MEMPOL!TICS

▸ THE BOARD23 items

• Moscow plans bitcoin trading from December 1. No withdrawals to your wallet.
  Maximalist Moscow Exchange release Nov 2, 2026; Bank of Russia FAQ; Cointelegraph Nov 3, 2026; Vedomosti Oct 31, 2026 · TUE NOV 3 · 1:04 PM ET • NEW
• Strategy's 848,517 bitcoin sit with three firms. Shared insurance: $520 million-plus.
  Maximalist SEC · TUE NOV 3 · 1:02 PM ET • NEW
• 56 issuers objected to OKXICE's tokens. Strategy, bitcoin's biggest corporate holder, hasn't.
  Maximalist OKXICE TSV public notice, Nov. 2, 2026; CoinDesk; Cryptoast; Strategy 8-K; Saylor at BPI (Oct. 2) and DC Fintech Week (Oct. 13) · TUE NOV 3 · 1:00 PM ET • NEW
• Binance's report says the alert came first. Then 18,270 bitcoin left.
  Technologist Binance initial report on X Nov 3, 2026; mempool.space and blockstream.info block 973,732; CoinDesk and The Block Nov 3, 2026 · TUE NOV 3 · 12:58 PM ET • NEW
• Mercado Bitcoin's thief holds 106 bitcoin. Tether froze dollars. Nobody froze those.
  Maximalist Mercado Bitcoin X statements Nov 2, 2026; mempool.space; blockstream.info; Paolo Ardoino X; Emmett Gallic X; Bitcoin Magazine; CoinDesk · TUE NOV 3 · 9:06 AM ET • NEW
• Tether's boss says 150,000 bitcoin. His report shows about 100,000.
  Technologist CoinDesk Nov 3, 2026; Blockonomi Nov 3, 2026; mempool.space; blockstream.info; OKX proof of reserves · TUE NOV 3 · 9:04 AM ET • NEW
• Elliptic says coinjoin breaks the link. Its blocklist names 22 mixed bitcoin.
  Technologist Elliptic Nov 2, 2026 laundering post, compliance post and blocklist CSV; mempool.space; blockstream.info; FBI Cyber Alert Oct 31, 2026; Decrypt · TUE NOV 3 · 9:02 AM ET • NEW
• Liquid is whole. A board member says Blockstream paid the 600 bitcoin.
  Capitalist Liquid Federation on X Nov 3, 2026 UTC; liquid.network API; mempool.space; Blockstream explorer; Samson Mow on X; The Block Nov 3, 2026 · TUE NOV 3 · 9:00 AM ET • NEW
• Satd lets nodes delete OP_RETURN data. Disk use goes up, not down.
  Technologist bkeroack on Delving Bitcoin, Nov 2, 2026; satd 0.7.0 release notes and manual (GitHub) · TUE NOV 3 · 8:58 AM ET • NEW
• Binance moved 7,500 user-fund bitcoin into the wallet paying withdrawals.
  Maximalist mempool.space and blockstream.info tx 476cccf7; CoinDesk Nov 3, 2026; Binance Update #3; The Block Feb 12, 2026 · TUE NOV 3 · 8:56 AM ET • NEW
• FBI wants 19 addresses blocked. Five bitcoin pools confirmed payments to them.
  Maximalist mempool.space; blockstream.info; FBI Cyber Alert Oct 31, 2026; OFAC SDN list; b10c; The Block · TUE NOV 3 · 8:54 AM ET • NEW
• Binance's finished proof checks what it owes, not the 1,200 bitcoin gap.
  Technologist Binance Recovery Update #5 on X, Nov 2, 2026; Binance Proof of Reserves page and address file (Oct 31 snapshot, block 973,895); mempool.space; blockstream.info · TUE NOV 3 · 8:52 AM ET • NEW
• Seoul wants more exchange coins offline. It set no number above 80%.
  Fundamentalist Financial Services Commission release Nov 2, 2026; etnews Nov 2, 2026; Cointelegraph Nov 3, 2026 · TUE NOV 3 · 8:50 AM ET • NEW
• Alby Hub closed a Linux exploit path. Its download still opens it.
