INTEL: North Korea launders Binance hack funds through throwaway memecoins including an "Elon 2028 President" token, Elliptic says
About $430,000 in stolen funds has already passed through six newly created tokens, using liquidity pools to make the transfers look like normal trades
INTEL: Hut 8 $HUT sells about 3,100 BTC to buy back its own shares
The buyback authorization is now raised to $1 billion. A second 352MW lease at its Beacon Point AI campus lifts expected AI contract value to about $26.6 billion
INTEL: Ankr Ethereum bridge drained of about $292,000 in an ongoing attack
The attacker made 5 withdrawal calls on Ethereum, using a small deposit on Optimism to unlock all assets locked in the bridge and send them to a new wallet
INTEL: Nvidia shares fall over 5% premarket, erasing $225 billion market value
This is quickly becoming much bigger than a personal scandal.
Nvidia spent over a year reportedly downplaying Jensen Huang's ties to Megaspeed executive Huang Le, who US intelligence allegedly identified as a Chinese intelligence asset.
Now Nvidia's board is investigating, Congress has requested a closed-door hearing for November 18, and questions are mounting over whether sensitive information or US national security was ever compromised.
Trump is publicly backing Huang, saying he should remain CEO.
The market is now pricing in a level of uncertainty nobody expected from the world's most valuable company
INTEL: Binance says claim of 336 million users' data leaked is likely a scam
The seller, linked to hacking group ShinyHunters, is asking $900,000 for data said to include emails, passwords, IDs and wallet private keys. Binance found no evidence its systems or customer data were breached
INTEL: Binance, Tether and Trumpβs crypto companies face congressional records demands as Democrats prepare to take control
Sen. Richard Blumenthal has given Binance, Tether, World Liberty Financial and Fight Fight Fight LLC until Jan. 4 to hand over records, a day after Democrats take control of Congress and he is expected to gain the power to compel documents
INTEL: Nvidia $NVDA board launches independent probe into reported Intel targeting of CEO Jensen Huang
The board says it has no reason to believe secrets or US national security were compromised and reaffirms confidence in Huang, who is fully cooperating with the review
INTEL: Qatar reportedly proposes deal to lift US naval blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz
The plan reportedly also caps Iran's enrichment at 3.67% and frees $6 billion to $10 billion in frozen assets. Iran would open the strait only after IAEA inspectors enter the country
