CALWIRE Crypto Report (Saturday, October 31, 2026)

By Calwire Markets Desk

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Today's top story: Binance Hack: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Crypto Heist in History. This roundup covers 12 stories from Decrypt, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, and The Block.

Binance Hack: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Crypto Heist in History
Attackers tied to North Korea drained roughly $6.4 billion from the world’s largest crypto exchange. Here’s what we know about how... — Decrypt

Institutions embrace crypto staking despite shrinking yields
Easier access and growing familiarity are encouraging investors to stake their tokens, while falling rewards and withdrawal delays... — CoinDesk

Uber tests how tokenization can put idle cash to work with HSBC, Franklin Templeton
The pilot let Uber keep funds invested in money market products while accessing cash for payments, even on weekends. — CoinDesk

Bitcoin turns 18: Has the original rebel grown up?
In typical Bitcoin style, the number one cryptocurrency turns 18 today, amid AI-driven security threats, quantum fears and the big... — Cointelegraph

Bitcoin ETFs lose $643 million in a day, wiping out the week’s inflows — CryptoSlate

As big bitcoin miners chase AI profits, individuals get another shot at the rewards
Several companies offer access to bitcoin mining without the hassle of running equipment, but high costs and the 2028 reward halvi... — CoinDesk

Texas brothers sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed crypto robbery, kidnapping
Home invasions became the most common form of crypto wrench attacks worldwide during the first half of 2026, rising to 20 incident... — Cointelegraph

Chainalysis says hacker using ‘offensive agentic techniques’ accessed its customers’ names and emails
The firm has also been tracking Binance’s separate multibillion-dollar hack, and said the attackers are using a Tron protocol to d... — The Block

Why AI Models Cheat: Reward Hacking, Explained
From boat-racing bots to OpenAI models inside Hugging Face, here's how AI reward hacking works and why it matters. — Decrypt

Prediction markets bring Robinhood $173 million as crypto revenue slumps — CryptoSlate

18 years in, what has Bitcoin truly done?
The Bitcoin white paper achieved a lot of what Satoshi Nakamoto set out to accomplish, but the cultural impact it had may outweigh... — CoinDesk

A Nasdaq-listed company may sell $450 million bitcoin, citing Binance hack and quantum fears
Next Technology Holding cited exchange security and quantum computing risks in authorizing sales or loans against its 5,833 BTC. I...

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