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The Basis Ledger

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.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    U.S.-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether’s USDT in December

    BTCUSDT

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Coinbase XRP looked cheap on Nov. 2 despite identical market value

    XRPUSDT

  2. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Moscow Exchange to launch Bitcoin, Ether and USDT trading in December

    BTCETHUSDT

  3. CryptoSlate+1 deskMajor
    Tether freezes $1.5 billion in 30 minutes after Binance hack, but $729 million escapes

    USDT

  4. CoinDesk+2 desksNotable
    Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says

    BTCUSDT

  5. NewsBTC
    SAT Japan Adds USDT and USDC Payments With Dollar Settlement Through Triple-A

    USDTUSDC

Monday, November 2, 2026

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

    BTCUSDT

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

    BTCUSDT

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

    BTCUSDT

Sunday, November 1, 2026

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

    ETHBTCUSDTUSDC

Saturday, October 31, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Tether-Backed FASE Foundation Targets Scams and Stablecoin Aid

    USDTSOL

Friday, October 30, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph
    Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen

    USDT

  2. CoinDeskNotable
    Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter

    USDT

  3. Cointelegraph
    Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B

    USDTBTC

Thursday, October 29, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateMajor
    Trump’s crypto firm joins Tether, Circle, and Ripple in $2.6 billion stablecoin freeze as Binance hack outflows near $6 billion

    XRPUSDTWLFI

  2. Bitcoin MagazineMajor
    Bitcoin Price Slides Below $79,000 as Binance Loses $5.8 Billion in Massive Hack

    BTCUSDT

  3. The BlockMajor
    Binance investigating hack as suspicious outflows reach up to $5.8 billion

    USDTUSDC

  4. DecryptMajor
    Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion

    USDT

  5. Cointelegraph+2 desksNotable
    Binance investigates potential multibillion-dollar hack

    ETHUSDTUSDCBTC

  6. Cointelegraph
    Private, fast USDT is coming to Bitcoin. Can it compete with Ethereum and Tron?

    ETHBTCTRXUSDT

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Brazilian companies turned to stablecoins on election day to dodge a currency crash

    BTCUSDT

  2. Cointelegraph
    USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as EU rules reshape market: Kaiko

    USDTUSDC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Coinbase sets 3-day MiCA deadline for USDT, PayPal and Trump-linked stablecoins

    USDTUSDC

  4. CryptoSlate
    CoinDCX’s $16 million loss revives uncomfortable memories of FTX and Celsius

    USDT

Sunday, October 25, 2026

  1. The Block+2 desks
    CoinDCX confirms $16 million loss from retired wallets days after CEO called breach reports a ‘false alarm’

    USDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    How $37 million stolen from Americans moved through a Bahamas bank into Tether’s USDT

    USDT

  3. NewsBTC
    Tether Wins Mining Industry Support For Its Open Automation Toolkit

    USDTBTC

Friday, October 23, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Aave changes USDT borrowing rules and loan costs suddenly jump

    AAVEUSDT

  2. NewsBTC
    CMCC Global Plans Tokenized Bitcoin Funds With Tether And Bitfinex Securities

    BTCUSDT

  3. NewsBTC
    US Senator Questions Tether Over Reported Payments Linked To Former Crypto Adviser

    USDT

  4. The Block+1 desk
    Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser

    USDT

  5. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    US senator probes Tether after reported deal with ex-Trump crypto adviser

    USDT

  6. CryptoSlate
    Tether’s own AI study shows when buying a laptop costs more than cloud tokens

    USDT

  7. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin’s $80,000 recovery faces liquidity questions as Binance’s Tether flows swing $14 billion

    BTCUSDTETHTRX

  8. NewsBTC
    KuCoin Adds USDT Perpetuals Tied To Stocks And ETFs

    USDT

  9. NewsBTC
    Crypto Broker Gets 160 Months In US Drug-Money Laundering Case

    USDT

Thursday, October 22, 2026

  1. CoinDeskNotable
    Senate's top Democratic investigator looking into Tether payments to Bo Hines' firm

    USDT

  2. NewsBTCMajor
    TRON Settles $2.2T in Q3, Captures 73% of All Stablecoin Volume as First TRX ETF Launches: CoinDesk and Nansen

    TRXUSDT

  3. Bitcoin Magazine
    Utexo Opens Utexo Mint Early Access for USDT on Bitcoin Ahead of November 28 Launch

    BTCUSDT

  4. NewsBTC
    U.S. Earnings Season Heats Up as MEXC TSLA Stock Futures Weekly Volume Jumps 101%

    USDT

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Tether backs Bolivian fintech bringing USDT payments to food delivery and banking

    USDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    Crypto rallies point to slower USDC growth and faster USDT growth, study finds

    USDTUSDCBTC

  3. CoinDesk
    Tether leads $15 million funding round for AI-focused payment startup Mural

    USDT

Monday, October 19, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Tether: Senator's investigation misses positive work that's led to lower Iran volumes

    USDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    Tether loses nearly $5 billion across crypto exchanges as USDC and RLUSD rivals pay to win liquidity

    USDTUSDC

Sunday, October 18, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph
    Tether backs AIsa as strategic investor, completing seed extension round

    USDT

Saturday, October 17, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Tether Backs AI Startup As Funding Tops $9 Million In Push Toward Autonomous Payments

    USDT

  2. Bitcoinist
    Tether’s $6.3 Million Deal Raises Questions Over Former Trump Crypto Adviser

    USDT

Friday, October 16, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Microsoft exposes how USDT-funded phishing network targeted 75,000 organizations

    USDT

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

  1. Decrypt
    Russia's Biggest Bank Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin

    BTCETHUSDT

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph
    Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of December launch

    BTCUSDTETH

  2. CoinDesk
    Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto

    USDTBTCETH

Friday, October 9, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Tether freezes $1.4M in TRON vaults and THORChain stalls

    RUNEUSDTTRX

  2. CryptoSlateMajor
    Ledger hack scare nears $90 million as Tether moves to freeze stolen USDT

    USDT

  3. Cointelegraph
    THORChain exec accuses Tether of temporarily freezing USDT vaults

    RUNEUSDT

  4. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%

    ETHUSDT

  5. Bitcoin Magazine
    Building the Berkshire Hathaway of Bitcoin | Twenty One Capital CEO Rapha Zagury

    BTCUSDT

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  1. CoinDesk+2 desksNotable
    Top Democrat among Senate investigators probes ties between Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether

    USDT

  2. Bitcoinist
    Binance Offers 50 USDT Referral Rewards To Expand Its African P2P Merchant Network

    USDT

  3. NewsBTC
    Polygon Opens Its Money Stack To TRON’s $94 Billion USDT Market

    POLTRXUSDT