For just US$15 in network fees, hackers who had tricked a Binance engineer into installing malicious code gained control of a hot wallet and drained about US$2.5 billion in a single transaction. The access stayed active on the blockchain even after Binance reacted, and the theft eventually reached US$6.3 billion.
WeatherlyMeta is rolling out its AI age-estimation tool on Instagram worldwide, placing teenagers who signed up with an adult birthday into Teen Account protections. It follows an $18bn settlement with US states over claims its platforms harm young users.
AnaisCoinbase, Kalshi, Payward and three trading firms asked a New York federal court on 9 November 2026 to let them back the CFTC in a lawsuit over stock-linked perpetual futures, which the Capital Markets Alliance says should fall under the SEC. The judge has refused to halt the products for now, though she has said the alliance's reading looks stronger at this early stage.
WeatherlyCoinbase now lets eligible US customers outside New York borrow USDC against PAX Gold (PAXG) in its app, using a new Morpho market on Base. It is the first time Coinbase Borrow has accepted a physical commodity as collateral, and borrowers face variable rates and possible liquidation if the gold price falls.
AnaisBinance has warned iPhone users that an iOS flaw called "worse_query" could let rogue apps read other apps' files, including crypto seed phrases and private keys. Apple has issued updates, but it has not said whether they fix it.
WeatherlyBinance has stopped all dealings with MEXC after the US Treasury named the exchange a primary money laundering concern. The US says MEXC processed at least $16 billion in suspicious transactions since May 2021, though investigator ZachXBT thinks that figure is overstated.
AnaisElon Musk admitted that xAI’s upcoming Grok 4.8 will not outperform Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, which he praised as a “masterpiece”. He expects Grok 5, potentially arriving in two or three months, to surpass Anthropic’s model as Grok 4.8 prepares for a limited rollout later this week.
WeatherlyApple is developing Harbor, a Mac app that lets users run open-weight AI models locally and connect multiple Thunderbolt 5 Macs to pool their memory for larger workloads. Currently in private preview under Apple's Claris brand, the app aims to simplify local AI setup while keeping user data off the cloud.
AnaisSingapore's MAS has launched a 500-tonne gold vault for foreign central banks and financial institutions. It will also waive GST on selected wholesale gold services from April 2027 as it expands its gold trading market.
WeatherlyLedger's software development kit has been sending users' crypto transaction details, wallet addresses and device information to its servers by default, raising privacy concerns. Ledger said the data supports its Clear Signing feature and is not stored, but critics questioned why users were not asked for permission first.
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