Fear & Greed Falls to 26 as Tron Records $375.3M Net Outflow

North Korea has denied involvement in the $6.4 billion Binance hack after the FBI pointed to the group known as TraderTraitor CoinDesk. CoinDesk, reporting the president's call for a cybersecurity czar, put the hack at $6.3 billion CoinDesk. The differing figures suggest the loss tally is still being reported. Attribution to a state-linked actor tends to shift the response from a single venue's incident toward national security policy, as South Korea's call for a dedicated official illustrates CoinDesk.

NEAR's House of Stake passed HSP-029, lowering the network's maximum annual issuance rate from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months The Block. A lower issuance ceiling reduces the pace at which new tokens reach stakers and, ultimately, circulating supply, and shrinks the inflation subsidy that funds network security. The change comes as NEAR is among the day's listed top losers, at -2.72% over 24 hours and -16.89% over seven days.

Brazil's largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, confirmed a security incident and paused withdrawals, with The Block putting the losses at $46 million The Block. A withdrawal pause is a common containment step that keeps user funds on the venue while the exchange establishes the scope of the breach. The incident is one of several exchange-security headlines today CoinDesk.

Liquid Network said its bitcoin reserves are back to full backing following September's $320 million exploit, with Blockstream providing the funds The Block. The recapitalisation addresses the reserve shortfall left by the exploit; the reports do not say how the exploit occurred.

Justin Sun is seeking sanctions against the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over its UAE ties, according to CoinDesk and The Block CoinDesk. Details of the legal basis and forum have not been reported. The dispute keeps politically connected crypto ventures in the spotlight.

CoinDesk reports that Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX have joined objections to the OKX–ICE tokenized stock initiative as a deadline looms CoinDesk. Objections from the companies whose shares are referenced suggest tokenized equity products may face resistance from issuers, not only from regulators. Details of the deadline have not been reported.