INTEL: Crypto industry spending on US midterms tops $200 million | Per CNBC

Fairshake has backed 58 candidates in primaries or special elections, and 53 of them won

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INTEL: Binance says 90% of $6.3B hack losses have been replenished, with 10 major assets fully backed

- BTC, ETH, USDT, BNB, SOL, USDC, XRP, USD1, RLUSD and ZEC are now reportedly 100% backed.
- The remaining 10% consists of less liquid tokens still being acquired through market and OTC channels.
- Replenishment draws on SAFU, the Futures insurance fund and corporate treasury.

A new Proof of Reserves snapshot was taken on October 31, with zero-knowledge verification expected by November 3.
Withdrawals are scheduled to resume on November 1, while SAFU will be replenished to approximately $1B.

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INTEL: US investment-grade bond sales set an annual record, passing the $1.75 trillion of 2020 | Per Bloomberg

AI spending is driving the borrowing wave, with over $300 billion in AI-related investment-grade bonds issued globally so far in 2026, almost 3 times the total for all of 2025

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INTEL: Speculators pile nearly $1 billion into 3x leveraged Nasdaq 100 ETF after Friday's selloff

It is the fifth largest single-day inflow on record, after $QQQ dropped 3.5% on Friday

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INTEL: North Korea responsible for stealing more than $6B in crypto from Binance | Per Reuters

The attribution links the historic exchange hack to North Korean state-backed hackers.

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INTEL: OpenAI will train its models on security researchers' Daybreak Blue work even with training switched off

The change starts Nov 29 and hits personal accounts. After backlash OpenAI promised an opt-out, but safety-flagged sessions can still be used

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INTEL: Binance to resume withdrawals in phases, with first phase starting between 06:00 and 09:00 UTC

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INTEL: Bitcoin staking protocol b14g hit by exploit as 97 million CORE tokens are drained

About 68 million CORE remain on the Core chain and exchanges have frozen around 9 million. Core DAO says the Core network itself is safe and CORE staked directly or through other protocols is not affected

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INTEL: Binance hacker swaps $46.4M in stolen SOL for Bitcoin through Relay Protocol

The attacker moved 486,970 SOL in the past hour as part of a larger 970,522 SOL ($95.9M) position being converted into BTC.

Data: Arkham

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INTEL: Bitcoin ETF investors rush for the exits after record Binance hack

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $643.2 million in outflows on Friday, their first full trading session after the $6.4 billion Binance hack. October ended with approximately $516 million in net outflows.

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INTEL: OneKey founder warns BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF IBIT could be a North Korean target

Coinbase, IBIT's custodian, says it adjusted cold storage as a precaution. No compromise of IBIT or Coinbase's custody has been established

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INTEL: Netanyahu presses Trump to resume Iran strikes right after US midterms | Per Axios

Trump wants to give diplomacy more time. An Israeli source called Saturday's phone call "tough" and a US source called it "direct"

Updates
• Trump says the US still has to 'take care' of one or two Iranian nuclear sites.
• Israel ready to join US strikes on Iran if Trump asks after November 3 midterms
• Over 10 US transport aircraft have reached Israel
• Trump says he is not 'in much of a hurry' to restart strikes on Iran

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INTEL: China rushes emergency meeting to support stock market after 12-week losing streak

Officials are discussing measures to stabilize the market as Chinese equities endure their longest losing streak in 12 weeks

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INTEL: BTCPay Server hot wallets drained by attackers across multiple instances, users told to shut down servers

BTCPay Server urges anyone running an instance to shut it down immediately by running ./btcpay-down.sh until the investigation is complete

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INTEL: Binance sees $4.54B in net outflows within 12 hours of reopening withdrawals

Users have withdrawn billions since the exchange resumed withdrawals following the $6.3B hack.

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INTEL: THORChain halts 10 blockchains after Ethereum reorg exposes a 10 ETH vault shortfall

An Ethereum block reorganization caused THORChain to pay out 10 ETH that never reached its vault. The network’s automatic solvency checker detected the shortfall and triggered emergency halts across multiple chains.

The 10 ETH has since been returned, but trading will resume chain by chain once node operators approve the necessary fixes

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INTEL: THORChain vault solvent again after a user voluntarily returns the 10 ETH

Trading on BTC, ETH, SOL, BSC, DOGE and 6 other chains is still halted. AVAX, BASE, RUNE and XRPL remain live, and node operators will re-enable the rest once they confirm it is safe

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INTEL: Hedge funds dump US tech stocks at the fastest pace in over a decade

Goldman Sachs data points to a major institutional retreat from technology stocks, with semiconductor shares bearing the brunt of the selling.

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INTEL: Anthropic plans to sell up to $3.5 billion of IPO shares to Japanese investors

The filing does not disclose the IPO size or valuation, though Reuters reported some investors discussing a valuation near $1.5 trillion

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• Reportedly investors discuss ~$1.5T valuation; proceeds fund working capital and capex

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