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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will implement a new round of sanctions against 4 individuals and 41 entities associated with the Prince Group's transnational criminal organization. The sanctioned individuals include Qiu Yong, Zhao Mengyao, He Yujing, and Pang Weizhi. Among them, Qiu Yong is accused of representing the Prince Group in controlling multiple companies in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong; Zhao Mengyao is Qiu Yong's personal assistant; He Yujing is the wife of Chen Bo, a senior executive of the Prince Group who was previously sanctioned, and Chen Bo had transferred his luxury residence in Tokyo to He Yujing; Pang Weizhi controls 11 companies in Cambodia.The U.S. Department of the Treasury stated that these sanctions aim to combat the Prince Group's actions of hiding assets and evading previous sanctions through offshore companies, nominee arrangements, and affiliated enterprises. In addition, the U.S. also sanctioned a Malaysian individual, Chui Kok Wa, who is suspected of organizing digital asset fraud in Madagascar, with his fraud network reportedly defrauding U.S. victims of over $400,000.

The Korea Blockchain Industry Association (KBIPA) has officially submitted a proposal for amendments to the regulations related to tokenized securities to the Financial Services Commission of Korea, presenting 9 main modification suggestions and 10 technical correction opinions, along with an additional 6 recommendations for future legislative reference, including: expanding the scope of participants in distributed ledger technology, allowing qualified third-party technology companies to operate verification, consensus, and query nodes, while retaining the rights to record securities information and the responsibility for ledger management within the existing participating institutions.In addition, the Korea Blockchain Industry Association suggests allowing the Bank of Korea and other settlement asset issuance and clearing institutions to participate in node operations within necessary limits, reserving space for the future realization of synchronized delivery of securities and funds (DvP).At the same time, it is necessary to clarify the procedures for changing the operational standards of distributed ledgers. If the existing ledger no longer meets regulatory requirements, tokenized securities should be allowed to migrate to other compliant ledgers rather than being directly converted into ordinary electronic securities.

Slow Mist analyzed the cryptocurrency addresses in the U.S. sanctions list and found connections between the relevant individuals through transfers and shared exchange deposit addresses.

Société Générale announced that its prime brokerage and clearing department has completed a transaction, accepting $10 million worth of tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds as eligible collateral on the Canton network. The related assets were generated through a pilot program of the tokenization service by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), have achieved on-chain transfer, and have been integrated into the bank's existing back-office and collateral management systems.Société Générale plans to gradually support routine collateral transfers, assess more eligible tokenized securities, and explore on-chain financing solutions including agency repurchase and proprietary repurchase, with related progress still needing to meet internal approval and regulatory requirements.

According to Canton Network, Société Générale has transferred tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds valued at 10 million dollars as collateral through DTCC's tokenization service.Salim Nemouchi, Head of Global Equity Business for the Americas at Société Générale, stated that this transaction demonstrates the transferability of tokenized collateral among market participants. Canton Network indicated that the service initially focuses on U.S. Treasury bonds held by DTCC members and custodied at DTC.

According to official news, Gate Social has officially launched the "2026 Year-End Community Gala," which will open for annual selection registration from November 3, 10:00 to November 10, 23:59 (UTC+8). This gala features two main categories: "2026 Broadcaster of the Year" and "2026 Creator of the Year," with both categories having Chinese and global divisions. Participants can choose to register for one of the categories, and after preliminary selection, they will enter the official evaluation phase, which will take place from November 16, 08:00 to November 28, 23:59 (UTC+8).Each category and division will select a TOP 20. The champion of the Chinese division will receive a DJI Osmo Pocket 4, the 2nd and 3rd places will receive AirPods Pro 3, the 4th to 6th places will receive the Honor Selected Firefly AI Projector Air, and other listed participants will also receive corresponding physical rewards. All TOP 20 will enjoy an annual honor trophy and a VIP 5 exclusive badge.In addition, users can earn support points by watching live broadcasts, posting comments, and sharing interactions to vote for their favorite broadcasters and creators. The TOP 100 on the fan support leaderboard will receive exclusive rewards, and for every 100 support points successfully sent, there will be a chance to enter a lucky draw for prizes such as MacBook Neo prize fragments, GT, popular tokens, and position experience vouchers, among other gifts.

