The BSCN Debrief Blockchain analytics firm Santiment reports that 2,147 wallets now hold at least 1 million XRP, marking the year's highest level. The group added 28 wallets in 10 days, with 18 arriving in just the last three days. This growth occurred while XRP traded in a narrow $1.20 to $1.25 range and was down 16.5% over the prior month.
Democrats secured control of both the Senate and House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The Associated Press reported Democrats reached 51 Senate seats after Josh Turek's Iowa victory, with later tallies showing 54 Senate seats and 225 House seats for Democrats. Republicans hold 43 Senate and 136 House seats as counts continue.
Binance disclosed that hackers gained access to its wallet systems through a months-long operation beginning in June. An engineer downloaded corrupted software while searching for an AI coding tool, giving attackers entry. On October 20, intruders used the compromised machine and an internal AI system to control two developers' accounts. On October 29, they executed unauthorized transactions moving 233.46 million XRP, 970,500 SOL, 44.2 million OP and 18,270 BTC from five hot wallets within minut
Democrats take the House and Senate in the midterms, the Moscow Exchange preps Bitcoin trading for December 1, and Binance details the $6.3 billion hack that started with fake job interviews. Here's what mattered.
Firelight Protocol currently provides protection for around $38 million held in three DeFi vaults operating on Flare Network. The coverage uses staked FXRP as backing and compensates users in USDC if specific events occur, including smart contract exploits, oracle failures, or redemption problems. Coverage operates in 30-day cycles.
Technical specifications for Kaspa Dollar describe a stablecoin design that would use proof-of-work infrastructure and assign KAS miners a role in maintaining the dollar peg. The proposed oracle would rely on KIP-21 sequencing commitments, with price feed information recorded in proof-of-work block space. Developers state the oracle would be resistant to censorship and provide miners with additional revenue beyond standard block rewards.
Chainlink expanded its Asia-Pacific equities data streams to include China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, joining the previously launched Japan and South Korea coverage. The service now provides price feeds for stock exchanges representing more than $40 trillion in market value, covering companies like TSMC, Tencent, Samsung, and BYD. Data is delivered in local currencies using Chainlink's infrastructure.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authorized perpetual futures contracts on individual stocks for trading on US exchanges. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig announced the decision on November 3, following coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Chairman Paul Atkins. The products will trade on markets registered with both agencies under rules from the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
Blockchain tracking shows wallets associated with BlackRock's cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds transferred roughly $702 million in digital assets to Coinbase Prime in the past hour. The movement involved 7,244 bitcoin worth $558.62 million and 63,598 ether worth $143.63 million.
Solana reached 1,000 consecutive days without a complete network shutdown on November 2, 2026. The blockchain's last full outage occurred in February 2024 when a validator software bug caused a five-hour halt. An earlier stoppage in February 2023 lasted nearly 19 hours due to congestion in the block-propagation system.
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