Crypto news, 31 October 2026: Binance at 90%, ETF outflows, Tether, Uber and Chainalysis
Binance says it has replenished 90% of the stolen funds and the CFTC calls for rules on offshore exchanges, heavy bitcoin ETF outflows, Tether's reserves, Uber's tokenization pilot and the Chainalysis incident.
Saturday, 31 October 2026. We bring together the relevant facts of the last 24 hours, each checked against a primary or reliable source. Today also marks 18 years since the bitcoin white paper was published, on 31 October 2008.
Binance: 90% of stolen funds replenished, the CFTC calls for rules on offshore exchanges
On Saturday Binance said it had replenished 90% of the assets taken in the hack of about 6.3 billion dollars, up from 80% on Friday, and that it remains on track to reopen withdrawals on Sunday. According to a spokesperson quoted by Cointelegraph, the funds come from the company's treasury, a partial use of the SAFU fund and part of the futures insurance fund. Customer balances in bitcoin, ether and eight other assets are fully backed; the remaining shortfall is in less liquid tokens that the company keeps buying. Binance has published a new reserves snapshot, but says the full cryptographic proof takes 40 to 50 hours to generate.
In the United States, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig told CNBC that the hack proves the case for the rules the agency proposed this month: offshore exchanges should be able to register with the CFTC and adopt the same cybersecurity standards as US markets. Asked on Friday, President Donald Trump said the case was being looked at.
Markets: steady prices, but heavy ETF outflows on 30 October
According to CoinGecko, checked today at 18:05 (Zurich time), bitcoin trades at around 77,500 dollars, about 63,860 Swiss francs, up 0.2% over 24 hours; ether is around 2,250 dollars (+0.4%) and BNB around 705 dollars (+0.6%).
According to Farside Investors, US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of 643.2 million dollars on 30 October, the weakest daily figure since 12 October, after four positive sessions. The largest redemptions were in BlackRock's IBIT (-233.7 million), Fidelity's FBTC (-201.0) and ARKB (-129.5). US spot ether ETFs saw outflows of 155.7 million.
Stablecoins: Tether reports 7.95 billion in excess reserves
Tether has published BDO's attestation as of 30 September 2026. Assets stand at 191.45 billion dollars and liabilities at 183.50 billion, almost all of them tied to tokens issued, leaving an excess of 7.95 billion, against 4.1 billion at the end of June. The company reports net operating profit of 1.5 billion in the third quarter and 4.5 billion in the first nine months. The largest item is directly held US Treasury bills, at 122.84 billion, followed by gold at 19.08 billion, reverse repos at 16.70 billion, secured loans at 14.18 billion and bitcoin at 8.37 billion. The attestation covers only the 30 September date.
Tokenization: Uber tests round-the-clock cash management
HSBC Bank USA, Franklin Templeton, Tradeweb and Fireblocks announced on Friday a pilot with Uber on the Canton Network. Using HSBC Tokenized Deposits, Uber bought shares of a Franklin Templeton tokenized money market fund through Tradeweb, with delivery-versus-payment settlement, and was able to redeem part of the holding over a weekend while continuing to earn yield. It is a demonstration, not a service already rolled out to the market.
Security: Chainalysis reports unauthorised access
Chainalysis said that this month an external actor using "offensive agentic techniques" gained unauthorised access to its systems and internal tools. Non-sensitive customer data such as user IDs, names, email addresses and role labels was accessed; the company has found no indication of access to investigation content, passwords, MFA secrets or session tokens. The incident is not related to the theft at Binance. Chainalysis advises users to enable two-factor authentication and to be wary of unexpected password reset requests.
Sources
- Cointelegraph, Binance's update on the 90% and withdrawals: https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-hack-90-percent-replenished
- Cointelegraph, political reactions in the United States: https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-in-crypto-today
- Decrypt, the CFTC chairman's remarks: https://decrypt.co/382285/binance-hack-why-offshore-exchanges-need-us-oversight-cftc-chair
- CoinGecko, prices checked on 31 October 2026 at 18:05: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin
- Farside Investors, bitcoin and ether ETF flows: https://farside.co.uk/btc/, https://farside.co.uk/eth/
- Tether, third-quarter announcement: https://tether.io/news/tether-generates-1-5-billion-in-q3-net-operating-profit-as-reserve-buffer-doubles-to-almost-8-billion/
- BDO, attestation as of 30 September 2026 (PDF): https://assets.ctfassets.net/vyse88cgwfbl/7nQYtcoP9GxIUFSyro2dGK/8d0521470b9e99c8c0831019cabea4ee/ISAE_3000R_-_Opinion_Tether_International_Financial_Figure_30-09-2026.pdf
- Tradeweb, announcement of the Uber pilot: https://www.tradeweb.com/newsroom/media-center/in-the-news/uber-completes-pilot-of-a-first-ever-on-chain-liquidity-and-settlement-solution-on-a-public-network-pioneered-by-hsbc-franklin-templeton-tradeweb-and-fireblocks-on-canton/
- Chainalysis, security incident notice: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/security-incident-october-30/
