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Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, lost an estimated $6.3 billion Thursday in the largest crypto theft on record, and blockchain analytics firms linked it to North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking unit.

Binance first blamed a hacked engineer's laptop, but co-CEO Richard Teng said investigators found more points of breach and a "self-destruct mechanism" that destroyed the hackers' tools and traces. About $3 billion has been frozen, and the theft is four times the $1.5 billion Bybit heist in 2025. READ ›

By Dino Garner, CRUCIBEL Journal

Garner argues that Russia is losing three wars in Ukraine, over territory, refineries and its budget, but winning a fourth in Washington.

He points to four US moves in 20 days: a license exempting Russian diesel from sanctions, an energy ceasefire announced before either side confirmed it, an order waiving most of Congress's new Russia sanctions law and a 10-day slowdown of the satellite link carrying Ukraine's drone war.

All four, he writes, were aimed at Ukraine's refinery strikes, which cut Russian diesel output by nearly 30% and forced Moscow to ban diesel exports. With peace talks set for after the US midterms, he closes with six dated predictions readers can grade.

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By Arbitrage Andy, author of the ARB Letter

Arbitrage Andy, who writes the ARB Letter on markets, crypto and global news, argues that a week of cyber incidents, a record crypto theft and a sharp tech selloff are warning signs, and that readers should prepare without panicking.

He walks through a single day of headlines, from the Binance theft and a crypto sell-off to suspected hacks of military base freezers and a Ukrainian strike on a Russian refinery. In a world that runs almost entirely online, he argues, the likeliest major disruption is digital, whether a grid failure, a bank hack or a blackout.

He sketches what that could look like, from hospitals losing power to stalled supply chains, and says he is stocking water, batteries and shelf-stable food. On markets, he urges readers to buy gradually, keep cash on hand and spread their holdings across banks, cold storage and physical metals.

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