Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals after a security breach resulting in an estimated $40 million drain. The incident took place overnight between November 1 and November 2, 2026. Mercado Bitcoin released a statement clarifying that no customer funds were lost and no user data was leaked during the breach. The suspension of activity serves as a preventive safety protocol.
Apple is expected to launch its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro next week during a newly announced product showcase. Apple officially sent out media invitations for a special briefing themed “Pro and Tell,” scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in Los Angeles. The new laptop will swap out mini-LED panels for a thinner, lighter, and more vibrant OLED touchscreen.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially approved a rule change allowing Volatility Shares to list the first-ever 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products (ETPs) in the United States. The approval marks the highest leverage ratio cleared for crypto funds in the U.S., which were previously capped at 2x leverage. The funds are sponsored by Volatility Shares LLC and approved to list on the Cboe BZX Exchange.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 2409 (AB 2409) into law, making California the first state to officially ban public officials from issuing cryptocurrency "meme coins". AB 2409 was signed alongside a broader consumer protection package, which includes measures to streamline asset recovery for victims of crypto scams and establishes clearer legal paths to seize digital assets from transnational criminal networks.
Chinese State-linked cyber units successfully penetrated the most heavily guarded networks in the U.S. Total access achieved inside the Federal Reserve, DOJ, NASA, and the U.S. Senate. They were silently turning Western router infrastructure against itself, the operation masked its origin and operated undetected right under the nose of the FBI for years.
The United States has officially imposed 50% tariffs on approximately $20 billion worth of Canadian products following the collapse of intense trade negotiations in Washington, D.C.. The Trump administration initiated the trade measures under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, accusing Canada of "discriminatory treatment of American products", specifically harming U.S. automotive, alcohol, and dairy exports. After three days of continuous negotiations, bilateral talks completely dissolved.
The Harmony (ONE) token crashed 25% to 40% to an all-time low, after an attacker exploited a "blank-block" vulnerability to fraudulently mint 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens. This massive, unapproved generation represents roughly 26% of the protocol's total circulating supply. https://t.co/X1HW0nV8wl
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully crashed into the Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at approximately 2:35 a.m. ET. The four-metric-ton piece of space debris slammed into the lunar surface near the Einstein Crater at a staggering speed of 8,700 km/h. NASA and independent scientists confirmed the impact via signal data, noting that the collision poses absolutely no danger to Earth.
The Coldcard hardware wallet exploit has escalated to an estimated $114 million in losses after hitting over 5,200 Bitcoin addresses across four distinct automated attack waves. The security breach stems from a critical firmware vulnerability introduced during a March 2021 cryptographic library migration. This flaw bypassed the device's secure hardware entropy and relied on a predictable, weak software-based random number generator (RNG).
Italy temporarily suspended its border-free Schengen travel arrangements with Spain for a period of one month following a massive migration surge into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta. An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta within a single 24-hour window, overwhelming local authorities and prompting Spain to deploy its military.
