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Binance Hack: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Crypto Heist in History
Crypto just suffered the largest hack in its history. On Thursday, attackers drained roughly $6.4 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in a breach that dwarfs every theft before it and has triggered a cross-border law-enforcement investigation, a scramble by stablecoin issuers to freeze funds, and a tense wait for millions of users. Here’s what’s known about the Binance hack so far. What happened The theft began at about 4:05 p.m. ET on Thursday, after U.S. markets...
Oct 23, 2026
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Heatbit's $899 Water Heater Element Mines Bitcoin While It Heats Your Tank
Heatbit, which makes space heaters with built-in Bitcoin miners, has unveiled a water heater element that mines Bitcoin while it heats water, the company said in a tweet on Thursday. The element, called Bitwater, replaces the resistance wire in a standard electric water heater element with 20 Bitcoin mining chips, so the heat they give off warms the water instead. "Same heat, same electricity, plus bitcoin," Heatbit wrote, arguing that "the electricity was going to be spent on hot water anyway."...
Oct 21, 2026
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Dogecoin Gets a Dedicated Company to Build Out Its Ecosystem
Dogecoin is getting a dedicated company to build out its ecosystem, as the teams behind the meme coin’s biggest consumer products fold into a single organization aimed at giving DOGE more everyday uses. Announced Tuesday, Dogecoin Labs was formed together with the Dogecoin Foundation to consolidate the products, intellectual property, and development teams scattered across the Dogecoin world into one independent outfit. Myriad: Where does Solana go next? Click to make your prediction. It will ow...
Oct 20, 2026
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Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash
Wallets tied to April's $295 million Drift Protocol exploit pushed 25,700 Ethereum, worth about $61.56 million, into the crypto mixer Tornado Cash over roughly two hours on Tuesday. The addresses had been quiet for about two months before the burst. Transfer data from Arkham Intelligence shows the deposits landing in batches of 100 ETH, about $237,800 each, plus smaller 10 ETH chunks. Those sizes match the mixer's fixed deposit pools, which let users pull funds out later from fresh addresses and...
Oct 19, 2026
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XRP Ledger Repairs Its Lending Protocol Before It Goes Live
The XRP Ledger is patching its new lending feature before a single loan has been written on it, adding a second code amendment to repair the system while it waits in the network’s approval queue. The ledger’s lending protocol, a DeFi building block that enables on-chain, fixed-term, uncollateralized loans drawn from pooled funds, was introduced through an amendment called LendingProtocol that is still open for validator voting. Myriad: Where does Solana go next? Click to make your prediction. Ra...
Oct 19, 2026
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JPMorgan's JPM Coin Arrives on Ethereum, Putting Bank Dollars on a Public Blockchain
JPMorgan Chase is putting JPM Coin on Ethereum, which gives its biggest clients a way to move dollars in seconds on a Sunday night as easily as on a Tuesday morning. A normal wire between banks only moves during business hours and can take days to land, which is why JPMorgan started experimenting with blockchain technology. The idea is using JPM Coin to cut that wait to seconds. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. The token is a deposit token, so each unit stands...