Crypto Daily Brief — November 4, 2026

Binance said attackers used fake job interviews, a poisoned developer tool and a compromised internal AI tool to reach its wallet signing systems and steal $6.34 billion on October 29. The exchange said it has frozen or intercepted about $2.85 billion, replenished 98% of affected token assets and that withdrawals have broadly resumed.

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Iranian exchanges Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex along with several executives under its Economic Fury campaign. Treasury alleges the platforms served as digital-asset channels for Iran's central bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Bitcoin traded near $65,000 after breaking below $70,000, with CoinDesk-cited data showing $1.8 billion in liquidations and options demand building at $60,000 and $50,000 strikes. Analysts attribute the slide to spot ETF outflows, capital rotating into AI stocks and upcoming IPOs, and uncertainty over U.S. crypto legislation.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday that perpetual futures tied to individual stocks can now trade on CFTC-registered exchanges, the first such U.S. approval for the crypto-style instrument in equities. The move extends the agency's earlier clearance of Bitcoin perpetual futures and follows a joint CFTC-SEC memorandum of understanding signed in March.

Binance said it blocked 57 suspected North Korea-linked cyber threats in 2026, but a staged fake job interview gave attackers access to engineers and wallet-signing systems before the $6.34 billion theft on Oct. 29. The FBI attributed the theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, which Pyongyang has denied.