Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said on November 3, 2026 that it has drafted rules for licensed stablecoin issuance. The package includes a Taiwan stablecoin capital floor of NT$300 million in paid-in capital for nonbank issuers. It also requires one-to-one pegs, full fair-value reserves, and AML duties. A 40-day public...
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Added 79,800 BTC in Q3 as Treasuries Fade
US spot Bitcoin ETFs added 79,800 BTC worth about $6.2 billion in Q3 2026, per 21Shares' Q3 Bitcoin Market Report. Public Bitcoin treasury companies cut combined purchases from $7.1 billion in Q2 to roughly $1 billion. The funds flipped from $4.8 billion in Q2 net outflows. They became the main...
Metaplanet Redeems ¥8B Bonds Early, Lifts Bitcoin Buys to ¥33.4B
Metaplanet Bitcoin buys are set to rise. The Tokyo-listed treasury firm repaid ¥8 billion in EVO FUND bonds early with cash on hand. Its November 2 company disclosure moves that ¥8 billion from bond repayment into Bitcoin purchases. Planned buys climb from ¥25.422 billion to ¥33.422 billion. That is the...
Ethereum Whale Buys 27,553 ETH for $62.97M in 5 Hours
An Ethereum whale buys 27,553 ETH for about $62.97 million in five hours, per on-chain trackers. Lookonchain, citing investigator ZachXBT, ties wallet 0x9EcA to a suspected European entity loss of more than $106 million across several centralized exchanges. The buy lands while Ethereum funding rates sit near their softest levels...
Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Deposits After Suspected $40M Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a dawn security scare. Monitors flagged about $40 million in odd transfers tied to a Mercado Bitcoin hack. The firm has not posted a loss total. Mercado Bitcoin said on Monday that it found and stopped a security incident overnight. It...
HSBC RedCoin Hits 50,000 Users in First Week After Hong Kong Launch
The HSBC RedCoin stablecoin has signed up 50,000 users in just over a week. Group CEO Georges Elhedery disclosed the figure on Monday at Hong Kong FinTech Week. The South China Morning Post reported his remarks. Merchant payments and wallet top-ups are already live on PayMe. That is the plain...
Coinbase Bitcoin Discount Hits Widest Gap of 2026
The Coinbase Bitcoin discount versus Binance hit its widest point of 2026. A November 1 market read set the mark. It compared Coinbase's BTC-USD price with Binance's BTC-USDT print, and adjusted Tether to the dollar. The gap opened while Binance held withdrawals after its October 29 hot-wallet breach. That is...
Binance Reopens XRP Withdrawals After $6.3B Hack
Binance XRP withdrawals are back in the first reopen window. Phase one ran on November 1, 2026, from 06:00 to 09:00 UTC. XRP sits with Bitcoin, Ether, BNB, Solana, Dogecoin, and Zcash on that list. Holders can move balances to external wallets again as the rails return in stages. That...
Binance Finds More Breach Points Amid 45-Hour Withdrawal Freeze
Binance breach points now reach past a single DevOps laptop. The exchange keeps withdrawals frozen for about 45 hours while it maps the attack path. Investigators say they found more ways in. Binance has set aside more than $6.34 billion in company funds to cover confirmed losses. Deposits stay open....
XRPL Restricted Tokens Get Four Proposed Gap Fixes
XRPL restricted tokens can still reach some accounts without a fresh issuer OK. XRP Ledger developers have put forward four code changes under fixCleanup3_5_0 to close those gaps. The work covers trust-line carve-outs, AMM pool tokens, and permission checks. The fixes still need code merges and validator support before they...