More than $133 million in crypto was taken from an EU financial institution over a weekend, with most of it withdrawn through Kraken, Crypto.com and OKX accounts before being swapped and moved on. ZachXBT now says the victim is allegedly French bank Credit Mutuel Arkea, while Kraken says it has restricted the accounts and is working with law enforcement to recover the funds.

Binance revealed that hackers used fake job interviews, malicious software and an internal AI tool to breach its systems and steal around $6.43 billion in crypto across 11 blockchains on 29 October.

Germany has warned members of parliament and other prominent figures that their iPhones may have been targeted by spyware, after Apple sent threat alerts to users in 99 countries. The BSI has advised recipients to assume their devices may be compromised, but the attackers' identities and the number of successful intrusions remain unknown.

South Korea’s FIU has referred three suspected unregistered crypto businesses, Aegis Ventures, TetherMax and SuperTrust, for investigation and requested website and app access restrictions against TetherMax and SuperTrust. The platforms reportedly charged trading fees of up to 10%, around 62 times the 0.16% average at the country’s five largest crypto exchanges.

An unidentified EU entity may have lost more than $106 million after an attacker withdrew funds from several centralised exchange accounts and moved them through Ethereum, Monero and multiple cross-chain services. On-chain investigator ZachXBT identified 11 linked Ethereum addresses and said the attack was unlikely to be the work of North Korea's Lazarus Group.

Ripple has expanded its partnership with Water.org with a $6 million commitment and a $1.25 million RLUSD grant to fund water and sanitation loans in Indonesia, the Philippines and Uganda.

Elon Musk’s Grok Imagine released a seven-minute AI-generated episode of Homer’s The Odyssey, but viewers criticised its poor visuals, awkward dialogue and historical inaccuracies. The clip also drew criticism for contradicting Musk’s promise of a historically accurate film, while Christopher Nolan’s adaptation has earned more than $1.7 billion worldwide.

The FBI linked North Korea to the $6 billion Binance hack and urged crypto firms to block transactions tied to the stolen funds. Binance has replaced 90% of the assets, while stablecoin issuers froze over $2.4 billion.

KuCoin has suspended all services for customers in Russia and Belarus, becoming the third major crypto exchange after MEXC and Bitget to introduce restrictions in October 2026. The exchanges cited compliance concerns but did not disclose how many users were affected or where their trading activity would move.

Hackers stole billions from Binance, which froze about US$3 billion and halted withdrawals. The exchange estimates the impact at US$6.3 billion and says it will cover all losses.