  Maximalist Alby Hub PR 2672, v1.24.4 source and README (GitHub); GitHub Container Registry; Umbrel app store; Anthropic Oct 27, 2026; Go security team on oss-security; Ubuntu CVE tracker; Decrypt · TUE NOV 3 · 8:48 AM ET • NEW
• BTCPay's August bug drained hot wallets. One address took in 19 bitcoin.
  Technologist BTCPay Server incident post Nov. 2, 2026; BTCPay security advisory Aug. 7, 2026; mempool.space and blockstream.info address data to block 974,277 · TUE NOV 3 · 8:46 AM ET • NEW
• Strategy sold stock to refill the cash buying back its preferred.
  Capitalist SEC · MON NOV 2 · 9:20 AM ET • NEW
• Strive's cash fell $14 million. Its 124 bitcoin cost $10 million.
  Capitalist SEC · MON NOV 2 · 9:18 AM ET • NEW
• BTCPay warns of swept hot wallets. Its advisory still says not affected.
  Technologist BTCPay Server X posts Nov 1-2, 2026; Nicolas Dorier X post; BTCPay blog advisory Aug 7, 2026; GitHub releases v2.4.2, v2.4.7; Decrypt · MON NOV 2 · 9:16 AM ET • NEW
• Metaplanet's bitcoin budget rose ¥8 billion. Its warrants haven't fired since May.
  Capitalist Metaplanet TDnet notices Nov. 2, 2026 (20th bond redemption, 27th warrant monthly status, buyback status); March 16 and Oct. 13, 2026 notices; CEBE Tracker (cebetracker.io) · MON NOV 2 · 9:14 AM ET • NEW
• Of 1,936 Knots nodes on bitcoin, four report Core's crash fix.
  Technologist btcnodes.io snapshot Nov. 2, 2026 12:58 UTC; Bitcoin Core advisories CVE-2026-117350 and CVE-2026-117349; Bitcoin Knots source at v29.4.3 and v29.5 rc1; Knots SHA256 v31.2 rc1 release notes; luke.dashjr.org node data Nov. 2, 2026 13:00 UTC · MON NOV 2 · 9:12 AM ET • NEW
• Three node votes halted THORChain's bitcoin swaps. Its vaults hold 248 bitcoin.
  Maximalist THORChain X notice Nov 1, 2026; THORNode API (inbound_addresses, lastblock, vaults, nodes); mempool.space; blockstream.info; FBI Cyber Alert Oct 31, 2026; Cointelegraph · MON NOV 2 · 9:10 AM ET • NEW
• Binance's new bitcoin hot wallet sent out 15,539 bitcoin in ten hours.
  Technologist Binance Proof of Reserves address file (Oct 31 snapshot, re-posted Nov 1, 2026); mempool.space; blockstream.info; Forbes · MON NOV 2 · 9:08 AM ET • NEW
• Lnd shut a Linux exploit path. The Go bitcoin node btcd hasn't.
  Technologist lnd v0.21.6-beta release and notes (GitHub); Go security team on oss-security (Oct 29, 2026); go.dev GODEBUG docs; NVD CVE-2026-98432; btcd v0.27.0 source (go.mod, server.go, config.go) · MON NOV 2 · 9:06 AM ET • NEW

▸ EARLIER COVERAGE · ARCHIVE45 items

• FBI asks node operators to block 19 bitcoin addresses. None have moved.
  Maximalist FBI Cyber Alert, October 31, 2026; mempool.space; blockstream.info; Hackread · SUN NOV 1 · 8:10 AM ET
• Binance's reserve list counts 1,200 bitcoin one address doesn't hold.
  Technologist Binance Proof of Reserves page and address file (Oct 31, 2026 snapshot, block 973,895); mempool.space, blockchain.info and blockstream.info address data; Binance Proof of Collateral · SAT OCT 31 · 5:44 PM ET
• Binance's user fund moved half its bitcoin. One key signed it.
  Technologist Binance Security Incident Update #3 (X); mempool.space; blockchain.com · SAT OCT 31 · 4:06 PM ET
• Eole sells all its bitcoin, citing cyber threats. Customer coins stay lent.
  Maximalist eole Inc. TDnet notice (Oct 30, 2026); Rakuraku Chocoin customer notice (Oct 30, 2026); eole growth plan (TDnet, May 15, 2026); CoinPost (Oct 31, 2026) · SAT OCT 31 · 2:22 PM ET
• Next Technology may sell 5,833 bitcoin. Its filings name no custodian.
