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The strongest-supported overnight items are a wallet integration and a perpetuals launch, not the exchange-leak or chip-supply stories carrying more apparent weight. The strongest-supported overnight items are a wallet integration and a perpetuals launch, not the exchange-leak or chip-supply stories carrying more apparent weight.

Traders pulled nearly 15,000 BTC off exchanges as Bitcoin price climbed back toward $81,000 around the Federal Reserve's rate decision. Bitcoin price gained ground on October 28 as blockchain data showed 14,942 BTC withdrawn from exchanges in a short window ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement.

Reports point to customer data exposure at major crypto and financial firms, though accounts of which companies were affected vary. Reports emerging this week describe data leaks tied to cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Bithumb, along with South Korean brokerages Daishin and Mirae Asset.

The new product offers up to 5x leverage as offshore exchanges continue to dominate perpetual futures volume. OG.com and Crypto.com have introduced crypto perpetual futures contracts designed for traders in the United States. The product trades continuously, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, mirroring the always-on nature of spot crypto markets.

A deal would mark OpenAI's first major shift toward Google's custom Tensor Processing Units for large-scale AI training and inference. OpenAI is reportedly exploring a purchase of Google's artificial intelligence chips, according to reports from The Cryptonomist and Decrypt.

The move folds regulated event contracts into a crypto wallet, underscoring a shift toward all-in-one finance apps. Phantom, one of the most widely used crypto wallets, has added prediction markets powered by Kalshi for its US-based users. The feature lets users trade event contracts on Kalshi's regulated platform without leaving the Phantom app.

Two unrelated reports this cycle show the same quote attributed to two different dates, which is not a crypto story so much as a sourcing one. Two unrelated reports this cycle show the same quote attributed to two different dates, which is not a crypto story so much as a sourcing one.

Political spending by crypto groups has reached $176 million ahead of the midterms, as the industry pushes for passage of the CLARITY Act. Crypto industry groups have committed approximately $176 million to US midterm election efforts, according to figures reported by UNLOCK Blockchain and crypto.news.

Large wallet movements, including one deposit realized at a reported $15 million loss, coincide with a weaker October for Bitcoin's price. Large Bitcoin holders sent nearly $500 million worth of the cryptocurrency to Coinbase Prime over the course of a single overnight session, according to crypto.news.

The exchange says its own systems were not compromised and customer funds remain unaffected. Coinbase has confirmed that customer contact data was exposed through a security incident tied to Amplitude, an outside analytics provider. The company said the exposure originated at the vendor level, not within its own systems.

CryptoSlate reports the bank has added XRP custody services but only one deployment structure is currently available. Bank of New York Mellon, one of the world's largest custodian banks, has reportedly added XRP to its digital asset custody offerings.

A Morgan Stanley strategist says most of the recent Bitcoin correction may already be behind the market. Bitcoin price rose on Tuesday, tracking gains across major equity benchmarks. The Nasdaq Composite surged, and South Korea's KOSPI index rebounded from recent losses. The coordinated move suggested renewed risk appetite across both traditional and digital asset markets.

The derivatives regulator widens its litigation push as states and the federal government clash over who oversees event-based trading platforms. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees derivatives markets in the United States, has extended its litigation involving prediction markets to Utah.

The network logged a 173% jump in new contracts even as active addresses declined over the same period. BNB Chain's smart contract deployments climbed to 12.3 million in the third quarter of 2026. That figure represents a 173% increase, effectively tripling the pace of new contracts launched on the network compared with the previous period.

Ripple confirms the rating as the stablecoin market faces growing scrutiny over credit quality and reserve backing. Moody's has assigned an A2 rating to RLUSD, the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Ripple. The company announced the rating itself, presenting it as external confirmation of the token's credit quality.

The Tron founder now controls 2.82% of PEPE's total supply, raising questions about his next memecoin moves. Justin Sun has quietly accumulated a $51 million stake in PEPE, the Ethereum-based memecoin built around the Pepe the Frog internet meme.

Reports also link US exchange Coinbase to a separate security incident disclosed around the same time Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been named in reports describing data breaches at three South Korean financial firms.

The exchange says its own infrastructure was not compromised, placing responsibility on a third-party analytics provider. Coinbase has publicly denied suffering a direct data breach, responding to reports of a security incident connected to Amplitude, a third-party analytics vendor. The exchange said the exposure originated with the vendor's systems rather than its own infrastructure.