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Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin drops below $77,000 as chip rout deepens ahead of U.S. midterm vote

    BTCBNBZEC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Binance can cut a winning Bitcoin hedge even when customer assets are backed

    BTC

Monday, November 2, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateMajor
    Tether freezes $4.5 million as Mercado Bitcoin hacker holds $46 million in crypto

    BTCUSDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    Strategy’s deployable cash falls 45% as buybacks outpace Bitcoin purchases

    BTC

  3. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    New Jersey drops Coinbase staking order ahead of crypto’s midterm test

    BTC

  4. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy

    BTC

  5. Cointelegraph
    AI poses greater threat to Bitcoin than quantum computing, Swan founder says

    BTC

  6. The Block
    Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, hit by $46 million security breach

    BTC

  7. CryptoSlate
    Treasury holds $1 trillion as Bitcoin faces a key liquidity test this week

    BTC

  8. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Bitcoin risks drop below $76K as 7% oil slide fails to spark BTC price rally

    BTC

  9. CointelegraphMajor
    Mercado Bitcoin wallets keep moving funds after $46M hack

    BTC

  10. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin traders eye post-election rally as exchange outflows point to supply squeeze

    BTC

  11. CryptoSlate
    Eclair tightens Bitcoin funding rules after unconfirmed inputs put Lightning payments at risk

    BTC

  12. The BlockNotable
    Binance completes latest proof of reserves as it works to restore assets, withdrawals after record hack

    BTCETHSOLXRP

  13. Bitcoin Magazine+2 desks
    Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Deposits and Withdrawals Due to Ongoing Security Incident, Losses Estimated Near $40 Million

    BTCUSDT

  14. CoinDesk+1 deskMajor
    Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 chains

    BTCUSDT

  15. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Nvidia, Costco and Nike join pushback against OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans

    BTC

  16. The Block
    Strive inches closer to becoming second-largest public bitcoin holder after latest $10 million buy

    BTC

  17. Bitcoin MagazineNotable
    Binance Reopens Withdrawals as Hack Recovery Enters Second Week

    BTC

  18. Bitcoin Magazine
    Bitwise’s André Dragosch: Bitcoin’s “Fair Value” of $197,000

    BTC

  19. Bitcoin Magazine
    Adam Back: Pension Funds Are Bitcoin’s “Third Wave” of Adoption

    BTC

  20. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strategy (MSTR) Adds 811 Bitcoin, Strive (ASST) Follows Suit With 124 as Both Keep Stacking

    BTC

  21. Cointelegraph
    Strategy spends triple its weekly Bitcoin outlay on STRC buybacks

    BTC

  22. Cointelegraph
    Binance taps half its SAFU Bitcoin holdings, releases reserve proof

    BTC

  23. Decrypt
    Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Buys With $66M Purchase

    BTC

  24. The Block
    ‘We found room for even more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy scoops up another 811 bitcoin for $65.5 million

    BTC

  25. CointelegraphNotable
    Binance hackers begin swapping stolen Solana tokens for Bitcoin: Chainalysis

    BTCSOL

  26. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin catches a break from falling oil prices, but OPEC+ raises new Fed concerns

    BTC

  27. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin's 'volatility curve' has a midterm bump

    BTC

  28. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin eases to $77,900 as Binance customers pull $3.6 billion after withdrawals reopen

    BTC

  29. Cointelegraph
    From Uptober to Hacktober: Are Bitcoin’s seasonal patterns becoming obsolete?

    BTC

  30. NewsBTC
    Bitcoin White Paper Turns 18 With Payment Verification Still at Its Core

    BTC

  31. NewsBTC
    One Paper, Infinite Markets: MEXC Marks 18 Years of the Bitcoin Whitepaper by Looking Beyond Bitcoin

    BTC

  32. Cointelegraph
    BTC heads into US midterm showdown: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week

    BTC

  33. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin Lightning’s year-old security fixes still missing from 71% of flagged nodes

    BTC

  34. CoinDeskNotable
    Live updates: Binance records $6 billion outflows after starting withdrawals, less then 4% of total holdings

    BTC

  35. CryptoSlate
    Treasury dealers’ financing burden can outlast their bond holdings, Fed study finds

    BTC

  36. CoinDesk+1 deskMajor
    Bitcoin ETFs lost $643 million in outflows Friday, and 2026 is barely green now

    BTCETH

  37. CoinDeskNotable
    Strangers are begging the Binance hacker for bitcoin, one ‘help me bro’ at a time

    BTC

  38. CoinDeskNotable
    Bitcoin claws back toward $79,000 as markets shake off crypto's biggest hack

    BTCZEC

  39. CoinDesk+1 deskMajor
    BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after reports of drained wallets

    BTC

  40. The BlockMajor
    Spot bitcoin ETFs see largest daily outflows in four months following record Binance hack

    BTC

  41. NewsBTC
    Bitcoin Core 32.1 Arrives With Privacy Fixes and New Compatibility Checks

    BTC

  42. NewsBTC
    Mercado Bitcoin Plans Sui Asset Access in Brazil With Lending and Tokenization Links

    BTCSUI

  43. CointelegraphNotable
    THORChain halts swaps after block reorg bug, slowing Binance hackers

    RUNEETHBTCSOL

Sunday, November 1, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateMajor
    Tracked Binance wallets record $2.5 billion in outflows as withdrawals reopen after hack

    ETHBTCUSDTUSDC

  2. NewsBTC
    Strategy Reports 848,517 Bitcoin as Q3 Gains Put Cash Coverage in Focus

    BTC

  3. NewsBTC
    Next Technology Authorizes Sale or Pledge of 5,833 Bitcoin After Risk Review

    BTC

  4. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin redemption freeze puts $136 million Aave market under scrutiny

    BTCAAVE

  5. CryptoSlate
    OneKey founder warns BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF could be a North Korean target

    BTC

  6. DecryptMajor
    Bitcoin ETF Investors Head for the Exits After Record Binance Hack

    BTC

  7. CryptoSlateMajor
    Zero-token withdrawals let a hacker drain 97 million CORE from Bitcoin staking platform b14g

    BTC

  8. CryptoSlate
    AI wants Bitcoin miners’ power, but the contracts reveal who really gets paid

    BTC

  9. CoinDeskMajor
    Binance opens crypto withdrawals in phases starting with bitcoin following $6.3 billion hack

    BTC

  10. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitcoin’s recovery faces rising derivatives exposure and $643 million in ETF outflows

    BTC

  11. CoinDesk+2 desksMajor
    FBI confirms North Korea's role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community to block BTC, ETH, SOL addresses

    BTCETHSOLRUNE

Saturday, October 31, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin's white paper turns 18, and small businesses are still paying for the bailouts it answered

    BTC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Saylor calls new Bitcoin bull market, but Strategy’s own numbers reveal a costly problem

    BTC

  3. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin held up better than expected after Binance hack, Strive CEO says

    BTC

  4. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin turns 18: Has the original rebel grown up?

    BTC