Total Ethereum Futures Open Interest Reaches All-Time High, Now at $604.4 Billion

A whale withdrew 1,286 $BTC ($98.03M) from #Binance today at $76,230 after over a year of inactivity. Over a year ago, the whale deposited 5,699 $BTC ($509M) into #Binance at an average price of $89,291. Now the whale is buying back $BTC at a lower price!

According to Yonhap News Agency, following the U.S. midterm elections, amid heightened concerns over AI data center regulation that triggered stock market volatility, South Korea's Ministry of Strategy and Finance held a roundtable with semiconductor experts to review industry trends and future demand prospects. Participants collectively assessed that, taking into account progress and future plans for large-scale investments by major AI firms, as well as factors such as expanded semiconductor demand driven by the proliferation of agent AI, the medium- and long-term growth outlook for the AI and semiconductor industries remains valid. They noted that while some concerns exist in financial markets, no clear signals have yet been detected that would lead to a contraction in AI investment or semiconductor demand. Additionally, given factors including the expansion of long-term supply contracts for South Korean domestic semiconductor companies, the demand base is expected to stay stable in the short term.

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has confirmed that certain customer data for all its users—including names, usernames, password hashes, and valid tokens—was exposed to a malicious actor (hacker) in the recent security incident. During the investigation, access to Reactor and Data Solutions was suspended. There is currently no evidence that any investigative data was accessed or Chainalysis’ proprietary data was tampered with. The company has deployed additional active monitoring systems to track abnormal activity. After detecting suspicious activity today, KYT (user interface and API), other address screening products, and login pages were taken offline. Chainalysis is now directly notifying customers whose KYT accounts show signs of unauthorized access. The firm plans to restore access to KYT and Address Screening starting tomorrow. Customers can submit trusted IP addresses to support@chainalysis.com or contact the Chainalysis customer team to be added to the allowlist. Subsequently, Chainalysis will authorize users to reset passwords and rotate API keys for transaction logging.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, a Bitcoin whale dormant for over a year withdrew 1,286 BTC from Binance today, with each BTC valued at approximately $76,230, totaling around $98.03 million. The address previously deposited 5,699 BTC into Binance over a year ago at an average price of roughly $89,291, amounting to about $509 million. Compared to the cost of its earlier deposit, the withdrawal was made at a significantly lower price. The blockchain analytics platform noted that the whale is repurchasing BTC at a lower cost.

According to HTX market data, SOL has fallen below $90, with a 24-hour decline of 6.3% and an intraday low of approximately $88.4.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 3,666.99 points on Friday (November 6), a 6.00% drop, to 57,410.91 points. The index has fallen more than 20% from its June closing peak, confirming it has entered a technical bear market. South Korea’s KOSPI index closed down 324.15 points, a 6.02% decline, to 5,059.65 points. The index fell more than 8% in early trading, breaking below the 5,000-point mark and triggering a circuit breaker for the 11th time this year. The South Korean government subsequently held an emergency meeting to review market conditions, after which the decline in Korean stocks narrowed. South Korea’s KOSDAQ index closed down 5%; SK Hynix fell more than 10%, and Samsung Electronics dropped 6.35%.