Anchorage Digital Swap Dealer, LLC expects to offer European-style options on bitcoin and ether with maturities up to one year if its Commodity Futures Trading Commission swap dealer registration is approved

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New Market Trading CEO Frank Hepworth stated that bitcoin lending yields of 1% to 4% fail to justify derivative, counterparty, and smart contract risks.

Between November 1 and early November 2, 2026, hackers passed roughly 28 Bitcoin worth $2.2 million through 18 CoinJoin privacy transactions using the WabiSabi protocol.

The Bank of Korea survey includes a scenario asking financial institutions to assess operational risks stemming from a steep decline in Bitcoin prices accompanied by a prolonged slump in trading volume.

The 18,270 Bitcoin stolen directly from Binance remained unmoved in 19 addresses, while the Bitcoin mixed through CoinJoin came from assets converted after the October 29, 2026 theft.

Frank Hepworth warned that covered-call strategies on bitcoin during bull markets risk having assets sold at option strike prices, forfeiting upside potential.

The conversion of stolen Solana tokens into Bitcoin marked an expansion of laundering routes after temporary holding wallets on the Tron network were largely emptied.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic identified early signs of bitcoin mixing by the Binance attackers, with approximately 28 bitcoin worth $2.2 million passing through 18 mixing transactions by November 2, 2026.

The Binance attackers moved 486,970 Solana tokens worth roughly $46.4 million within one hour using Relay Protocol to execute cross-chain swaps into Bitcoin.

The stolen Premia Labs assets were bridged from Arbitrum to Ethereum before being converted into Bitcoin using cross-chain platforms Chainflip and NEAR Intents.

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Anchorage Digital submitted an application to the National Futures Association to register Anchorage Digital Swap Dealer, LLC, as a CFTC swap dealer

Embedded messages attached to transactions sent to the Binance attacker wallets included phishing links mimicking THORChain swap sites, promotions for the $NST token, and requests for treats.

Bitcoin deposited through b14g was unaffected by the October 31, 2026 exploit, remaining time-locked on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission swap dealer registration requires an entity to meet regulatory obligations covering capital, risk management, reporting, and compliance frameworks, alongside a $15,000 non-refundable application fee

The ongoing conversion of XRP stolen from Binance into Bitcoin contributed to short-term negative market sentiment and impacted XRP price prediction markets

One sender spent about $46 in bitcoin plus fees sending the message 'Help me bro' three times to each of the 19 Binance attacker wallet addresses.

Strangers sent tiny bitcoin payments containing embedded notes via the OP_RETURN field to 19 wallets holding 18,270 bitcoin stolen in the Binance breach.

Anchorage Digital said Commodity Futures Trading Commission swap dealer requirements follow the same regulatory framework that the Dodd-Frank Act applied to banks for interest rate, credit, and foreign exchange markets

Anchorage Digital offers trading and margin capabilities, along with options and structured products, through its separate subsidiary Anchorage Hold, LLC

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Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. filed an application with the CFTC to register a subsidiary as a Futures Commission Merchant

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