Crypto & Web3

Karpelès Says Airport-Bought Ledger Flex Contained Spy Implant

Buyer Ben Yorke identified Metapod as the retailer. Ledger says verified fund losses in its investigation remain tied to CryptoBilis-sold wallets.

21Shares Lists Anthropic Synthetic ETP on Vienna MTF

CLAU holds FalconX notes tied to perpetual futures, with financing and funding costs on top of its 1% annual product fee.

Bitcoin whale that sat through the March 2020 crash moves $378 million

A bitcoin whale that received coins days before the Covid crash and sat through it has moved millions on-chain.

Singapore-based data center developer DayOne raises ~$3.67B, including a ~$2.4B offshore term loan facility, from seven banks to fund its Malaysia expansion (Jasmeen Ara Shaikh/Reuters)

Jasmeen Ara Shaikh / Reuters: Singapore-based data center developer DayOne raises ~$3.67B, including a ~$2.4B offshore term loan facility, from seven banks to fund its Malaysia expansion — Singapore-based data centre developer DayOne on Tuesday said it secured an additional 15 billion ringgit ($3.67 billion) …

Binance to shut down crypto mining pool services in November

Binance will discontinue its mining pool and related services on Nov. 10, urging miners to move to alternative pools before the shutdown.

Binance VIP head says hedge funds are actively exploring arbitrage opportunities on crypto venues

The executive cited improved depth, 24/7 trading and weekend price discovery as reasons why the opportunities have become more relevant.

Tokenized SanDisk bets saw more liquidations than XRP as Asia’s chip rout wipes out $800 million

About $800 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over 24 hours, 86% of them bullish. Chip-stock contracts on crypto exchanges took a chunk of the damage.

Once-largest Ethereum NFT marketplace Blur is shutting down after volumes collapse 99%

Blur will close its website on Nov. 12 after monthly trading fell from about $1.43 billion at its 2023 peak to under $7 million, ten days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.

BSOL: Solana's Future In The Context Of Tokenization, Alpenglow, And The SEC's 'Innovation Exemption'

Ledger Says CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Implants Transmit Recovery Phrases Over LTE

Ledger says the added hardware leaves the secure chip and operating system untouched. Its Genuine Check cannot rule out this kind of tampering.

Bitcoin whale moves $378 million in BTC after six years of dormancy: onchain data

The wallet originally received 4,582 BTC in March 2020, when the holdings were worth roughly $40.8 million.

Bitcoin rebounds above $83,000 as it decouples from tumbling Korean stocks and Nasdaq futures

Bitcoin climbed back above $83,000 after an early dip, decoupling from a sharp slide in Korean chip stocks and weakness in Nasdaq futures ahead of Thursday’s US CPI report.

Crypto Trader ‘Realist’ Reports Knifepoint Robbery at UK Home

The trader valued the robbery at about $800,000. Transaction records show the Solana address he identified received nearly 719,000 USDC, which later moved on.

Bitcoin slides below $82,000 as crypto liquidations surge past $770 million

Crypto liquidations amounted to $771 million over the past 24 hours, including $685.6 million in long positions.

Flash Loan Attack Vector Analysis: OKX

Flash Loan Attack Vector Analysis: OKX Target Protocol: OKX (TVL: $31430.4M) Protocol: OKX (Decentralised components on Ethereum & L2) TVL (Ethereum/L2): $31,430.4 M Date: 13 Oct 2026 Prepared by: Senior DeFi Security Researcher – Smart‑Contract Auditing Team OKX has rapidly expanded its on‑chain product suite (OKX Bridge, OKX Swap, OKX Earn, perpetual futures, and a suite of L2‑optimised liquidity pools). The sheer size of the TVL makes the protocol a high‑value target for flash‑loan‑based exploits. Our analysis focuses on flash‑loan attack vectors that could be leveraged against any of OKX’s on‑chain contracts that: Accept arbitrary user‑supplied input (e.g., swap amounts, collateral deposits, margin calls). Rely on oracle‑derived pricing that can be manipulated within a single block. Perform state‑changing operations (mint/burn, reward distribution, liquidation) without sufficient re‑entrancy or time‑delay safeguards. We identified seven distinct attack surfaces ranging from classic price‑oracle manipulation to more subtle cross‑contract re‑entrancy cascades. While many of the identified risks are already mitigated by existing best‑practice patterns (e.g., OpenZeppelin’s ReentrancyGuard, circuit‑breaker flags), several critical gaps remain that could enable a profitable flash‑loan attack under adverse market conditions. Overall Risk Score: 7 / 10 (High‑Medium) – the protocol’s TVL and the breadth of on‑chain services elevate the impact potential, while the presence of some mitigations reduces the likelihood but does not eliminate it. # Vector Affected Component(s) Description Exploit Prerequisites Potential Impact 1 Oracle Manipulation via Flash‑Loan‑Driven Swaps OKX Swap, OKX Earn (interest‑rate oracle), Perpetual Futures pricing The protocol uses a time‑weighted average price (TWAP) derived from on‑chain DEX pools (e.g., Uniswap V3, SushiSwap) that can be skewed within a single block when a large flash loan is used to trade the target asset. The manipulated pri

Aptos rolls out Encrypted Mempool to curb frontrunning, sandwich attacks

The optional feature hides transaction details until their order is finalized, preventing bots from exploiting pending trades.