Pando Rings hacker buys 7,548 $ETH ($16.72M), deposits 4,000 $ETH into TornadoCash

A wallet moved all 999.953 $BTC ($78.12M) after more than 6 years of inactivity. The wallet received these 999.953 $BTC over 6 years ago, when $BTC was trading at $10,727.

According to official announcements, OKX’s Flash Earn “Hold to Earn” Phase 2 will run from 08:00 UTC+8 on November 3, 2026 to 07:59 UTC+8 on December 3, 2026, with a total prize pool of 400,000 USDC. Eligible VIP trading users who successfully register, hold USDC in their main trading account, and complete a cumulative qualifying USDC trading volume of at least $1,000 during the event period will split the daily prize pool proportionally. It is reported that OKX Flash Earn completed a product upgrade last week, adding the “Hold to Earn” model to its existing offerings of “Stake to Earn” and “Trade to Earn”. The first phase of the Hold to Earn campaign, which targets holders of designated tokenized stock assets, is still ongoing with a total prize pool of 400,000 USDT. Users can sign up for relevant activities via the “Flash Earn” > “Hold to Earn” entry in the OKX App.

According to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, a crypto whale has transferred all 999.953 BTC after remaining dormant for over six years, with the holdings valued at approximately $78.12 million. The BTC was deposited into the address more than six years ago, when BTC’s price stood at around $10,727.

On the first day of Hong Kong FinTech Week, HSBC Group CEO Noel Quinn stated that Hong Kong dollar retail stablecoin RedCoin has attracted around 50,000 users in over a week since its launch, with a target to expand to millions, attributing its rapid growth to the relatively lenient and secure regulatory environment set by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). RedCoin is one of only two licensed stablecoins in Hong Kong. Since October, it has been made available to over 3.3 million users via PayMe, supporting peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments. It will later be rolled out to all HSBC and Hang Seng Bank customers, and integrated into the HSBC Hong Kong mobile banking app, enabling subscriptions to tokenized assets including money market funds. HSBC Hong Kong CEO Grace Wu added that merchant payments and wallet top-up functions are already live, with early usage proving encouraging. The bank also announced the same day that it will establish a Global AI and Emerging Technologies Research Institute in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis, slated to begin operations in early 2027.

According to TokenInsight’s Q3 2026 Exchange Research Report, the total trading volume of stock perpetual contracts across nine major crypto exchanges reached approximately $1.61 trillion, triple the size of the commodity perpetual contract market. By platform performance: Binance led with around $943 billion in volume, capturing a 58.60% market share; OKX ranked second at $254 billion, holding 15.79%; Bitget came third with roughly $122 billion, boasting a 7.60% market share. The three platforms together account for over 80% of the stock perpetual contract market, reflecting a trend of trading volume concentration in this market toward leading exchanges.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will extend the after-hours trading session for its derivative products. Starting from March 2027, the closing time of HKEX’s derivative after-hours trading will be pushed back from the current 3 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. The exchange will assess whether to extend the closing time further to 5:15 a.m. in November 2027, based on market developments following the initial extension. The new arrangement allows market participants to flexibly manage risks in response to external market conditions outside Hong Kong’s regular daytime trading hours.