Republican Andy Barr has won Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Democrat Charles Booker and securing another potential ally for the cryptocurrency industry in Congress. With 55% vote, Barr will replace longtime Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, who is leaving the Senate after more than four decades representing Kentucky. Barr’s victory follows
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Crypto exchanges are reviewing their security systems after a $6.3 billion hack at Binance raised fresh concerns about how quickly attackers can exploit weaknesses in exchange infrastructure. The Binance Hack Breakdown: How Attackers Breached the Exchange and Moved the Stolen Funds Coinbase said it had adjusted the systems used to
One of the leading crypto exchanges, Kraken, resolved a trading disruption that affected its spot and derivatives markets on October 30, after customers experienced problems connecting to the exchange and submitting orders across its trading platforms. According to the exchange’s official status page, the incident began at 02:42 UTC (8:12
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Binance has applied for a cryptocurrency service provider license in Brazil as the country’s October 30 regulatory deadline approaches. The application comes as the exchange restricts several services and removes 22 cryptocurrencies from trading for local users to comply with the new rules. Binance Brazil General Manager Thiago Sarandy confirmed
Aave has launched its first externally curated lending markets on Aave V4, allowing risk management firm Sentora to oversee specialized markets within the decentralized lending protocol. The launch, announced on October 22, introduces three markets on Ethereum for users to borrow selected stablecoins against approved crypto assets. The three markets
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has urged cryptocurrency users to be cautious when visiting websites after two critical vulnerabilities were discovered in PHP, a programming language widely used to build websites and online applications. In a warning posted on October 21, Zhao pointed to the flaws, identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619,
Blockchain.com and Binance US are seeking U.S. regulatory approval to offer prediction markets, joining a growing group of cryptocurrency companies looking to expand beyond traditional digital asset trading. According to a Financial Times report published on October 21, Binance US recently applied to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Ripple has backed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, while asking the agency to clarify how securities laws apply to crypto tokens and when an issuer’s legal obligations end. In a comment letter submitted on October 20, Ripple said the SEC has the authority to