  Technologist Next Technology Holding release (GlobeNewswire); 10-Q (SEC EDGAR); CoinDesk · SAT OCT 31 · 11:24 AM ET
• iPower holds 15 bitcoin. Its note buyer's agent gives the orders.
  Maximalist SEC · SAT OCT 31 · 11:20 AM ET
• Coinbase edited its bitcoin share from 5% to 12%. Filing: nearly 15%.
  Technologist SEC · SAT OCT 31 · 11:22 AM ET
• Eight stories, one question: who holds your freeze button?
  Maximalist Forbes (Tether, Circle freezes); Fortune and mgrid.org on Fox News Digital (Pentagon); Fortune, StockTitan (Alphabet); Investing.com (Intel); Euronews, Al Jazeera (Lagarde); Strategy 8-K, 10-Q; mempool.space, Binance network list, Alpha Vantage, Crypto.com · SAT OCT 31 · 11:18 AM ET
• Binance blamed an Ethereum feature. Its bitcoin left with one key.
  Technologist Richard Teng transcript on X; mempool.space; Decrypt; Bitcoin.com; CoinDesk · SAT OCT 31 · 11:16 AM ET
• USBC's options counterparty holds the keys to 37.9% of its bitcoin.
  Maximalist SEC · FRI OCT 30 · 2:32 PM ET
• Binance rewrote its hack notice. Bitcoin goes in. None comes out.
  Maximalist Binance announcement 'Security Incident Update (2026-10-30)' and public network list; cyberpress.org; Cointelegraph; mempool.space and blockstream.info · FRI OCT 30 · 11:10 AM ET
• Bitcoin's midterm-low pattern has a deadline: January 13.
  Technologist Alpha Vantage BTC/USD daily closes (2010 to Oct. 30, 2026); Crypto.com daily candles; U.S. election dates · FRI OCT 30 · 11:08 AM ET
• 18,270 bitcoin left Binance in one block. Nobody can freeze them.
  Technologist mempool.space and blockstream.info (blocks 973,732 to 973,809, our trace); CoinDesk (Oct. 30, 2026) · FRI OCT 30 · 10:02 AM ET
• Strategy's CFO is out Nov 5. Saylor picks, the CEO signs.
  Capitalist SEC · FRI OCT 30 · 8:58 AM ET
• Bitcoin difficulty rose 5.54%. Highest since November 2025, still below the record.
  Technologist mempool.space difficulty-adjustment history and block headers 971,712, 973,727, 973,728; blockstream.info block 973,728 · THU OCT 29 · 11:42 PM ET
• Strategy sold 6,948 bitcoin at $62,152. Its release gave only dollars.
  Capitalist SEC · THU OCT 29 · 11:40 PM ET
• UPDATED: Binance puts it at $6.3 billion. Bitcoin withdrawals are paused.
  Maximalist Etherscan and Blockscout (tx 0x53bd38b8...e2f3 and 0xdc102dd8...7481); USDT and USDC contract blacklist reads; Crypto.com and Coinbase price data; Binance network list; TechCrunch; Binance security incident update (Oct. 29, 10:23 PM ET) · FRI OCT 30 · 1:15 AM ET
• Singapore police: tampered Ledgers from local stores, first case September 10.
  Maximalist Singapore Police Force advisory (Oct. 28, 2026); Cointelegraph (Oct. 29, 2026) · THU OCT 29 · 11:38 PM ET
• Danbury bitcoin kidnap recruiter gets four years. His brother got 15.
  Maximalist U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut, release Oct. 28, 2026; LA Magazine (Sept. 10, 2026) · THU OCT 29 · 2:46 PM ET
• Sparrow quietly ports Electrum's fake-payment fix. No advisory.
  Maximalist Sparrow Wallet 2.5.6 release notes, GitHub (Oct. 29, 2026); Electrum advisory GHSA-6jp4-8v48-cc5v (Oct. 24, 2026); sparrowwallet.com · THU OCT 29 · 2:44 PM ET
• DDC settled bitcoin-backed loans with 601 coins. Its release never said.
  Capitalist SEC · THU OCT 29 · 2:42 PM ET
• Quantum paper: 30,000 qubits, one hour, for bitcoin's curve.
