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The infrastructure and the law around it: bank charters, custody rules, AML regimes, tokenised funds and the enterprise deployments that are actually in production. This is where crypto meets the institutions that have to sign things off.
The exchange's new network lets users trade without moving funds onto its platform, with banks positioned as potential custody partners Bitget has introduced the Open Custody Network, a new infrastructure layer that separates trading activity from asset custody.
A flaw in a delegation feature could have let unauthorized parties mint new tokens on the network. The XRP Ledger has activated a fix for a bug tied to its delegated burn permission system. Developers say the flaw could have let unauthorized actors mint new tokens on the network, according to reports from crypto.news…
The security firm's fundraising comes as the crypto industry reassesses defenses after one of the largest exchange breaches on record Blockaid has secured $40 million in funding commitments, according to reports published this week.
November 5, 2026
CryptoBriefing reports specific share counts and dollar figures for the first tokenized CNTN trade, while crypto.news states the company did not disclose those numbers. CryptoBriefing reports specific share counts and dollar figures for the first tokenized CNTN trade, while crypto.news states the company did not disclose those numbers.
Changpeng Zhao flagged a phishing scheme targeting Trust Wallet users as losses from a related exploit reached $1.1 million. Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, issued a public warning about a phishing scam targeting cryptocurrency holders. The alert specifically named a fraudulent website designed to impersonate Trust Wallet, a popular self-custody wallet application.
November 5, 2026
The French banking group acknowledged a breach after the blockchain investigator raised concerns about a large sum of suspected losses. Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, one of France's larger regional banking groups, has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack. The confirmation came after blockchain investigator ZachXBT publicly raised concerns about the incident.
The media company tied to President Trump moved 4,259 BTC as its shares touched a post-election low. Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, moved a significant portion of its Bitcoin holdings this week.
The move comes as Trump Media & Technology Group's stock price sinks to its lowest level since going public. Trump Media & Technology Group moved approximately $344 million in Bitcoin to the cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, CryptoBriefing reported.
The proposed network change would unlock tokens tied to funds stolen in separate hacks, valued near $6.5 million. Polygon is reportedly weighing a hard fork that would unfreeze 70.49 million POL tokens and return them to Binance and Polymarket.
The gap between a single report and independent confirmation tells you more about a claim than the claim itself, and this cycle's four gaps were not equal. The gap between a single report and independent confirmation tells you more about a claim than the claim itself, and this cycle's four gaps were not equal.
November 5, 2026
The offering lands the same week Microsoft completed a separate $25 billion, 10-tranche bond deal Meta has raised $15 billion in a bond sale, according to a report from Cryptopolitan. The deal places the social media and technology company among a growing list of large corporations turning to debt markets to raise capital.
Blockchain trackers flag a second transfer of the Bitcoin reserve, now worth roughly $570 million, to an address with no known owner tag. On-chain monitoring services detected a new transfer involving 7,500 Bitcoin that had earlier exited Binance's Secure Asset Fund for Users, known as SAFU.
CoinJournal reports Ethereum has already reclaimed the $2,300 level, while TronWeekly, CoinTurk, and Blockchain.News all describe ETH as still trading below $2,300 and trying to break through it. CoinJournal reports Ethereum has already reclaimed the $2,300 level, while TronWeekly, CoinTurk, and Blockchain.News all describe ETH as still trading below $2,300 and trying to break through…
The directive pushes exchanges to shift a larger share of customer assets into offline storage to reduce hacking risk. South Korea's financial regulator has demanded that crypto exchanges and custodians tighten their cold-wallet controls, Bitcoin.com News reported. Cold wallets store digital assets offline, away from internet-connected systems, making them harder targets for remote hacking attempts.
Analysts are watching network development, exchange access and broader market sentiment for signs of a turnaround in PI. Pi Network's token, PI, is trading close to its lowest level on record, according to a report from crypto.news published this week.
November 4, 2026
With midterms underway, regulatory momentum is expected to come from federal agencies rather than new legislation. A lawyer affiliated with 1inch has offered a view on how US crypto regulation is likely to take shape over the coming months.
A proposed timeline would see Ethereum adopt post-quantum cryptography a year earlier than previously planned. An Ethereum developer has proposed moving up the network's planned transition to quantum-resistant cryptography by a year, targeting 2028. The earlier timeline was reported by Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing, both citing the same developer-led proposal within Ethereum's research community.
The outlet's report offers no state-by-state breakdown, leaving the scope of the claimed sweep unclear. CryptoBriefing reported that Democratic candidates swept nearly every race considered significant in a recent election cycle. The report did not name specific states, districts, or offices decided in the contests described.