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Binance updated that the current total verified frozen amount is approximately 3 billion USD. The team is continuing to collaborate with law enforcement, issuers, on-chain intelligence agencies, and industry partners to track and freeze more assets, and stated that only confirmed data will be published. Previously, the official announcement stated that the verified frozen amount was 2.54 billion USD.

The founder of Slow Fog, Yu Xian, tweeted that the Binance hacker chose the EIP-7702 mechanism on Ethereum solely for the convenience of the cleanup work, which is to bulk steal tokens from Binance-related hot wallets.Yu Xian stated that, from an on-chain perspective, the hacker's operations were relatively crude, and they conducted several hours of rehearsal preparation before the actual theft. He emphasized that there is nothing wrong with the EIP-7702 mechanism itself; even without this protocol mechanism, there are other ways to achieve similar operations.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, hackers have sold all 77.7 trillion PEPE from Binance's hot wallet for 14,049 ETH, causing the PEPE price to drop by 12.33%, with the total amount sold exceeding 31.9 million USD, at an average price of about 0.0000041 USD.Since October 17, Sun Yuchen has transferred out 118 trillion PEPE, with unrealized gains shrinking to 4.45 million USD, at an average price of about 0.000004114 USD, and at one point last night, the unrealized gains were 18.55 million USD.

Coinbase Chief Security Officer Jeff Lunglhofer posted on X that Coinbase is secure. He stated that the platform is blocking assets from being sent to the compromised Binance wallets and has made adjustments to its cold storage system purely as a precaution.In an earlier post, Lunglhofer mentioned that the team is aware of and closely monitoring the situation with Binance and has offered support to them. He stated that he just finished a call with the custody team and found no signs of suspicious activity at Coinbase. The official Coinbase account later posted that the platform is secure, monitoring the situation related to Binance, and has contacted their team to provide support.On the same day, on-chain monitoring showed large outflows from addresses marked as Binance hot wallets. Unchained reported that approximately $3.5 billion has flowed out from related wallets on Ethereum alone; The Block cited on-chain data indicating that the suspicious outflow could reach as high as $5.8 billion. Binance stated that it is investigating potential security issues and will provide updates through official channels. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that Tether has frozen over 1.567 billion USDT.

Hot Wheels collectible car model blind box platform Rip Cars announced on X that it has completed a $1.5 million strategic round of financing. Participants include DBA, Colosseum, Kyle Samani, Novora, Allinbitcoin, Sacha, and Erik C. Rip Cars stated that this round of financing will drive its construction of the world's largest Hot Wheels collectibles trading market.Rip Cars claims to be the world's first Hot Wheels blind box platform, operating on Solana and issuing the token CARS through MetaDAO. After opening a box, users can hold the corresponding physical car model, trade, or resell through the platform. The project previously completed $250,000 in financing through MetaDAO, and the official disclosure on October 28 stated that over 15,500 boxes have been opened since its launch.

According to a post by OKX founder Star on X, he affirmed Circle and Tether's handling performance in the suspected theft incident at Binance and called for industry participants such as exchanges and stablecoin issuers to work together to establish a comprehensive industry security response mechanism.Star proposed that the industry needs a real-time early warning system: once a hacker attack occurs, participants can share information and coordinate a rapid response immediately, and temporarily freeze suspicious funds before the stolen funds are transferred or laundered. He emphasized that speed is key, and standardized processes should be established, responsibilities clarified, and appropriate safeguards put in place to ensure that handling is completed within minutes rather than hours or days; protecting users and their assets should be a shared responsibility of the entire industry, not just a single platform.Earlier reports indicated that Circle stated it had cooperated with law enforcement to freeze over 800 million USDC related to the incident, and Tether also froze several related USDT.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $147,518.69 in the event "LoL: Top Esports vs. Bilibili Gaming (BO3) - World Championship Group Stage" for the "Game 2 Winner." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 78.61%.

The founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency trading platform Bybit, Ben Zhou, stated that there are reports circulating on social media about security incidents occurring on multiple platforms. Bybit has not been affected, the system is operating normally, trading and withdrawal functions are still available, and user assets are in a secure state.Ben Zhou also expressed a willingness to provide various forms of support to the Binance platform.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the hacker involved in the suspected theft from Binance has begun exchanging tokens such as PEPE, UNI, and LINK for ETH on-chain.Lookonchain data shows that the hacker currently holds various altcoins, including approximately 217 million ENA (about 39.51 million USD), approximately 7.58 trillion PEPE (about 34.41 million USD), approximately 2.575 million LINK (about 2.807 million USD), approximately 128,000 AAVE (about 15.90 million USD), approximately 74.56 million ARB (about 11.54 million USD), and approximately 1.94 million UNI (about 1.262 million USD), along with tokens such as ONDO, WLD, FUN, ZAMA, ZRO, and RSR, each valued between 5 million and 9 million USD.Lookonchain warns that the aforementioned tokens may face significant selling pressure. ChainCatcher previously reported that the suspected theft amounts to over 5.8 billion USD, with approximately 40% of the stablecoins already frozen.

According to The Information, NVIDIA is negotiating to provide billions of dollars in credit support to assist a cloud service provider in reaching a $45 billion deal with Anthropic.

The Chief Financial Officer of Intel stated that the demand for data center and artificial intelligence products continues to exceed supply.

Coinbase stated on platform X that it predicts the annualized revenue for Q3 will exceed 200 million dollars, with the number of daily traders increasing by over 60% month-over-month.Coinbase's market share of cryptocurrency trading volume has increased for the fourth consecutive quarter, nearly doubling compared to the same period last year; the average holding of USDC in its products has reached a record high for the 14th consecutive quarter, and the subscription volume for CB1 has reached a record high for the 5th consecutive quarter.

In the third quarter, Amazon's spending on real estate and equipment exceeded $77 billion, far exceeding analysts' expectations. The company is advancing the construction of data centers to meet the demand for artificial intelligence services, resulting in a free cash outflow of $42.4 billion. Revenue grew by 12% year-over-year, reaching $201.9 billion.

The cryptocurrency investment firm 1kx released a report stating that publicly listed companies contributed 16% of the blockchain industry's revenue in 2026, more than doubling from 7% in 2022. The report compiled data from over 2,600 protocols and the financial reports of 104 publicly listed companies, with data up to the third quarter; revenue remains concentrated among a few enterprises, with the top six publicly listed companies accounting for about 50% to 60% of that group's revenue.1kx expects the total revenue of the blockchain industry to decline by 28% year-on-year in 2026 to approximately $100 billion, but the share of publicly listed companies continues to expand. Circle's listing in 2025 brought new trading listings, combined with revenue growth from existing companies, driving the share increase; the blockchain-related revenue of the top ten publicly listed companies in the study has doubled over the past three years. In the first half of 2026, Coinbase and Circle together generated approximately $3.3 billion in blockchain-related revenue, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies around $2 billion, and traditional financial institutions such as JPMorgan, BlackRock, CME Group, Visa, and Robinhood collectively about $1.1 billion.The report also pointed out that revenue from broader economic activities in the third quarter surpassed blockchain infrastructure revenue for the first time, at approximately $5.3 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively. Categories such as tokenized assets, payments, and prediction markets grew by 58% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, with institutional adoption accounting for a total of 33% of the blockchain's total revenue in the third quarter, and an expected annual share of 30%. Data from RWA.xyz shows that the scale of tokenized real-world assets grew by about 51% over the past year, rising from $26.16 billion in October 2025 to $39.54 billion; tokenized stocks grew 471% during the same period to $3.77 billion.

