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The week in crypto’s record: 2 November 2026 to 8 November 2026
The crypto record for the week of 2 November 2026: $40.4m lost in 2 hacks, 1 US enforcement step, 0 sanctioned addresses and 0 MiCA licences.
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$40.4m lost in 2 crypto hacks, the largest Mercado Bitcoin at $40.0m. In the previous 12 weeks the median was $27.5m a week. 1 US enforcement step on crypto cases.
On Bitminer.io this week
- Malta authorised six of the 18 big crypto exchanges and apps holding a MiCA licence
- None of 939 FBI-flagged North Korea theft addresses is on the US sanctions list
- FBI names North Korea in Binance theft, two days after the largest crypto hack on record
- Crypto enforcement falls to 98 actions through October as violent cases rise to 12
- Mercado Bitcoin loses $40 million four days after the $6.36 billion Binance incident
- Binance's $6.36bn loss is the largest on record and 97.9% of October's total
Hacks and thefts
| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Nov 2026 | Mercado Bitcoin | $40.0m | CEX | Protocol Logic | — |
| 02 Nov 2026 | BitMart | $391,000 | CEX | Protocol Logic | — |
US enforcement
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Nov 2026 | SEC | Settlement | SEC obtained consent final judgments against The Movie Studio and its CEO over an offering fraud that included blockchain misrepresentations. |
Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated.
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Cite this Bitminer.io, “The week in crypto’s record, 2 November 2026 to 8 November 2026”, data to 5 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/week/2026-w45/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data