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic reported that as of November 2, 15:30 Beijing time, approximately $3.24 billion of the stolen assets from Binance remain in related addresses, primarily in ETH and BTC; about $2.85 billion has been frozen or seized.Elliptic stated that money laundering activities involved approximately 12,000 wallets across 11 blockchains and over 40,000 transactions in less than four days.As of 14:02 on the same day, approximately 28 BTC had been mixed through 18 CoinJoin transactions. The firm believes that only a very small amount of funds may have been liquidated so far, and on-chain indicators show that the fund transfers used conventional automation, but there is no evidence that AI agents were involved in decision-making.

The p-ATA improvement proposal for Solana has been merged, aiming to replace the existing associated token account program to reduce computational unit consumption.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the address associated with Kanye West that is engaged in cyclical long positions on ETH appears to be increasing its holdings. After the news of the Binance hack was disclosed on October 30, this address had previously sold 1,390 ETH in batches to reduce liquidation risk, with an average price of approximately $2,275.6, totaling about $3.163 million, resulting in a loss of approximately $317,000.After Binance opened large withdrawals, this address withdrew 2,074 ETH from Binance, valued at approximately $4.7 million.

The liquidity service provider Quote Markets team member filo published a review of the XPL flash crash event on Hyperliquid. During the flash crash of XPL on Hyperliquid, 16 wallets associated with funds and trading activities withdrew approximately $2,038,600 in margin before the price plummeted, leading to HLP taking over a large number of XPL long positions.HLP ultimately took over about 160 million XPL and completed the sale within approximately 75 minutes, incurring a loss of about $555,787, equivalent to 55.6% of the clearing vault's own funds. Investigations showed that 14 of the 16 wallets had connections in terms of funding sources or trading activities, with 12 wallets withdrawing funds in advance, contributing to 90.7% of the positions taken over by HLP. However, the investigation did not find direct evidence that these wallets caused the XPL crash, nor could it confirm whether they hedged on other trading platforms.It is worth noting that these 16 wallets did not profit from this event on Hyperliquid, collectively incurring a loss of about $711,000. Additionally, XPL had already dropped about 6% before the first liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid, so the liquidation was not the starting point of this crash, and the initial active selling volume of Binance perpetual contracts was also significantly larger.

According to CoinDesk, Nasdaq-listed software company Next Technology Holding (NXTT) announced that its board has authorized the sale of approximately 5,833 BTC it holds, or to use these bitcoins as collateral for financing, valued at about $449 million based on the reported price.The company cited the theft from Binance, security vulnerabilities of trading platforms, and the potential threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin's cryptography as reasons for the decision, emphasizing that its bitcoins are not stored on Binance or held through Binance.The specific timing, price, and scale of the transaction will be determined by CEO Weihong Liu. The authorization allows for sales through trading platforms, private negotiations, or Bitcoin collateral financing, but does not guarantee that any transaction will ultimately be completed.NXTT closed on Friday with a market capitalization of approximately $7.8 million, and the disclosed value of its Bitcoin holdings exceeds 50 times the company's market value. The company's annual report stated that almost all bitcoins are held in custody by a Japanese institution, but the name of the custodian was not disclosed.

OKX's social media director, Haiteng, stated that some accounts are spreading the claim of "OKX being hacked," based on an on-chain transaction transferring funds from OKX to an "unknown wallet." He indicated that "unknown wallet" simply means that the on-chain monitoring platform has not yet identified the ownership of that address and does not imply that assets have been stolen; this transfer of 172 million USDT was an internal fund transfer conducted by OKX.Haiteng mentioned that OKX had previously issued a clarification through the same media channel, but there are still accounts interpreting normal on-chain transfers as hacker theft. He stated that when the industry faces security challenges, it is more important to collectively maintain trust rather than amplify panic with unverified claims.Haiteng also invited the on-chain monitoring platform Whale Alert to contact OKX, stating that the platform is willing to provide relevant address information to assist in improving labeling and reducing misunderstandings caused by unclear address ownership.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin today published an article titled "Digital Minimalism," suggesting that in the age of AI, people should consciously reduce their reliance on social media, mobile internet, and website interfaces, regaining control over their digital lives.Vitalik shared three practices: first, reducing direct use of X and instead managing X, Bluesky, Farcaster, and Lens simultaneously through Firefly to avoid information interference caused by algorithmic recommendations; second, he kept his phone in airplane mode by default for 100 consecutive days, connecting only via Wi-Fi to reduce location data leakage and cultivate offline living habits; third, he reduced reliance on websites and web applications, opting for command-line tools to handle some on-chain operations and leveraging AI to lower the usage threshold.Vitalik believes that websites and web applications pose privacy and security risks, while the development of local AI, offline applications, and modular tools enables users to operate computers using natural language, reducing dependence on complex platform interfaces. He refers to this trend as digital minimalism and believes that AI can not only enhance people's efficiency in using the internet but may also allow people to no longer need the internet in more scenarios.

The stablecoin infrastructure platform Interlace officially announced its ecological cooperation with the AI Agent platform X-Agent. The two parties will explore cooperation around AI Agents, stablecoin payments, and Web3 financial applications, promoting the deep integration of payment infrastructure and AI Agent application scenarios.As the first landing scenario of the cooperation, Interlace will participate in the Halloween-themed event "The Great Treat Hunt 2026" initiated by X-Agent, and collaborate with multiple ecological partners to explore innovative applications of AI Agents and Agentic Payment through community interaction and online AMAs. The event will be held from October 30 to November 6.X-Agent is committed to connecting Web3 social networks with autonomous AI Agents, supporting users in creating and deploying agents through natural language, with over 1 million certified users globally. Interlace focuses on issuing card infrastructure, helping exchanges, wallets, fintech platforms, and financial institutions quickly launch their own branded card projects through API and white-label solutions, with a cumulative issuance of over 10 million cards.In the future, both parties will continue to explore the collaborative scenarios of AI Agents and stablecoin payments, promoting the innovative development of autonomous interaction, automated settlement, and the Agent Economy.

According to monitoring by Yuxian, the founder of Slow Fog Technology, the funds of the Binance hacker are linked to the wallet addresses associated with the hacking incident of the cryptocurrency trading platform Phemex in early 2025. Yuxian stated that it was discovered at that time that the incident involved North Korean hackers.

According to monitoring by Ai Yi, the address associated with Kanye West began selling ETH in batches about 6 hours after the news of the theft incident on Binance was disclosed, selling 1,390 ETH worth $3.163 million at an average price of $2,275.6, resulting in a loss of approximately $317,000.Currently, the address still holds 19,506.17 ETH as collateral and has borrowed $27.67 million in stablecoins, with an account health ratio of 1.31. When the price of ETH drops to $1,689.59, this address will face liquidation risk.

An address related to the Binance hot wallet theft incident deposited approximately 60 million USDT into Aave and borrowed 19,762 ETH (about 44.7 million USD).Etherscan data shows that the address has been labeled as "Binance Hot Wallet Exploiter 3," and starting from October 30 at 04:57 Beijing time, it authorized and deposited USDT into Aave V3, subsequently borrowing approximately 19,762 ETH in two transactions, and has transferred a total of 23,314.5 ETH to another associated stolen address.

According to Arkham monitoring, a wallet associated with Compound co-founder Robert Leshner increased its holdings by 40,000 COMP, worth nearly $900,000, about 1 hour ago through Genesis Trading and another unknown address.As of now, the wallet holds approximately 55,000 COMP, with a total value rising to nearly $1.2 million. Robert Leshner transferred 15,000 COMP to this wallet two years ago, and despite the price of COMP dropping more than 50% at one point over the past two years, the wallet has not sold any.

According to on-chain analysts, Kanye's associated address (0xdeA...a1d5c) withdrew 4,000 ETH from Binance 7 hours ago, deposited it into Aave as collateral, and then borrowed 6 million USDT. Currently, this address has a total of 22,504.52 ETH pledged, borrowed 31.02 million USD, with a health factor of 1.41, and the average long position price for ETH is 2,503.86 USD.Since withdrawing 16,549.9 ETH from Binance on September 29, there is currently an unrealized loss of 2.477 million USD.

According to the official announcement from Genius, the Genius App has been launched and provides download links for the App Store and Google Play, integrating trading, social, and creation functions within the BNB Chain ecosystem into mobile.Users can trade via their phones, follow other traders, discover market-focused assets, and share trading insights. The app also includes a token issuance platform, allowing users to create tokens, choose trading pairs, and track new markets.