North Korea rejects FBI blame for the $6.3B Binance hack, while Chainalysis links the stolen funds to proceeds of an earlier exploit.
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Binance reopened withdrawals after its record hack and saw $5.8B in net outflows, while THORChain's co-founder opposes a freeze demanded by the FBI.
Chainalysis-style tracing shows Binance hack funds moved via Tron bridges Relay, THORChain, Chainflip and Symbiosis, with the FBI pressing THORChain.
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin halted withdrawals after a security incident; Hypernative attributes over $40M in outflows to it, while the exchange says no clients lost money.
The FBI attributes the $6 billion Binance hack to North Korea and asks DeFi to block listed BTC, ETH and SOL addresses; Chainalysis says thousands of addresses are in use.
BTCPay Server told operators to shut down with ./btcpay-down.sh after reports of hot-wallet sweeps. The alert names no affected versions and no patch yet.
Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after a breach of over $46M, and wallets now show post-hack transfers.
SEC staff guidance separates independent token governance voting from coordinated control, identifying unilateral powers that amount to overseeing a crypto system.
Binance moved 7,499 BTC out of its SAFU fund wallet, leaving about 7,500 BTC, with no timeline to restore the $1B fund.