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Crypto is up 1.4% in the last 24 hours

Crypto is recovering from the Binance breach, with BTC at $78,567.70 (+2.1%), ETH at $2,332.96 (+3.1%), SOL at $93.85 (+1.6%) and XRP at $1.29 (+2.9%), though US spot bitcoin ETF flows were negative at -$115.6M on Nov 3 after -$398.6M on Nov 2.

BTC+1.2%$78,181
ETH+1.7%$2,317
SOL-0.1%$92.80
XRP-0.1%$1.28
BTC ETFsUS session-$116Mnet flow, Nov 3

News mood

Leaning bearish 22% bullish · 44% bearish

What's happening

Binance expects to start resuming withdrawals within 48 hours and says deposits are operating normally, pledging to cover losses from an incident it estimates had a $6.3 billion impact 1. The hack, the largest in crypto history at $5.7 billion according to one account, had sent bitcoin back to $79,000 2. South Korean authorities are urging exchanges to boost cold storage following the breach 3, and North Korea has denied involvement, calling the FBI investigation fabricated 4. Investor nerves show in US spot ETF outflows of $643 million in a day, with Ethereum funds losing $156 million 5.

The biggest stories

ZachXBT Flags Suspected $106 Million-Plus Theft From EU Entity

bearish

The investigator says funds withdrawn from multiple exchange accounts were being swapped into ETH and routed through instant exchanges, Monero and cross-chain bridges....

  • The Defiant
  • Crypto Briefing
  • BeInCrypto
  • Unchained
  • CryptoPotato
  • CoinDesk
  • +5 more

First: The Defiant · 11 outlets · latest 1h ago

Markets

Mixed 49% bullish · 36% bearish

NYSE parent ICE has teamed with Hyperliquid-linked Trade.xyz to bring perpetual futures to US markets 6.

Bitcoin

Mixed 33% bullish · 25% bearish

Ethereum

Leaning bullish 73% bullish · 0% bearish

Altcoins

Leaning bullish 48% bullish · 9% bearish

WLFI slid 11% on election night and lagged bitcoin's recovery, remaining 5.1% below its early-evening level 7.

Crypto stocks

Leaning bullish 76% bullish · 13% bearish

  • COIN$145+5.5%
  • MSTR$136+3.7%
  • HOOD$85.68+2.2%
  • CRCL$75.22+4.4%
  • MARA$7.16+11.4%
  • IBIT$44.05+1.6%

Crypto-exposed stocks are sharply higher since the previous US close, led by MARA at $7.16 (+11.4%), with COIN up 5.5% at $145.45 and MSTR up 3.7% at $135.63, while Block's bitcoin gross profit halved 50% to $52 million after it cut Cash App fees 8.

Countries

Regulation

Leaning bullish 47% bullish · 10% bearish

The CFTC has opened America's stock market to perpetual futures, allowing contracts tracking individual US stocks that never expire to trade on regulated exchanges 9.

Geopolitics & macro

Mixed 0% bullish · 12% bearish

Crypto faces a political test as Americans head to the polls for the US midterm election, which could reshape regulation, stimulus expectations and investor risk appetite 10.

DeFi

Security

Leaning bearish 5% bullish · 81% bearish

Brazil's top exchange Mercado Bitcoin has frozen deposits and withdrawals after a security incident 11, and ZachXBT flagged a suspected theft of more than $106 million from an EU entity, with funds swapped into ETH and routed through instant exchanges, Monero and cross-chain bridges 12.

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