Exchanges

BitMart founder Sheldon Xia said the exchange's security team is severely understaffed following restructuring, after confirming a new hack that may be linked to the recent attack on Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 8,573 ETH last week at $2,261 per token, bringing its holdings to 6,060,506 ETH, or 4.9% of Ethereum's supply. The company's stock jumped nearly 7% on November 4.

Coinbase says it was unaffected by the Binance hack and keeps over 99% of customer assets in cold storage, detailing safeguards including split private keys and kill switches.

Riot Platforms announced a 15-year, 910-megawatt AI lease at its Corsicana, Texas site, while Hut 8 reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue amid its AI infrastructure transition.

Coinbase disclosed that more than 99% of customer assets sit in offline cold storage and outlined its custody safeguards following Binance's $6.34 billion theft, though the figure remains self-reported.

Coinbase says over 99% of customer crypto is held offline and its systems were unaffected by the Binance breach, as exchanges reassess withdrawal security.

Coinbase says its systems were unaffected by the $6.3 billion Binance breach and details safeguards including cold storage, distributed keys, and multi-approval requirements.

Riot Platforms shares rose 14.84% after signing a 15-year AI lease at its Corsicana campus, bringing total contracted data center revenue to about $38 billion.

CoreWeave shares dropped more than 9% in premarket trading after Gina Hinojosa defeated Governor Greg Abbott, spotlighting the company's 262 MW of contracted capacity at Core Scientific's Denton campus.

Bitbase has launched ORIGIN, the first season of its Bitbase Points program, distributing 1,000,000 points weekly over 26 weeks as part of its Bitbase 2.0 rollout.

Orbs has acquired a strategic stake in institutional crypto infrastructure provider CRYMBO to connect decentralized trading technology with regulated financial services.

Wallets tied to the Brazilian exchange breach swapped over 136 tokens for Ether, while a $650,000 bridge to Bitcoin appears stalled.

Haipo Yang says the $6.3 billion Binance breach stemmed from operational discipline failures, not a lack of sophisticated technology.

Google has agreed to guarantee some of Anthropic's obligations to TeraWulf, supporting a $19 billion lease at a Kentucky data center campus.

USDC issuer Circle reduced its workforce by about 5% in Q3, incurring $9.1 million in restructuring charges even as net income rose 5% to $226 million.

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Grayscale's Zach Pandl says the $6.3 billion Binance hack could temporarily hurt confidence but ultimately lead to stronger security practices, as the crypto market recovers from a sell-off.

Binance said about $11 billion was withdrawn in the 46 hours to Nov. 3, with roughly $6 billion in deposits leaving about $5 billion in net outflows, or 3.1% of its reported $171 billion in assets.

Regulators discuss raising cold storage requirement from 80% to nearly 99% following record Binance breach, but smaller exchanges may face withdrawal delays.

7,500 BTC from Binance's emergency user fund has been transferred to an unlabeled high-volume wallet, leaving the fund at half its former size.