Kraken restricts accounts linked to suspected $133M EU crypto theft
Crypto.com also took steps to block funds tied to the suspected theft, while Kraken said its systems and customer accounts were not compromised.
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What’s the outlook for DeFi lending when CEXs offer higher yields?
Since the Binance hot-wallet incident, Binance has launched a “Community Appreciation” campaign offering some users more than 10% on USDC. I've also seen other exchanges promoting high stablecoin APYs to steal customers who put their…
Bullish
$106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity With Multiple Exchange Accounts
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Ark Invest buys $3.4 million in Coinbase, adds Circle and Robinhood as stocks trade lower
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought $3.4 million of Coinbase shares, $2.6 million of Circle, and $645,820 of Robinhood on Monday.
Claude Fable 5.5, GPT 6.2 Astra Could Be Right Around the Corner, Leaks Suggest
Users say Claude is routing some requests to a stronger unreleased model, a Mythos 5.5 label appeared in Anthropic’s site code, and OpenAI appears to be testing GPT-6.2 Astra.
Bullish
Kim Jong-Un’s sister rejects FBI claims linking North Korea to record $6 billion Binance hack: reports
North Korea is now reportedly saying it was not behind the hack, despite the FBI finding that North Korean hackers were behind the heist.
Bullish
Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
Strive added 124 Bitcoin for about $10 million and now trails Twenty One Capital by 390 BTC for third place among Treasury companies.
BTC-USDBullish
Bitcoin giant Strategy, unfazed by Binance hack, adds over $65 million BTC to its holdings
Strategy, the publicly traded Bitcoin-holding company owned by billionaire Michael Saylor, is treating the market turmoil around last week’s massive Binance hack as a shopping opportunity. On Monday, Strategy announced that it had bought…
Mystery $106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity Days After Binance Hack
Onchain investigator ZachXBT says an unidentified EU entity lost more than $106 million from centralized exchange accounts on Sunday,.
Claude-Built Linux Exploit Targets Bug That Ubuntu Still Hasn't Patched
Anthropic says Claude wrote an attack that can take over a Linux server with no password. Red Hat patched on Sunday, but Ubuntu still has no fix.
Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience
The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be exhausted.
Bearish
North Korea Is Laundering Binance Hack Loot at One New Wallet Every 25 Seconds
$2.85 billion of the $6.43 billion stolen from Binance has been frozen or seized, compared with about 3% in the Bybit hack, as North Korea’s automated laundering spans 12,000 wallets.
The Largest Crypto Heist Ever Poses a Challenge for Crypto Idealists
In possibly the largest heist ever, over $6 billion was stolen from Binance late last week. More than $3 billion of the cyrpto coin, Ethereum, was stolen. Ethereum (like Bitcoin) can't be frozen by a central authority. Once stolen, the…
Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.
BTC-USDBearish
Bitmine Buys More Ethereum as Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish
The chairman laid out six reasons the market’s “muted” 4% ETH drop after the record Binance theft shows crypto is “increasingly resilient,” as the firm’s stash neared its 5% supply goal.
ETH-USDBullish
How T7X Is Building the Infrastructure for a New Era of Capital Markets
T7X records ownership directly on-chain instead of wrapping assets held elsewhere, keeping token and asset under one legal framework.
Binance’s $6.3 billion hack raises questions about crypto wallet safety
Two high-profile security incidents this week, including the largest crypto theft in history, have raised custody and safety concerns.
Bearish
Three of my five Claude accounts maxed out working on all the ideas I've gotten for improving Econvitals! (If I was more efficient about model selection and token usage I wouldn't be in this…
Three of my five Claude accounts maxed out working on all the ideas I've gotten for improving Econvitals! (If I was more efficient about model selection and token usage I wouldn't be in this situation, so this is as much evidence of incompetence as anything else.)
SEC Proposal Would Address How Investment Advisers and Funds Can Custody Crypto Assets Under the Federal Securities Laws
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed new rules and amendments to provide a tailored framework for the custody of crypto assets for registered investment advisers and regulated funds, i.e. registered investment companies and business…
Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act
Musings on Markets — Aswath Damodaran·Data Update 3 for 2026: The Trust Deficit - Bonds, Currencies, Gold and Bitcoin!
In my last post, I talked about the disconnect between the bad news stories that we were reading and the solid performance of US equities during 2025. In this one, I want to focus specifically on four news stories from last year - the US announcement of punitive tariffs on the rest of the world, the downgrade of the US, the longest shutdown in US government history and unprecedented challenges…