  Technologist IACR ePrint 2026/2665 (Alice & Bob, Oct. 28, 2026); The Quantum Insider (Oct. 29, 2026); Google Quantum AI whitepaper (March 30, 2026); CoinDesk (Oct. 29, 2026) · THU OCT 29 · 11:34 AM ET
• Thai Supreme Court: bitcoin has a form, so it can be robbed.
  Maximalist Siam Blockchain (Oct. 28, 2026, from the Thai Supreme Court case database), Thaiger (Oct. 28, 2026), CoinDesk (Oct. 29, 2026) · THU OCT 29 · 7:58 AM ET
• AI found a bug that let one peer crash Windows bitcoin nodes.
  Technologist Bitcoin Core security advisories disclose-tcp-oom, disclose-fpausesend-oom, disclose-undo-overflow (bitcoincore.org, Oct. 28, 2026), bitcoincore.org PR #1296 and #1295 (GitHub, merged Oct. 28, 2026), 32.1 release notes and lifecycle page · WED OCT 28 · 3:24 PM ET
• ANAP's bitcoin buys a startup stake. Its president leads the other buyer.
  Capitalist ANAP Holdings TDnet notice (17:00 JST Oct. 28, 2026); Japan Bitcoin Industry release on PR TIMES (17:10 JST Oct. 28, 2026); ANAP release on PR TIMES (17:14 JST); ANAP director nominee filing Jan. 14, 2025; CoinPost Oct. 16, 2026 (holdings at Aug. 31) · WED OCT 28 · 1:04 PM ET
• Strategy's preferreds will pay every day. Friday buyers miss three.
  Capitalist SEC · WED OCT 28 · 11:20 AM ET
• After its breach, Foundation moved the check that vouches for Passport Prime.
  Maximalist Foundation incident updates (community.foundation.xyz, Oct. 26, 2026), Envoy 2.3.6 and 2.3.7 release notes (GitHub, Oct. 27-28, 2026), Passport Prime setup docs + AMBCrypto (Oct. 27, 2026) · WED OCT 28 · 11:18 AM ET
• Liquid's reserve got 50 more bitcoin from the same sender.
  Technologist liquid.network reserve, peg and UTXO APIs at bitcoin block 973,556; mempool.space and blockstream.info, transactions bc130513...fd15 (block 973,548), 7af8f677...93d3 (973,545), 98fd4842...d020 (973,420) and 1a62b4be...71e7 (973,527); Whale Alert address label; Liquid blog and Telegram (newest Oct. 20, 2026) · WED OCT 28 · 9:34 AM ET
• Two solo miners won blocks a day apart. One address was reused.
  Technologist Bitcoin.com News (Jamie Redman, Oct. 27, 2026); mempool.space and blockstream.info block and address data; solo.ckpool.org public user stats · WED OCT 28 · 9:32 AM ET
• Missouri man admits 2024 plot to force a bitcoin transfer at home.
  Maximalist U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut, release Oct. 27, 2026; Bitcoin Magazine, Oct. 27, 2026 · WED OCT 28 · 9:30 AM ET
• Third Eclair patch in 12 days: splices spend only confirmed coins.
  Maximalist ACINQ Eclair v0.14.6 release (GitHub, published 17:21 UTC Oct. 27, 2026), docs/release-notes/eclair-v0.14.6.md, pull requests #3416 and #3417, compare v0.14.5...v0.14.6; v0.14.4 and v0.14.5 releases; newreleases.io release record (mirrors the GitHub release text) · WED OCT 28 · 9:28 AM ET
• Bitcoin Core 32.1 binaries posted. The announcement that ends 29.x waits.
  Technologist bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-32.1/ listing, SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.asc; bitcoin-core/guix.sigs 32.1 attestations (11 builders); bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org pull request #1290 'Release v32.1' (open, last commit 20:00:37 UTC Oct. 27, 2026); Bitnodes API snapshot 20:23:21 UTC Oct. 27, 2026 · WED OCT 28 · 9:26 AM ET
• Empery Digital went from 4,081 bitcoin to 1,018 in 2026.
  Capitalist SEC · TUE OCT 27 · 9:44 AM ET
• Wasabi patched a way a malicious coordinator could cost users funds.
  Technologist Wasabi Wallet GitHub release + PR #15173 + Wasabi docs · TUE OCT 27 · 9:42 AM ET
• Arbistar mixed its bitcoin. Spanish police still found the relatives.
