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Hackers Drain $138,000 From 12 DeFi Sites Hijacked via Name.com
The websites of twelve DeFi projects were hijacked and turned against their own users, and on-chain tracing so far puts confirmed losses at roughly $138,000. Every affected site shares one infrastructure detail: its domain was registered through Name.com.
APTShiba Inu (SHIB) Exchange Reserve Falls to 85 Trillion Tokens
Shiba Inu's exchange reserve fell to about 85 trillion SHIB on October 31 while netflow turned negative at 61.36 billion tokens.
SHIBTrade.xyz's Anthropic Contract (ANT) Drops 20% in Debut Session
Trade.xyz's new ANT contract set the tone for Anthropic's pre-IPO derivatives experiment within hours of going live.
ANTANTHROPICPi Network Ships Four Developer Updates Ahead of First Ecosystem Summit
Pi Network released four developer tools, including SoloHost and PiVerify, three weeks before its first Ecosystem Summit on November 17.
PIDogecoin (DOGE) Ends October Down 20.1% in Second Straight Uptober Loss
Dogecoin (DOGE) closed October down 20.1%, a second straight Uptober loss that erased part of its 31.2% third-quarter gain from July to September.
DOGEMishaboar Tells Dogecoin (DOGE) Buyers to Move Funds Over Suspected Trezor Implant
Mishaboar urged Dogecoin (DOGE) users who bought a Trezor from CryptoBilis since March 2026 to move funds after a suspected Safe 5 hardware implant.
DOGEStacks (STX) Rallies 12% Against Post-Hack Altcoin Selloff
Stacks (STX) gained about 12% to $0.315, leading the top 100 altcoins, as the market absorbed an $80 billion drop after the Binance hack.
STXt54's XRP Ledger AI Hub Logs 14.77 Million x402 Payments
The XRP Ledger logged 14,771,587 x402 payments and $45,276.29 settled across 183 registered merchants, per the t54-operated XRPL AI Hub dashboard.
XRPShiba Inu (SHIB) Adds 147,593 Holders in 2026
The Shiba Inu (SHIB) holder base has grown to 1,696,223 on-chain holders, as the dog-themed memecoin added 147,593 wallet addresses since the start of 2026, 210 of them on Oct. 30 alone. That reading comes from the daily count logged for Day 303 of the year, published at 12:00 UTC on Oct. 30.
SHIBDavid Schwartz Reveals XRP T-Shirt '100' Marks 100 TPS, Not a $1 Price
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says his XRP T-shirt's '100' marks the XRP Ledger's 100 TPS milestone, not a $1 price target.
XRPLlamaRisk Unveils Four-Stage Plan to Reopen AAVE Markets After Binance Hack
LlamaRisk published a four-stage plan to reopen Aave markets frozen after the Binance hack. AAVE trades at $134.36, up 6.7% in 24 hours from a $123.06 low.
AAVEHBAR Faces $0.0712 Support Test Below All Eight Moving Averages
Hedera (HBAR) trades at $0.0723, up 0.4% in 24 hours, yet all eight moving averages sit overhead. The $0.0712 support, scored 93/100, frames the next test.
HBARWinklevoss Twins' Zcash (ZEC) Framework Sees 5x Path Above $5,000
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss call Zcash (ZEC) encrypted Bitcoin and frame a 5x upside above $5,000 if privacy earns 10% of Bitcoin's market value.
ZECAlgorand (ALGO) Sits 9% Below Last Week's Level, Under $0.10
Algorand (ALGO) trades at $0.0949, about 9% below its October 24 candle value, as open interest readings diverge across exchanges.
ALGOBEAM Tops Upbit's Won-Market Volume at 113.1 Billion Won on Saturday
BEAM jumped 13.48% to 7.07 won and led Upbit's won-market volume at 113.1 billion won, ahead of Bitcoin, while 199 of 299 listed assets declined on Saturday.
BEAMTRON (TRX) Slips to $0.32 Amid Binance Breach Fallout
TRON (TRX) price fell 4.72% across the 24 hours to Saturday, leaving the token near $0.32 and pinned against the lower Bollinger bands on the longer chart timeframes.
TRXBinance XRP Reserves Hit 2.47 Billion, Lowest Since December 2022
Binance's XRP reserve has dropped to its lowest level since December 2022, and no action has been asked of token holders: the change is recorded purely in exchange balances.
XRPUNI Trades Near $7 After 6.36% 24-Hour Rally
Uniswap's UNI token hit $7.04 on a 6.36% daily gain and now trades near $7.00, with resistance flagged at $7.25-$7.35 and strongest support at $6.88.
UNIHyperliquid (HYPE) Drops 4% in a Day to Near $88
The slide in the Hyperliquid (HYPE) price gathered pace late on Friday and carried into Saturday, with the token down 4.29% across the 24 hours to 06:05 UTC at $88.38 and a further 0.9% gone by press time, where the live price stood at $88.24.
HYPEAave Reopens Lending Markets After Binance Hack, Nine Assets at Zero LTV
Aave reopened every lending market on V3 and V4 on Friday, October 30, ending a precautionary freeze imposed after attackers drained roughly $6.3 billion from Binance's hot wallets.
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Altcoins are every cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin — from smart-contract platforms such as Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche to payment networks like XRP and Litecoin, DeFi protocol tokens and memecoins. The altcoin market moves faster and rotates harder than Bitcoin: ETF filings, protocol upgrades, token unlocks, exchange listings and regulatory decisions can reprice assets within minutes. COINOTAG verifies every altcoin headline against primary sources — official project announcements, on-chain data, audit reports and regulatory filings — and explains which asset each development affects and why. For sector depth see the DeFi, stablecoin and ETF tags; for leading assets see Ethereum news, Solana news and XRP news. The full market feed lives in the crypto news archive, where altseason signals, Bitcoin-dominance breaks and key technical levels are documented daily.
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Hackers Drain $138,000 From 12 DeFi Sites Hijacked via Name.com (October 31, 2026 at 07:22 PM UTC); Shiba Inu (SHIB) Exchange Reserve Falls to 85 Trillion Tokens (October 31, 2026 at 04:58 PM UTC); Trade.xyz's Anthropic Contract (ANT) Drops 20% in Debut Session (October 31, 2026 at 04:38 PM UTC)