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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.
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BTCPay Server tells operators to shut down after hot wallet theft reports
BTCPay Server urged operators to take self-hosted payment servers offline on 1 Nov 2026 after reports that attackers were draining Bitcoin from connected hot wallets. Founder Nicolas Dorier linked…
Investors turn to bonds as US AI and tech stocks slide, Bitcoin.com reports
Bond buying has picked up after Intel, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet fell in the week of 26 October, pushing 10-year real yields to 2.58%, even as US third-quarter growth beat expectations.
Brazil crypto licensing deadline leaves about 40 applicants, Bitcoin.com reports
Around 40 of an expected 150 to 200 crypto firms applied to keep operating in Brazil before the central bank's 30 October deadline, with the rest due to wind down.
Binance sees $5.8bn net outflows as withdrawals resume after $6.3bn hack
Customers pulled funds from Binance after the exchange reopened withdrawals following a record $6.3bn theft, though the outflows are a fraction of its roughly $171bn in customer assets.
Bitcoin miners' October revenue hits $1.22bn as hashprice falls 17.54%
Bitcoin.com News reports miners earned their most in a month since November 2025 in October, even as daily revenue per petahash dropped from $40.24 to $33.18 after the Binance hack.
FBI-linked North Korea hackers' 18,270 BTC from Binance hack sits in 19 wallets
About 18,270.2 BTC worth $1.4bn taken in the 29 Oct Binance hack, blamed on a North Korean group by the FBI, has stayed in 19 wallets, Bitcoin.com News reports.
