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Allium, a blockchain data provider whose clients include Visa, Stripe and Coinbase, said it suffered a security breach. The company said it detected unauthorized access to some systems on Oct. 25, notified affected clients and hired an external cybersecurity firm to investigate. Allium’s core services, including its app, explorer and explorer API, have now been restored, although some functions remain unavailable. The company did not disclose the specific scope of the damage.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $80,000. BTC is trading at $79,923.31 on the Binance USDT market.

An Ethereum whale address beginning with 0x6D30 deposited 2,119 ETH worth $4.99 million to Coinbase seven hours ago after three years of dormancy, according to Lookonchain. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as a sign of potential selling.

Hifi Finance is estimated to have lost about $1 million in user collateral assets in a governance attack, according to crypto analyst Spreek, who shared the assessment on X. The attacker was said to have used four accounts funded through Tornado Cash to join the vote just before the voting deadline and seize the decentralized autonomous organization’s decision-making power. The attacker is then believed to have minted an additional 25 million governance tokens and drained user collateral assets. The exact scale of the losses and the detailed attack process have not yet been confirmed.

Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said in a recent earnings call that Visa’s annualized stablecoin settlement volume has surpassed $25 billion, marking a tenfold increase from a year earlier. McInerney added that Visa currently supports 10 blockchains across five regions worldwide.

Alipay said it does not support cryptocurrency trading through third-party platforms and warned that external platforms promoting crypto transactions using its service have not received official approval and could expose users’ accounts and funds to risk, according to Crypto Briefing. The statement came shortly after P2P platform Peer announced a beta service allowing users to trade USDC in yuan through Alipay.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Prabang has temporarily suspended services after a hacking incident caused about 100 million won ($72,000) in losses, Yonhap reported. Prabang said a security breach caused by unauthorized external access occurred on Oct. 26, and the exchange reported the case to relevant authorities while investigating the cause and scale of the incident. Yonhap said Prabang had identified abnormal withdrawals from the exchange’s hot wallet on Oct. 24 and, during a full inspection under an emergency response system, found a security vulnerability. A personal data leak also occurred at Prabang in mid-October.

Ethereum decentralized staking protocol Diva Staking said on its official X account it is shutting down the project because of funding difficulties and security concerns. Diva said it had continued development without pay for about two and a half years after running out of operating funds in mid-2024, but it was difficult to cover the costs needed for additional security audits and protocol maintenance. In light of the security risks, Diva said it decided to abandon the mainnet launch. Users who deposited funds in Early Staker Vaults can withdraw their deposits through Enzyme.

Bitcoin’s net outflow from exchanges resumed, pointing to a possible improvement in supply and demand conditions, although a neutral view is still warranted for now, CryptoQuant contributor CoinNiel said. Citing data from Oct. 27, local time, CoinNiel said 12,702 BTC posted a net outflow from major exchanges, reversing from a net inflow of 7,278 BTC a day earlier. Over the past seven and 30 days, cumulative net outflows totaled 4,633 BTC and 4,048 BTC, respectively, although four of the past seven days still showed net inflows. Funding rates stood at 0.00762%, above the seven-day average of 0.00637%, while open interest rose 0.56% over the past week to $25.6 billion. Bitcoin LTH SOPR, a measure of short-term profit and loss for long-term holders, fell from 1.1657 to 1.0124, moving closer to break-even. CoinNiel said whether exchange net outflows continue will be key, adding that continued outflows could be seen as a positive signal if funding rates and open interest do not rise sharply.

DigitalX, Mirae Asset’s digital-asset investment platform, said in a report on tokenized stocks that South Korea needs to update its regulatory framework to account for such trading, as cases of overseas trading in tokenized shares of South Korean companies including SK Hynix are already increasing. According to Etoday, the report said the value of tokenized stocks circulating on blockchains stood at $3.58 billion as of Oct. 23, up 5.3 times from the start of the year. It added that while related rulemaking is under way in South Korea, tokenized stocks issued overseas remain outside the scope of regulation. The report also warned that unless infrastructure is put in place to issue tokenized stocks domestically, trading in tokenized versions of South Korean stocks could take hold first outside the reach of domestic rules.

Utah Attorney General Derek Brown has filed criminal charges against prediction market platform Kalshi and its co-founders, CEO Tarek Mansour and COO Luana Lopes Lara, on allegations of promoting illegal online gambling, Crypto Briefing reported. Utah investigators based the case on 12 sports-related contract bets allegedly placed on Kalshi by an undercover investigator in September, bringing a total of 14 charges: one count of repeated unlawful conduct, 12 counts of promoting online gambling, and one count of promoting gambling. Earlier, on Oct. 20, Utah filed a civil suit seeking to bar Kalshi from operating in the state. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Justice Department had also sued Utah, arguing state gambling laws cannot be applied to federally regulated prediction market contracts.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said stablecoins and x402, a payment protocol developed by Coinbase, can help companies handle usage-based micropayments more efficiently, Cointelegraph reported. Armstrong said businesses can use stablecoins and x402 to receive usage-based micropayments while reducing friction in the payment process.

