction-markets-preemption/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-28-cftc-sues-utah-prediction-markets-preemption/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:40:00 GMTThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken Utah to federal court to stop the state from policing Kalshi and other event-contract exchanges. It is the agency’s tenth such suit, and it lands in a district where a judge has already sided with Utah. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-0928-ngrave-security-warning/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-0928-ngrave-security-warning/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:28:00 GMTBelgian hardware wallet maker NGRAVE said it is facing a high-level cyber threat and told users to watch for phishing by text, email, fake websites and bogus support staff, adding it never asks for recovery phrases. The warning follows an Oct. 17 incident in which attackers hijacked a third-party push service for its LIQUID app and drained at least $2.56 million from about 70 wallets. Source: ChainCatcher https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-0927-cftc-polymarket-settlement-probe/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-28-0927-cftc-polymarket-settlement-probe/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:27:00 GMTThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing whether Polymarket kept U.S. users off its offshore market as its 2022 settlement required, Reuters reported Oct. 27, citing two people familiar with the matter. Investigators are said to be looking at how the platform located users, its U.S. marketing and onboarding on its newer U.S. venue. Earlier CFTC and Justice Department probes closed in July 2025 without charges, and all parties declined to comment. Source: Unchained https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2139-ethereum-glamsterdam-deposit-bug-fix/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2139-ethereum-glamsterdam-deposit-bug-fix/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:39:00 GMTEthereum's consensus specifications now include a fix, merged Oct. 26, for a Glamsterdam flaw that could have credited a pending validator deposit to a block builder registered under the same key. The change, proposed by a Lido engineer, sorts deposits by withdrawal credentials; it had been shelved on Oct. 19 before being reopened. No mainnet date is set, and client teams still have to implement and test the new rule. Source: Unchained https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2136-coinbase-eea-stablecoin-conversion/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2136-coinbase-eea-stablecoin-conversion/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:36:00 GMTCoinbase will convert 14 stablecoins that lack MiCA authorization, including Tether's USDT, PayPal's PYUSD and World Liberty Financial's USD1, for retail customers in the European Economic Area once an Oct. 30 deadline passes. Remaining balances will generally be switched into USDC, and trading in the affected tokens is already blocked. The move comes ahead of the Jan. 8, 2027 outer limit set by an Oct. 8 ESMA opinion. Source: CryptoSlate https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2133-bitcoin-etf-inflow-ibit-110m/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-2133-bitcoin-etf-inflow-ibit-110m/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:33:00 GMTU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of about $110.3 million on Oct. 26, ending two straight sessions of outflows. BlackRock's IBIT was the only fund with new money, while the other products reported flat flows. Spot ether ETFs went the other way, losing roughly $88.6 million on the day. Source: TokenPost https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-27-ripple-national-trust-bank-final-occ-approval/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-27-ripple-national-trust-bank-final-occ-approval/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMTRipple now has a fully approved federal trust bank that will hold the reserves behind its RLUSD stablecoin. The approval lands as community bankers sue the OCC over the very charter model it relies on, and less than three months before the GENIUS Act takes effect. https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-upbit-mkt-KRW-NIL/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/auto-upbit-mkt-KRW-NIL/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:10:54 GMTSouth Korean exchange Upbit has added NIL (KRW). New Korean listings often draw heavy KRW volume in the first hours of trading. Exchange notice https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-1155-firstbrick-media-partner/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-1155-firstbrick-media-partner/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:55:00 GMTCHAINBRIEF is the media partner of Oriel Foundation (formerly First Brick Foundation), a foundation in formation that plans to support families and children in need, in Korea and abroad, starting with learning support and growing toward classrooms and schools. The foundation says it will record every gift and payout on a public blockchain once it is registered, and is not taking donations yet. CHAINBRIEF will report its progress. Source: Oriel Foundation https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-0933-cftc-ai-frontier-forum/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-0933-cftc-ai-frontier-forum/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:33:00 GMTThe CFTC's innovation task force will host its first Frontier Forum on Wednesday, focused on how artificial intelligence could reshape U.S. derivatives markets and their oversight. Participants include crypto firms Chainlink, Hedera and Tempo, trading-technology companies such as OneChronos, and the Investment Company Institute. Topics include AI agents that use blockchains and stablecoins to trade without human input, and whether current rules cover them. Source: Bloomingbit https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-0931-fed-meeting-bitcoin-80k/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-27-0931-fed-meeting-bitcoin-80k/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:31:00 GMTThe Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting Tuesday, with a decision due Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET and markets widely expecting rates to stay at 3.75% to 4.00%; CME FedWatch puts the odds of a hike below 10%. Bitcoin traded around $80,000 on Monday after U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs shed about $774 million across Thursday and Friday. Roughly $11 billion in bitcoin options also expire Friday. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-26-2154-hong-kong-tokenized-funds-secondary-trading/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-26-2154-hong-kong-tokenized-funds-secondary-trading/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:54:00 GMTHong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission on Monday approved the first tokenized funds offered to the public for secondary trading on a licensed virtual asset platform. Two ChinaAMC (Hong Kong) money market funds, one in Hong Kong dollars and one in U.S. dollars, can now be bought and sold around the clock on Futu-owned Cheetah Trade, with primary subscriptions and redemptions as a backstop. The SFC said it will monitor trading closely before considering a wider range of products. Source: RTHK https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-26-2151-mexc-no-mica-dutch-exit/https://chainbrief.app/en/flash/2026-10-26-2151-mexc-no-mica-dutch-exit/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:51:00 GMTExchange MEXC says in an updated country restrictions guide that it is not authorized to provide crypto-asset services under the EU's MiCA rules, as it finishes closing accounts for users in the Netherlands. The guide gives Nov. 16 as the final offboarding date, later than the Oct. 31 completion date in an earlier notice, and MEXC has also said it will stop serving users in Russia and Belarus. Source: crypto.news https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-26-aviva-tokenized-sterling-fund-regulators/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-26-aviva-tokenized-sterling-fund-regulators/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:45:00 GMTAviva Investors has added a blockchain-recorded share class to its largest money market fund, the latest sign that tokenized cash products are moving into mainstream asset management. The launch lands days after the SEC and ESMA both put tokenization on their supervisory agendas. https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-26-bitcoin-80000-etf-cost-basis-fed-week/https://chainbrief.app/en/articles/2026-10-26-bitcoin-80000-etf-cost-basis-fed-week/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:20:00 GMTTwo days of heavy U.S. spot ETF redemptions and a weekend wave of forced selling pushed bitcoin briefly under $80,000, the zone where on-chain data places the average ETF and corporate treasury buyer. The Federal Reserve’s Oct. 27–28 meeting now sets the tone for the week.