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.@VitalikButerin says he has used kohaku-cli for private Ethereum payments. The unaudited wallet’s Railgun unshield command can output a signed operation without broadcasting it, CryptoSlate’s code review found. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →About $97M of the @vaneck_us BNB ETF’s $99M October inflows arrived on Oct. 2, per @SoSoValueCrypto. That was weeks before Binance’s Oct. 29 hot-wallet hack. The fund’s custody is separate from the exchange. By @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →The vault sample tracked by @glassnode grew about 15% to roughly $10B in September. In its comparison, ETH vaults trailed staking that month, while dollar curators beat Treasuries for a third month. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →🗞 Top #Crypto Gainers & Losers: Mon, Nov 2 (24H) 📈 Biggest Gainers Cash Cat $CASHCAT +8.14% Beam $BEAM +7.69% Wrapped NXM $wNXM +6.26% 📉 Biggest Losers AKEDO $AKE −39.70% Kinetiq $KNTQ −9.73% USD. AI $CHIP −9.66%
Read statement & evidence →Ethereum’s paid withdrawals exceeded deposits by 110,763 ETH over Oct. 1–30. Active effective stake still rose about 361,000 ETH, based on @Crypto_Keyhole daily share and supply data. All consensus holdings fell about 80,000 ETH. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →Under @akashnet’s Solana plan, current staking rewards would end at marketplace cutover, not token launch. A separate draft could issue new AKT to providers and the treasury; its rate, decay, split and cap remain unresolved. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →Bitcoin rose about 1% to around $78,724 early Monday as Brent fell about 3% to $110. Seven OPEC+ producers held September targets through December. Export constraints could prolong inflation and restrictive Fed policy. By @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →.@anza_xyz urged Solana validators to act on CVE-2026-98432, a Linux flaw rated 9.8 that could allow remote server takeover. Ubuntu 24.04’s main kernel fix is still pending. Updating the validator client does not patch the host kernel. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →.@0xPolygon’s Open Money Stack now supports @solana, letting eligible overseas businesses access US banking rails in their own names without a US entity. The service is in early access, with business verification and geographic limits. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →A Bitcoin Data Labs study found 71% of 550 flagged public Lightning nodes running LND still advertised affected release lines on Oct. 13. Fixes for six flaws shipped 446 days before the Aug. 11 disclosure. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →DefiLlama reported a 28.7% daily fall in RLUSD supply on XRPL on Oct. 31. In NOSHASHI readings from Oct. 29–31, one XRP/RLUSD pool’s XRP reserve fell 0.67% while its RLUSD reserve rose 0.36%. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →Under @IntersectMBO’s proposed 2027 Cardano budget process, funding stewards could also seek grants, with disclosure and safeguards. DReps would approve every withdrawal; applicants could use a direct route without a steward. via @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →DefiLlama tracked $2.51B in net outflows from Binance wallets on Nov. 1 as withdrawals resumed. Withdrawals now use newly generated wallets, complicating estimates of how much represents customers leaving. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →Aave froze new tBTC deposits and borrowing against the asset on Ethereum V3 Core after Threshold halted redemptions. Users can still repay loans and withdraw eligible collateral; liquidations remain active. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →OneKey founder @ohyishi warned IBIT could be a North Korean target. IBIT custodian Coinbase said it adjusted cold storage as a precaution; no compromise of IBIT or Coinbase’s custody has been established. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →Ethereum validators received about 11,217 ETH in 4½ hours as Binance hackers rushed to swap stolen funds, @Bitquery_io found. Arbitrage traders paid builders for priority as hackers bought ETH above market prices. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →An attacker used zero-value withdrawal requests to drain about 97M CORE from 91 b14g staking positions, @Bitquery_io found. b14g said the breach was limited to CORE deposits; staked Bitcoin remained time-locked and unaffected. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →The FBI attributed the more than $6B Binance theft to North Korea’s TraderTraitor operation. It urged DeFi operators and swap services to block hundreds of listed wallets as stolen assets were converted mainly to ETH. via @hardeyjumoh
Read statement & evidence →Agave still applies commission to Solana rewards but leaves the field empty in reward records once custom collectors are active. Linking a payout to its fee requires the reward period, delegation and correct historical rate. Analysis by @akibablade
Read statement & evidence →Coinalyze showed $28B in selected Bitcoin open interest on Oct. 31, up 3% in dollar terms over 24 hours. Farside reported $643M in net outflows from US spot Bitcoin ETFs in the Oct. 30 session. via @akibablade
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