RWA tokenization platform Arco announced a partnership with AI infrastructure developer t54 to develop an enterprise RWA vault using AI agents in the XRPL ecosystem. The two companies plan to combine Arco Vault, Arco’s RWA management infrastructure, with Trustline, t54’s agent trading security solution, to build infrastructure that will help companies and institutions manage crypto assets more effectively. The partnership is centered on applying institution-grade asset management systems to AI agent-based automated financial services, while the service launch schedule and implementation scope will be determined later.

Spot CVD is an order book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows the volume heatmap, while the lower section shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The CVD indicator in the lower section reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color rises. The yellow line is based on $100-$1,000 orders, while the brown line is based on large orders ranging from $1 million to $10 million.

Decentralized exchange SushiSwap said eight new stock tokens are now available on Sushi AMM and Sushi Launchpad on Robinhood Chain.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index rose one point from yesterday to 46, remaining in neutral territory. A reading closer to zero signals extreme fear in the market, while a reading closer to 100 indicates extreme optimism. According to CoinMarketCap, the index is calculated based on price movements among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives market data including the put-to-call ratio, the Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR), and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

UAE-based Standard Asset Company, or SAC, plans to pursue a $1.5 billion investment strategy in Bitcoin and real estate in partnership with Coinbase, Bitcoin News reported. SAC plans to acquire real estate in the UAE and manage BTC overseen by Coinbase Asset Management as part of the strategy.

Privacy coin Dash announced the release of version five of its Evolution Platform. Once the newly included Shielded Tokens feature is activated, users will be able to issue and use tokens that rely on zero-knowledge-based privacy functions. Dash also overhauled its data contracts, improving login keys and query functions for app developers and adding built-in content management and monetization tools to the contracts.

Whale Alert reported that 279,653,570 USDC has been transferred from Coinbase Institutional to Coinbase. The transaction is valued at about $280 million.

Canton, a privacy blockchain for institutional finance, said its co-validation feature has gone live on the Canton Network. Ledger Wallet now supports CC, and Canton said it will accept transaction-generated states only after the transactions are confirmed by both a validator operated by Ledger and one operated by Kiln.

On-chain credit platform Ibis has officially launched after securing a credit facility of up to $250 million from FalconX. A credit facility is a pre-approved borrowing limit that can be drawn on as needed. FalconX has been expanding in the on-chain credit market, including by building a $1 billion lending pool with Ethena Labs. Alongside FalconX, Anchorage Digital, Innovating Capital, Revolut, the Injective Foundation and Blockchain.com participated in Ibis' pre-seed round. Ibis said it will initially source, tokenize, underwrite and service structured credit for crypto and prediction-market institutions, with plans to expand into GPU infrastructure, robotics and venture capital.

Solidus Labs said it detected $170 million in suspected spoofing orders in Hyperliquid’s HYPE crude oil perpetual futures market, Bloomberg reported. Solidus Labs said two accounts appeared to place large orders in one direction, cancel them, and simultaneously execute trades in the opposite direction in an apparent attempt to move prices. The firm said the accounts made about $119,000 in profit from March 8 to 10 and accounted for more than 90% of all canceled orders, while adding that further tracking is needed to prove spoofing. Hyperliquid pushed back, saying all orders and trades are publicly visible, making any spoofing activity verifiable. CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange have also called for tighter regulation of Hyperliquid, according to the report.

TrustSwap (SWAP) announced the launch of Panthea, an institutional asset custody and treasury management platform built through a strategic partnership with Blockfort.

U.S. real estate investor Grant Cardone has offered Jason Calacanis a $1 million bet that Bitcoin will break above its all-time high of $126,210.50 within two years. Calacanis, a well-known Silicon Valley angel investor in the U.S., recently argued that BTC should be sold immediately because it creates no value and predicted a decline. Cardone said Calacanis had claimed BTC would never surpass its previous peak again, adding that the wager could be arranged through a third party if needed. Calacanis has since posted a reply asking whether there is a platform that could lock in the bet.

Bitcoin early backer and creator Davinci Jeremie said in an interview with The Bitcoin Historian that conditions are now better for buying BTC than they were in 2013. Jeremie said he bought BTC at around $1 in 2011 and later became widely known in 2013 for a video urging viewers to buy just $1 worth of BTC. He added that the market now offers a range of tools that make it easier for institutional investors to buy BTC, while most people still enter the asset only when prices rise and retail participation remains limited.