On Wednesday, Google announced that the Chrome browser has launched the "Enhanced Autofill" feature, which can call Personal Intelligence through Gemini to retrieve order numbers, logistics tracking information, and flight booking information from users' Gmail, providing autofill suggestions when needed in web forms. This feature is available to U.S. users who have enabled Personal Intelligence, covering desktop, Android, and iOS; Google has not announced the launch time for other countries and regions.In the announcement, Google only listed the three types of data from Gmail mentioned above. Credit card numbers and addresses still fall under Chrome's standard autofill, sourced from information already saved by users in the browser; the announcement did not specify whether the new feature would extract this content from the inbox. Chrome Product Manager Amanda Lim stated that users can manage whether to enable Enhanced Autofill and the data it can access in Chrome settings, with sensitive data being encrypted, allowing users to maintain control.Regarding privacy, Google previously stated that Gemini and AI Mode will not directly use users' Gmail inbox or Google Photos library for training. Users can choose whether to connect the application and can turn it off at any time, but Google will use limited information such as specific prompts and model responses for training. Google also revised its privacy policy on October 16, adding an exception clause: if users choose to provide Gmail, Drive, and Photos content to other Google services that support personalized advertising, the relevant data may be used for personalized ads; Google claims this data is not used for ad targeting by default, and advertisers cannot access this content. Chrome holds about 65% of the browser market share.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the Polymarket market. A large whale sold $69,568.36 in a single transaction regarding the "2026 House of Representatives election winner" event, targeting the "Republican" party. Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this subject is 93%.

Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced that it has immediately suspended all products and services for users in Russia and Belarus, citing legal and regulatory compliance. KuCoin stated that it will provide affected users with an "orderly exit process" to facilitate asset withdrawals. The exchange mentioned in a post on X on Thursday that compliance is at the core of its operations and guides where and how it provides services.KuCoin is headquartered in Seychelles. This move comes as several cryptocurrency companies cooperate with the international sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe against Russia and Belarus, which are related to the war in Ukraine.Additionally, according to an announcement from the Central Bank of Russia on Thursday, it has approved the National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) as a self-regulatory organization for cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians. The central bank's registry currently includes 23 cryptocurrency exchanges and 8 digital custodians, and registered entities must join the self-regulatory organization within 90 days.

MetaMask has set Stellar as the default network for mobile applications and browser extensions. Existing multi-chain accounts will receive Stellar addresses derived from their mnemonic phrases and will support XLM, USDC, and Soroban tokens.

According to Bloomberg, the prediction market platform Polymarket is investigating a series of timely and profitable trades that emerged during this week's Israeli elections. According to Bloomberg's analysis, shortly before the voting ended on Tuesday, hundreds of new accounts concentrated their predictions, believing that Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party would perform better than their competitors.After some exit polls indicated that Netanyahu's camp won more seats than earlier reports suggested, these trades quickly turned profitable, with some accounts cashing out over $100,000. This is the latest case in the prediction market that has raised concerns about insider trading, as Polymarket has previously faced extensive scrutiny from regulators and public opinion for its accurate predictions related to sports, the U.S. elections, and geopolitical events.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, on October 29, the Central Bank of Russia approved the National Association of Participants in the Securities Market (NAUFOR) to become the country's first self-regulatory organization for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital custodians. This move implements the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," which was passed by the State Duma in July, into an operational system. The law requires exchange operators and digital custodians to enter the central bank's registry and must join a self-regulatory organization.The central bank's registry currently includes 23 cryptocurrency exchanges and 8 digital custodians, including VTB, Sberbank, and T-Bank's parent company T-Technologies. Companies listed in the registry must complete their membership within 90 days. The self-regulatory organization is responsible for setting industry standards, supervising members, and communicating with regulators on behalf of the industry.NAUFOR stated that it will participate in the formulation of standards for the digital asset market and promote adjustments to the rules by the central bank. The association earlier this month obtained similar qualifications in the field of information system operators and currently has 725 members.The law prohibits the use of Bitcoin for everyday payments, and domestic cryptocurrency payments remain banned. It also issues licenses to exchanges and custodians, limits retail investors' purchase amounts, and establishes state-regulated cross-border trading channels. Non-qualified retail investors can purchase up to 300,000 rubles, approximately $3,800, per year through a single intermediary. Additionally, the Moscow Exchange has tested cryptocurrency trading with professional market participants and plans to launch in December; Sberbank has also been approved to custody Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets.