- BTC$80,004+2.51%
- ETH$2,408+4.07%
- BNB$711.84+1.82%
- XRP$1.31+2.73%
- SOL$95.81+3.32%
- TRX$0.3187-0.07%
- ZEC$1,312+2.08%
- DOGE$0.0762+2.37%
- XMR$636.44-0.11%
- LINK$11.48+3.75%
- ADA$0.1958+3.54%
- BCH$289.74+5.92%
Bitminer.io: crypto news mined for signal, reported from the record
The ledgers Updated from the source data
The record so far
- $8.76bnlost so far in 2026, 327 incidents
- 104enforcement actions so far in 2026, 134 by this date in 2025
- 1,056addresses on the US sanctions list
- 252firms licensed under MiCA across 27 EU and EEA countries
Latest hacks
- Mercado Bitcoin$40.0m
- BitMart$391,000
- Premia V3$437,000
- Troves$666,935
- Polymarket International$2.7m
Latest enforcement
- SEC obtained consent final judgments against The Movie Studio and its CEO over an offering fraud that included blockchain misrepresentations.SEC
- SEC sued BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto trading signals fraud that used false SEC filings.SEC
- Two Texas brothers were sentenced to 180 and 186 months for kidnapping a Minnesota family and forcing transfer of $8M in crypto.DOJ
- An Israeli national was extradited and charged with exploiting the Nomad Bridge smart contract to steal about $2.89 million in crypto.DOJ
- SEC sues DEBT Box joint venture partners and principals over an alleged $200 million crypto offering fraud; some defendants settle.SEC
7 days since the last crypto hack of $100 million or more: Binance, $6.36bn, on 29 October 2026.
Week of 2 November 2026, so far: $40.4m lost in 2 hacks, 1 US enforcement step and 0 newly sanctioned addresses
On 5 November: in 2021, Ooki lost $55.0m.
Check before you send: is a crypto address sanctioned or flagged by the FBI? · what the record says about a crypto company · which exchanges hold a MiCA licence
Also in the ledgers: 2026 so far, in data · this week in the record · $9.34bn in thefts the US attributes to North Korea · the 7 hacks that reached a US court · 182 US crypto scam actions, and where to report one
The Assayer Reported from the record
From the desk
Markets Mined for signal
Bitcoin climbs to $80,000 as the Binance hack dominates the conversation
Total crypto market cap sits at $2.69T, up 2.6% over 24 hours. Tezos leads the top 100, up 12.8%, while World Liberty Financial lags, down 9.8%. AI, hacks and Binance lead the conversation across 110 industry headlines.
Total market cap
$2.69T
+2.57%
24h volume
$304.3B
Bitcoin dominance
59.6%
Ether dominance
11%
Sentiment, 30 days
50Neutral
Markets 7-day trend
Prices
- BTC$80,004+2.51%
- ETH$2,408+4.07%
- BNB$711.84+1.82%
- XRP$1.31+2.73%
- SOL$95.81+3.32%
- TRX$0.3187-0.07%
- ZEC$1,312+2.08%
- DOGE$0.0762+2.37%
- XMR$636.44-0.11%
- LINK$11.48+3.75%
Topics Every story, hack and case on one timeline
Following
- FTX17 entriesThe crypto exchange that collapsed in November 2022, and the cases that followed.
- Terra9 entriesTerraform Labs, whose UST and LUNA tokens collapsed in May 2022, and the cases against it.
- Binance14 entriesStories, hacks and enforcement actions mentioning Binance, the crypto exchange.
- Coinbase8 entriesStories and enforcement actions mentioning Coinbase, the US crypto exchange.
- Ripple and XRP13 entriesRipple Labs, its XRP token, and the SEC case that ran from 2020 to 2025.
- North Korea37 entriesThefts the US government attributes to North Korea, others that security firms link to its Lazarus Group (each marked), and the US charges and sanctions aimed at its crypto operations.
- Bybit8 entriesBybit, the crypto exchange that lost $1.40 billion to a theft in February 2025.
- Bridge hacks25 entriesCross-chain bridges, the systems behind several of crypto’s largest thefts.
- NFTs14 entriesNFTs, from brand and art projects to the fraud cases that followed.
- The SEC and crypto106 entriesThe US Securities and Exchange Commission’s crypto cases and settlements, with the stories and look-backs that covered them.
- Crypto mixers15 entriesCrypto mixers pool coins to hide where they came from. This is the record of the US cases against the people who ran them, from Bitcoin Fog and Helix to Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash, and against some who used them to launder money.
Desks
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- Markets48What happened after Coinbase’s 2020 XRP frenzy: an SEC lawsuit, dropped in 2025
- Regulation28Malta authorised six of the 18 big crypto exchanges and apps holding a MiCA licence
- Crime & Security44FBI names North Korea in Binance theft, two days after the largest crypto hack on record
- Web312Antique NFT Tennis Racquet to Be Auctioned on OpenSea
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Lately, there has been an uprising in interest for the new artificial intelligence program ChatGPT which has helped so many with everything from school…
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Darknet Hackers Selling Crypto Accounts for as Low as $30 a Pop
Cryptocurrencies have been rising a lot in the last few years and it has also increased the level of cybercrime. Hackers get more opportunities and…
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North Korean Scammers Using DeFi Platforms to Launder Money
A report released by the US Treasury stated that North Korean scammers are using decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms in their business to launder…
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Harvest Keeper Turns Out to Be Phishers
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