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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong plans to sell company stock worth up to $1.31 billion, The Defiant reported.

Major exchanges have seen $526 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $854 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

Signs of a possible fund theft from a Binance hot wallet have been detected, according to the Tree News X account. More than 60 tokens were transferred in large amounts from the Binance hot wallet to a specific address, which was previously known to have received funds through Tornado Cash. The transactions occurred about 16 minutes ago. An estimated $2.77 billion was moved out across five blockchains, although it has not been confirmed whether the incident was a hack.

Major exchanges have seen $409 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $741 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $79,000. BTC is trading at $78,891.76 on the Binance USDT market.

Whale Alert reported that 780,000,000 USDC has been transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $780 million.

A Nasdaq spokesperson declined to comment on claims that Nasdaq officials advised listed companies not to tokenize shares through OKXICE. According to Eleanor Terrett, host of the podcast 'Crypto In America,' the spokesperson reiterated that Nasdaq does not plan to participate in a trading platform operating under the U.S. SEC's innovation exemption and does not view that platform as the best route for tokenization. Nasdaq added, "Nasdaq remains committed to tokenization and is actively building that future through Nasdaq Equity Token, an issuer-centric model that delivers the benefits of tokenization within the existing market structure." A total of 38 companies currently oppose stock-token listings on OKXICE.

Major exchanges have seen $139 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $468 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $80,000. BTC is trading at $79,966.84 on the Binance USDT market.

Whale Alert reported that 4,696 BTC has been transferred from Binance to an unknown new wallet. The transaction is valued at about $378 million.

Whale Alert reported that 2,946 BTC has been transferred from Binance to an unknown new wallet. The transaction is valued at about $237 million.

Coinbase said it posted a quarterly profit in the third quarter as increased volatility in the crypto market drove higher trading volumes, ending a three-quarter losing streak. According to Reuters, Coinbase reported net income of $718 million in the third quarter, up sharply from $432 million a year earlier.

Whale Alert reported that 7,636 BTC has been transferred from Binance to an unknown new wallet. The transaction is valued at about $614 million.

Whale Alert reported that 612,729,468 USDT has been transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $612 million.

Strategy CFO Andrew Kang will resign on Nov. 5, according to Bitcoin Treasuries. CEO Phong Le will assume the CFO role through the end of the year, the source said.

Bitcoin’s largest corporate holder Strategy (MSTR) said it posted $21 billion in operating profit in the third quarter, its largest ever for a single quarter. Strategy currently holds about 848,500 BTC, up 26% from the start of the year.

Whale Alert reported that 185,017,485 XRP has been transferred from Binance to an unknown new wallet. The transaction is valued at about $236 million.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.31% - Nasdaq: -1.36% - Dow Jones: -0.25%

Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl said in a report that the United States accounts for roughly 15% to 20% of global cryptocurrency activity. According to Crypto Briefing, about 36% of Bitcoin hash rate is concentrated in the U.S., while around 31% of all Ethereum blockchain nodes are based there. The report included the English phrase "the U.S. plays host more than hub" and indicated the U.S. has built and operates a significant share of crypto-related systems, while most users of those systems are located overseas. It added that the political outcome of U.S. midterm elections may have less influence than crypto investors expect.

Blockchain oracle project API3 said a vote is underway on a proposal to cap supply at 200 million API3 and end further issuance. The proposal also includes ending Aragon DAO operations and migrating governance to Snapshot.

On-chain data analytics platform Bubblemaps said a third-party service provider used by Polymarket was compromised, and more than 700 users had a combined $3.46 million stolen. Of the stolen funds, $2.7 million was converted into POL and sent out, while $750,000 remained on Polymarket, Bubblemaps said. According to Bubblemaps, Polymarket said it would fully compensate affected users for their losses. Bubblemaps added the funds were still moving and it would continue tracking them.

A wallet suspected of being tied to the Polymarket hack, beginning with 0x3F99, swapped USDC.e and USDC for POL after Polymarket said it had identified and fixed an issue caused by the compromise of one of its third-party providers. The address held about $2.65 million worth of POL and later transferred about 28.64 million POL in three transactions. Separately, Polymarket announced it would fully reimburse affected users in connection with the hack.

Polymarket’s share of combined trading volume with Kalshi has fallen to 27% from 96% two years ago, according to Unfolded. Kalshi’s current trading volume is about three times that of Polymarket.

The U.S. SEC has charged BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme, The Defiant reported. The two companies are accused of promising investors risk-free trading returns and submitting false documents for SEC approval.

Polymarket said on its official X account it identified and fixed an issue caused by the compromise of one of its third-party providers. The platform said affected users will be compensated, although trading remains temporarily suspended. Earlier, some users had raised concerns about unauthorized asset withdrawals and a possible front-end hack. In a separate update, blockchain security firm PeckShield said, "currently, the official website UI seems to have been compromised. It is recommended not to use the site at this time."