CEX NEWS

CEX NEWS: 18 years since the Bitcoin white paper was published, Wall Street has become one of the largest holders of Bitcoin.

CEX NEWS: On this day 18 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper.

CEX NEWS reports that Ethereum funding rates have fallen to their lowest negative range since June, with short positions currently substantial. The original text does not provide specific funding rate figures or a date.

CEX NEWS reports that Binance founder CZ says he has no intention of fighting Musk and that they should fight North Korean hackers.

CEX NEWS reports that Chainalysis disclosed an external hacker used offensive AI agent technology to gain unauthorized access to internal systems, exposing some non-sensitive customer data, including user IDs, full names, email addresses, and organizational role labels. The investigation found no access to investigation content, transaction query results, plaintext passwords, MFA keys, or session tokens.

CEX NEWS: Nvidia-backed AI inference startup Baseten plans to raise $2 billion at a valuation of up to $30 billion, more than double its $13 billion valuation in June.

CEX NEWS: Ethereum block builder Titan Builder briefly topped DeFiLlama’s rankings with $22.83 million in 24-hour protocol revenue, surpassing Tether. DeFiLlama co-founder 0xngmi said Titan Builder generated about $24.7 million in fees during the same period. The unusually high figure was initially flagged by the system as a data error and blocked.

CEX NEWS reports that BlackRock and other ETF issuers sold a combined $643.33 million worth of Bitcoin.

CEX NEWS: Orange juice futures fall to their lowest level since December 2021.

CEX NEWS: Canary ETF clients bought $922,000 worth of XRP.

CEX NEWS reports that Blockaid flagged 12 crypto project websites for front-end attacks involving the Step Drainer wallet-draining tool, including pickle.finance, origami.finance, and fluxbeam.xyz. Flap and Kintsu confirmed DNS hijacking and warned users not to visit the sites, connect their wallets, or sign transactions. Kintsu advised users who connected their wallets or signed transactions from 8:00 on October 31 onward to revoke approvals and transfer their funds.

CEX NEWS: Wallet 0x2685 sold 912,383 HYPE 6 hours ago, worth $82.09 million. It bought them a month ago and made a profit of over $10 million. Wallet 0x648F sold 296,705 HYPE 8 hours ago, worth $26.72 million. It bought them 11 months ago and made a profit of $16.5 million.

CEX NEWS reports that Tether’s Bitcoin reserves reached $8.37 billion at the end of September, excess reserves rose to $7.95 billion, and third-quarter profit was $1.5 billion.

CEX NEWS reports that Trezor is urging users who purchased devices from reseller CryptoBilis starting in March 2026 to transfer their funds to a new wallet with a new recovery phrase, following reports of a possible hardware implant.

CEX NEWS reports that S&P Global Ratings lowered Meta's outlook from stable to negative while affirming its AA- rating, citing substantial AI spending and negative free cash flow.

CEX NEWS reports that Binance says phased withdrawals may begin to resume in about 34 hours following a $6.3 billion hack, with new proof-of-reserves results to be announced on Monday.

CEX NEWS: Crude oil prices hit a multi-year high.

CEX NEWS: S&P has lowered Meta's rating outlook to negative, making it the first among the four tech giants investing heavily in AI to receive such a revision. S&P expects Meta's cash burn to reach $71 billion in 2027, with capital expenditure exceeding $225 billion that year—$62 billion higher than previously forecast. S&P says Meta's debt could reach the downgrade threshold after new leases begin in 2028.

CEX NEWS reports that Apple's market capitalization has reached $5.0 trillion, surpassing Nvidia's $4.9 trillion to become the world's most valuable company.

CEX NEWS reports that, according to Chainalysis data, suspected North Korea-linked hacks accounted for nearly 89% of reported cryptocurrency hacking losses in 2026, up from 15% in 2021.