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Standard Chartered Makes Crypto History in UAE, Opens Spot Bitcoin & Ether Trading to Institutions Standard Chartered has launched institutional spot trading for Bitcoin and Ether in the UAE, expanding its regulated digital-asset services through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch. The move makes it the first global systemically important bank (G-SIB) to offer institutional spot crypto trading in the Gulf nation, giving eligible clients access through the bank’s existing trading infrastructure. The launch signals a deeper convergence between traditional banking and crypto markets, as institutions gain regulated access to actual BTC and ETH rather than only derivatives or investment products. Standard Chartered can also connect trading with digital-asset custody and collateral services, potentially making the UAE a more important hub for institutional crypto activity.

🚨 THIS IS BEYOND ANYTHING CRYPTO HAS SEEN BEFORE. Binance has been hacked, with estimated stolen assets reaching as high as $6.3 BILLION, making this the largest crypto hack in history. And now the entire crypto market is crashing. Bitcoin has crashed below $77,000, dropping more than 6% as panic spreads across the market. Here's how massive the damage is: • $6.3 BILLION: Latest reported estimate of assets stolen from Binance across multiple blockchains. • $170 BILLION: Wiped out from the total crypto market capitalization following the news. • $1.39 BILLION: Worth of leveraged crypto positions liquidated in just 12 hours. For perspective, look at the biggest crypto hacks ever recorded: • Binance (2026): Up to $6.3 BILLION. • Bybit (2025): $1.5 BILLION. • Ronin Network (2022): $625 MILLION. • Poly Network (2021): $611 MILLION. • BNB Bridge (2022): $570 MILLION. • Coincheck (2018): $534 MILLION. • Mt. Gox (2014): Approximately $450 MILLION at the time. At the highest estimate, Binance's hack is more than FOUR TIMES bigger than Bybit and TEN TIMES bigger than Ronin. It's also bigger than all SIX of the other major hacks listed above COMBINED. And this happened at one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. 1. BILLIONS DRAINED FROM MULTIPLE BINANCE WALLETS On October 29, hackers gained control of several Binance hot wallets and transferred billions of dollars. • Around $3.3–$3.5 BILLION was drained from Ethereum wallets alone. • Binance 14 lost approximately $2.5 BILLION in a single transaction. • That included 167,464 ETH, 1.615 BILLION USDT and dozens of other tokens. • Binance 16 lost another 28,006 ETH alongside other assets. • Hot Wallet 34 was also compromised, with approximately $823 MILLION in USDC affected. • Additional funds were moved from wallets on Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Bitcoin, Tron and other networks. The hackers didn't stop after the first transfers. They continued draining compromised wallets when new deposits arrived. 2. THE HACKERS HAD PREPARED THE ATTACK The attack began with preparations on October 28–29. • The hackers funded their operational wallet through Tornado Cash. • They deployed a malicious contract designed to drain assets. • They tested the attack on separate wallets before targeting Binance. • Around 20:20 UTC on October 29, the hackers began transferring billions from Binance wallets. After the theft, they split the stolen funds across different addresses, swapped stablecoins into ETH and moved assets between blockchains. 3. BINANCE'S WALLET SECURITY WAS COMPROMISED The hackers gained access to the private keys or signing authority of multiple Binance hot wallets. They used Ethereum's EIP-7702 feature to give a malicious contract control over Binance 14. The hackers submitted 50 signed authorizations covering consecutive wallet nonces. Once the delegation succeeded, they could repeatedly drain assets from that wallet. Other Binance wallets were drained through normal transactions signed using compromised keys. This wasn't some network hack. The hackers gained access to the systems controlling Binance's own wallets. The exact method used to obtain that access has not been confirmed. 4. AROUND $3 BILLION IN STOLEN ASSETS FROZEN • Tether froze more than $1.56 BILLION in USDT linked to the hack. • Circle froze approximately $823 MILLION in USDC. • Ripple reportedly froze another $200 MILLION. • Arbitrum's Security Council secured approximately $30.5 MILLION. • Other projects also froze assets connected to the hackers. Total frozen funds were estimated at roughly $2.5–$3 BILLION. However, a large amount of ETH, BTC and other assets remained outside those freezes. Binance temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals following the hack. The exchange confirmed it was investigating the security breach and said all customer funds were safe. The estimated $6.3 billion theft is equivalent to nearly 4.4% of Binance's $144 billion in assets under custody. Even the lower estimate of $3.3 billion would make this more than TWICE the size of the Bybit hack. The final losses are still being calculated because billions of dollars have been frozen. But the consequences are already extending far beyond Binance. This is one of the most devastating security failures in crypto history.

🚨 THE LARGEST SHORT LIQUIDATION IN CRYPTO HISTORY JUST HAPPENED. Short sellers lost $3 billion in a single day. Bitcoin hit $71,000, up +11.50%, and $236 billion was added to the crypto market. Here is the full move: