The hacker linked to Mercado Bitcoin transferred 1.92 million VIRTUAL tokens and sold them in batches via MetaMask.

LayerZero announced that as part of last year’s acquisition of Stargate, STG token holders can convert their STG to ZRO. The conversion service will remain available until December 15, 2026, after which conversions will no longer be supported, requiring users to complete the process by that date.

According to the official page of Bybit’s WSOT 2026 World Trading Competition, the platform has launched a "100 USDT New User Welcome Gift" campaign, where users can claim corresponding benefits by completing designated tasks. Per the campaign page, users who finish identity verification will receive either a 20 USDT fee discount coupon or a derivatives reward; those who recharge at least $10 will be eligible for a maximum 30 USDT choice reward; and users with a trading volume of $10 will also get a 50 USDT fee discount coupon or derivatives reward. The specific reward types and claiming conditions are subject to the information displayed on Bybit’s official campaign page.

Beating AI News Flash: Tibor Blaho, nicknamed "Bald Guy" and a frequent leaker of AI product updates, has discovered a "Family Basic" subscription tier in ChatGPT's web checkout settings. The tier includes Go, Plus, and three Pro plans, with monthly fees of $8, $20, $100, $200, and $500 respectively, matching the pricing of existing individual plans. OpenAI began recruiting a product manager for family user experience in July this year. In September, the company responded to a family subscription proposal in its developer community but did not disclose specific plans. Currently, ChatGPT allows parents to link teen accounts, though subscriptions cannot be shared across accounts. The exposed configuration also fails to specify how many users the family plan supports or its billing structure.

Binance founder CZ retweeted a lengthy article, describing it as "another attack on Binance". According to the piece’s statistics, between 05:00 on October 30 and 20:00 on November 2, spanning roughly 78 hours, 1,083 accounts posted 11,700 hostile tweets regarding Binance’s hot wallet hack, generating approximately 20.93 million impressions. Of these posts, 79.6% were replies, and 3,354 were classified as false information, falling into 15 rumor categories. The article contends that alongside the actual security incident, a coordinated, synchronized narrative campaign emerged on X, with themes shifting as Binance’s response progressed—including claims of "insider betrayal", "insolvency / second FTX", "refusal to open withdrawals", "bank runs as soon as withdrawals are allowed", and exaggerated net outflows. It further notes that among the 641 most active accounts, 452 had collaborative links, and 444 formed a single connected network; 89% of sampled accounts posted no more than 0.2 Binance-related posts per day on average under normal conditions, a figure that surged to roughly 24.6 times the baseline during the incident. When withdrawals were gradually restored, posts mobilizing "immediate withdrawal / bank run" reached a peak intensity of 11.2 posts per hour, marking the highest level of narrative activity across all stages.

According to Fox News, U.S. Senate Republican Leader John Thune plans to run for Senate Minority Leader. Additionally, with the Democrats securing control of both congressional chambers in the midterm elections, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, noted that over the past 90 years, there have only been two instances where a sitting president added or retained seats for their party in the first two years of their term. If Democrats turn the next two years into a farce of retaliation, legal battles and partisan power plays that harms all Americans, House Republicans will serve as a "firewall" to prevent that from happening.

According to Politico, two-thirds of Democratic voters want the U.S. House of Representatives to block President Donald Trump’s policy agenda rather than compromise with him. Following the Democrats’ major election victory, Trump said he was willing to cooperate with the Democrats in the next congressional term. However, Democratic leaders have signaled they will not easily overlook the actions of the Trump administration over the past year. The Politico poll also shows a similar attitude among Democratic midterm election voters: 65% believe the House should prioritize opposing Trump’s policy agenda, even if that means sacrificing opportunities to advance legislation. Starting next January, the Democrats will face pressure to deliver on policy outcomes, but they must strike a balance between addressing cost-of-living issues and advancing a tough oversight agenda.