Evening Wrap · November 1, 2026
Crypto investment products faced heavy daily redemptions following a multibillion-dollar exchange exploit, while tokenized equity venues encountered corporate resistance.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $643M as Binance exploit sparks institutional pullback
US spot $BTC ETFs logged $643.2 million in daily net outflows on Friday, marking their steepest daily redemptions of October after a $6.4 billion breach hit Binance.
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Binance exploiters transfer funds to Solana after routing $500M through Tron
Attacker wallets behind the Binance breach funneled stolen funds to $SOL after laundering $500 million across more than 1,000 $TRX network addresses.
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Corporate opt-outs on OKX-ICE tokenized stock platform reach 50 equity symbols
Nvidia joined corporate objectors opposing inclusion on the planned venue, leaving only 19 of the initial 63 planned equity listings without a public opt-out.
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MENA crypto market holds at $443B as UAE expands and Türkiye trades gold tokens
The regional digital asset economy dipped 1.4%, but UAE market volume surged 32% to $104.8 billion while local bans drove Turkish demand for tokenized gold.
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Swell protocol unpauses swETH and rswETH withdrawals after exchange rate reset
The liquid staking provider restored user redemptions following an exchange rate incident, keeping direct deposits paused while promising restitution within a week.
The numbers
$BTC traded at $77,790 while crypto market cap fell 1.0% to $2.58 trillion as Fear & Greed stood at 34.
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