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The exchange cites regulatory changes in the city as it winds down retail services there. Crypto.com has told users it will shut down its consumer-facing application in Hong Kong on February 1, 2027. Two separate reports describe the company citing regulatory changes as the driver behind the decision.

Paolo Ardoino disclosed the figure during remarks at a Bitcoin forum in Lugano, Switzerland. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company behind the world's largest stablecoin now holds about 150,000 Bitcoin. He shared the figure at a Bitcoin forum held in Lugano, Switzerland. The remarks were reported separately by CryptoBriefing, Coinfomania, and crypto.news.

Three stories went from a single outlet's report to independent corroboration within roughly thirteen to seventeen hours, and the order in which they crossed says more than the stories themselves. Three stories went from a single outlet's report to independent corroboration within roughly thirteen to seventeen hours, and the order in which they crossed says…

The exchange says attackers may strike again as efforts to recover funds from a massive breach continue. Binance has warned users and the broader crypto industry that a second wave of theft could follow a massive hack valued at $6.3 billion.

The network added 7,934 new wallets on November 1, marking its sixth-highest single-day total of 2026. The XRP Ledger experienced a sharp rise in new account creation this week, with reports showing a 142% increase compared to prior activity levels.

Mizuho is said to be leading the Japanese tranche as the AI company prepares for a US public offering. Anthropic is reportedly preparing to raise as much as $3.5 billion from Japanese investors ahead of a planned listing on the Nasdaq exchange in the United States.

Before the US open, ETF redemptions, exchange flows and a licensing deadline carry mechanisms that already moved capital, but the hack cited as their cause remains unconfirmed by the reporting itself. Before the US open, ETF redemptions, exchange flows and a licensing deadline carry mechanisms that already moved capital, but the hack cited…

The city is extending digital asset settlement to round-the-clock operation while preparing pilot tests involving stablecoins and tokenized government bonds. Hong Kong is pushing its digital asset infrastructure toward continuous operation. Reports indicate the city plans to make tokenized settlement available around the clock, rather than limiting it to conventional market hours.

BeInCrypto reports on an inquiry into funds lost from a hot wallet linked to the self-hosted payment processor BTCPay Server. BeInCrypto has reported on an investigation into a hot wallet drain connected to BTCPay Server, the open-source Bitcoin payment processor used by merchants and individuals who prefer self-custody over third-party payment services.

The exchange used the milestone to position its platform around diversification beyond Bitcoin alone. MEXC has used the 18th anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper to highlight how far the crypto industry has traveled since the document's release. Satoshi Nakamoto published the whitepaper in late 2008, laying out a design for peer-to-peer electronic cash.

The British banking giant's new stablecoin project has drawn rapid early adoption since launch. HSBC's RedCoin stablecoin has reached 50,000 users in just over a week, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and crypto.news. The pace of adoption positions RedCoin among the faster-growing bank-issued digital asset products to date.

The platform says each token is tied to real copper holdings, adding a new industrial metal to the growing tokenized commodities market. Metals.io has launched a tokenized copper product, issuing 25,000 tokens tied to physical holdings of the metal.

Exchange-level fund flows diverge sharply, with OKX gaining deposits while Binance records a multibillion-dollar net withdrawal. OKX drew $445 million in net inflows, according to data reported by Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing. The figure places OKX among the top gainers in exchange-level deposit activity for the period covered.

CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report Binance's addition of five fiat withdrawal currencies, but they differ on whether fee details were disclosed and whether lowering fees was the stated goal. CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report Binance's addition of five fiat withdrawal currencies, but they differ on whether fee details were disclosed and whether lowering fees…

Funds from BlackRock and Fidelity led a wave of October redemptions as security fears rattled crypto markets. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds shed $643 million in net assets, according to data reported by Coinpedia, Cointelegraph and Cryptopolitan. The outflows mark one of the largest single-period exits since these products launched in the United States.

Blockchain watchers flag fresh outflows from an address tied to a past Binance security breach, with accounts differing on scale A crypto wallet associated with a past Binance security breach has resumed activity after a long period of dormancy, according to on-chain monitoring reports published this week.

Russia's largest bourse plans to open regulated crypto trading as Western sanctions reshape its business. Moscow Exchange, Russia's principal securities and derivatives venue, has set a December 1 target date to launch trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. Reports describe the plan as the exchange's most substantial crypto initiative to date.

A strict compliance window has sharply thinned the ranks of digital asset companies operating in Latin America's largest market. Brazil's licensing deadline for cryptocurrency companies has come and gone, and only 40 firms are reported to have cleared the bar.