NewsDesk
The wire: crypto and markets news from other outlets, newest first.
AI summaryStories from the outlets we follow, summarised by AI and linked to the original. A story whose AI summary is not ready is held for an editor; older items may still show the outlet’s own summary, quoted and labelled. Bullish, Bearish and Neutral are an AI reading of a story’s tone, not investment advice.6 publishers843 storiesWhere AI is used
Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
Open storyOn the Wire
Stories from our sources, newest first, each credited to the publisher and linked to the original.
Strive says it bought 124 Bitcoin, lifting holdings to 43,124 BTC
The Dallas-based Bitcoin treasury company bought 124 BTC for about $10m between 24 and 30 October at an average of $80,526, leaving it fourth among public holders.
Santiment says XRP added 7,934 wallets a day after Binance breach
XRP recorded its sixth-highest daily wallet count of 2026 on 1 Nov, which Santiment linked to users possibly moving to self-custody after the Binance hack.
Elliptic says Binance hack funds moved through 12,000 wallets in under four days
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic reports that assets stolen from Binance on 29 Oct passed through about 12,000 wallets on 11 blockchains, with roughly $3.24bn still held in theft-linked addresses…
Metaplanet says buyback aims to lift Bitcoin per share after $160m repurchase
The Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company bought back 96.4 million shares between 14 and 31 October, using about 48% of its authorised programme, while keeping $212m available for Bitcoin purchases.
Cory Klippsten says AI hackers pose nearer threat to Bitcoin than quantum computing
The Swan Bitcoin founder told Cointelegraph that hackers are using large language models to probe security flaws, and that quantum computing risks remain at least a decade away.
Elliptic says North Korea is laundering Binance hack funds via a new wallet every 25 seconds
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic says the attackers behind the $6.43bn Binance theft have spread funds across about 12,000 wallets in under four days, while stablecoin issuers have frozen 44% of…