  Technologist EFE via Teneriffa News, 'Arbistar on Tenerife: Bitcoin transfers top 710 million euros' (Oct. 23, 2026) + Bitcoin.com News (Terence Zimwara, Oct. 27, 2026) · TUE OCT 27 · 7:54 AM ET
• Blink charges dormant custodial bitcoin $1 a month. Self-custody pays nothing.
  Maximalist Blink blog, 'The inactivity fee on dormant custodial accounts' (Blink Team, dated Oct. 24, 2026) + Bitcoin Magazine (Juan Galt, Oct. 26, 2026) · MON OCT 26 · 8:00 PM ET
• Keystone lost the key proving its wallets are real. 18,835 get destroyed.
  Technologist Keystone Hardware Wallet statement on X, 'Statement Regarding the Security Incident on Our Official Website and Customer Guidance' (Oct. 26, 2026, 14:02 UTC) + Bitcoin.com News (Jamie Redman, Oct. 26) · MON OCT 26 · 7:58 PM ET
• Datavault booked 837 bitcoin it couldn't withdraw. Now they aren't assets.
  Maximalist SEC · MON OCT 26 · 6:32 PM ET
• Bitcoin Core dropped 32.0 before release. The bug clock restarts at 32.1.
  Technologist Bitcoin Core v32.1 tag (signed by fanquake, Oct. 26, 2026 18:04 UTC) and doc/release-notes.md, GitHub; v32.0 tag (Oct. 21, 13:27 UTC); compare v32.0...v32.1; PRs #36658, #36665, #36667, #36669, #35919; bitcoincore.org security policy and /bin/ listing · MON OCT 26 · 3:06 PM ET
• BTCPay shipped its key fix. Links no longer decide when to broadcast.
  Technologist BTCPay Server v2.4.6 release notes, GitHub, published Oct. 26, 2026 14:25 UTC; pull requests #7684 (merged Oct. 19), #7713 (merged Oct. 22), #7722, #7658, #7659, #7660; BTCPay Server blog, Security Advisory: Update BTCPay Server to 2.4.2 Immediately (Aug. 7, 2026) · MON OCT 26 · 1:52 PM ET
• Strategy bought no bitcoin. Its USD Cash fell 62% in two weeks.
  Fundamentalist SEC · MON OCT 26 · 11:18 AM ET
• Strive's bitcoin per share rose 14%. Net of preferred, it fell 3%.
  Capitalist SEC · MON OCT 26 · 11:16 AM ET
• Foundation promised a 60-day purge. Old buyers' addresses turned up anyway.
  Maximalist Foundation (@FoundationHQ) and CEO Zach Herbert posts on X, Oct. 25-26, 2026; @FoundationHQ post Mar. 22, 2022; foundation.xyz privacy policy (effective May 21, 2026) + Bitcoin.com News · MON OCT 26 · 11:14 AM ET
• A New York firm claims 127,271 seized bitcoin. It never had keys.
  Maximalist U.S. v. Approximately 127,271 Bitcoin, E.D.N.Y. 1:25-cv-05745-RPK-CHK: Tiger Mines New York Inc. and Hassan Miah opposition to motion to strike (ECF 663, filed Oct. 21, 2026) and Miah declaration (ECF 663-1, Oct. 21, 2026); Miah declaration (ECF 499-1, Aug. 10, 2026); U.S. Attorney letter response and motion (ECF 512, Oct. 2, 2026), via CourtListener RECAP; U.S. Attorney's Office EDNY press release, Oct. 14, 2025 · SUN OCT 25 · 4:48 PM ET
• Feds seized 925.94 bitcoin from BTC-e. Users get 35 days to claim.
  Maximalist U.S. v. All Virtual Currency Held in the BTC-e Operating Wallets, D.D.C. 1:25-cv-02085-CJN: verified complaint (ECF 1, June 30, 2025); U.S. partial opposition (ECF 420, Sep. 16, 2026); answer of a pro se claimant (ECF 431, Sep. 24, 2026); verified claim (ECF 445, filed Oct. 17, 2026) via CourtListener RECAP; mempool.space address 1FFs5hv6JBScJq63aFZvBaNsP6FwnhVgre (read Oct. 25, 2026); Coindoo (Sep. 17, 2026) on the Aug. 13, 2026 notice order · SUN OCT 25 · 1:16 PM ET