Bitcoin Survived Binance's $6B Hack. Then Tech Stocks Plunged.

📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- A blue wave and a black swan. Democrats sweep Congress, markets whipsaw into a $2 trillion selloff, and Bitcoin holds its 50-week moving average through the biggest heist in history: $6 billion stolen from Binance. Ryan and David break down how North Korea pulled it off, how a French bank got robbed with crypto as the getaway car, Ethereum's December 2028 quantum-proof deadline from DevCon, and Coinbase insiders' new sell plans. --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🌍 RIPIO | LOCAL CURRENCIES, ONCHAIN https://bankless.cc/ripio 🛡️VIZOR | THE WALLET ZCASH DEVS USE https://bankless.cc/vizor 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:57 Blue Wave: Democrats Sweep Congress https://x.com/DCinvestor/status/2117789052573544873 3:33 $2 Trillion Erased: AI Bubble Popping? https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2118362154558779411 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWX6J1hXwAAXczz?format=jpg&name=medium 7:41 Bitcoin Holds the 50-Week: Early Bull Intact? 11:44 Will the Dems Come for Crypto? https://x.com/0xGrimes/status/2111584181562290268 https://x.com/caprioleio/status/2118125380741795929 https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2118006193276805427 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2118041922011021418 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2118080207664062720 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2118043617650491467 21:11 Binance Hack: The $6B Heist, 7 Days Later https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/north-korea-responsible-for-6-billion-binance-attack https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2116030284261179538 https://www.binance.com/en/proof-of-reserves https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/03/binance-s-usd6-3-billion-hack-began-with-a-fake-job-interview-exchange-says https://x.com/binance/status/2117626126214504729 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2117650872603955542 27:26 THORChain & the Laundering Fight https://x.com/FBICyberBranch/status/2116660730745299426 https://thedefiant.io/podcasts-and-videos/podcast/thorchain-refused-to-block-the-usd387m-bitget-hacker-here-s-why-or-chad-barraford 32:49 North Korea: Too Close to the Sun? https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-11-02-kim-jong-un-sister-rejects-fbi-claims-linking-north-korea-binance-hack-432344 35:45 Polygon's Hard Fork & the Validator Bribe https://forum.polygon.technology/t/pip-proposal-recovery-of-funds-held-in-blocked-addresses-following-the-polymarket-and-binance-incidents/22497 38:25 How to Rob a Bank: Crypto Was the Getaway Car https://x.com/gregory_raymond/status/2117864901108432999 https://x.com/Jrag0x/status/2117878442309906695 48:37 DevCon 8: Ethereum Post-Quantum by 2028 https://x.com/EFDevcon/status/2117497506007576631 https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/2117717427920498698 51:17 The Ethereum Economic Zone https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/ethereum-economic-zone-unveils-three-cross-chain-breakthroughs-at-devcon 52:57 L2Beat Becomes ETHBeat https://x.com/ethbeat_org/status/2117913893796225035 https://ethbeat.org/crops 54:08 Vitalik's Keynote Controversy https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/2117500382977102044 https://x.com/gakonst/status/2117668817082155157 https://x.com/uttam_singhk/status/2117673754574651760 https://x.com/fede_intern/status/2117993844159438993 58:58 Coinbase Earnings & Armstrong's Sell Plan https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/10/30/coinbase-coin-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript/ https://thedefiant.io/news/cefi/coinbase-ceo-armstrong-adopts-plan-to-sell-up-to-1-31-billion-in-shares 1:02:53 STRC Back at $100 https://x.com/Strategy/status/2118036238741688626 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures