Weekly brief

Weekly crypto brief: Week of October 26, 2026

60 headlines from CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, Decrypt over the last seven days, sorted into what they mean for a beginner.

Most-mentioned coins

• Bitcoin · 12
• Solana · 4
• Ethereum · 3
• XRP · 2
• BNB · 2
• Tether (USDT) · 2

Mentions measure attention, not quality. This is not a list of coins to buy.

Lesson of the week

The idea behind most stories this week: How to spot a crypto scam.

Top headlines

• Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: What is Ethereum?
• Here’s what happened in crypto today
  Cointelegraph
• Strategy eyes more Bitcoin buys as Saylor touts $30B credit capacity
  Cointelegraph · Learn the basics: What is Bitcoin?
• North Korea’s TraderTraitor linked to $6.3B Binance hack
  Cointelegraph · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• XRP Ledger developers tighten the rules for who can hold 'restricted' tokens
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: What is XRP?
• Binance hack bites India's largest crypto exchange as it curbs futures trading
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Binance hacker splits $1.4 billion of bitcoin into 19 wallets that no one can freeze
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to choose a crypto exchange
• $6 billion Binance hack sends bitcoin, ether tumbling; Standard Chartered expects more pain
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Institutional crypto investors rush to pull funds from exchanges after Binance hack
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Binance hack could accelerate shift to DEXs: Standard Chartered
  Cointelegraph · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Crypto's longtime foe, North Korea's Lazarus Group, likely behind Binance hack: blockchain sleuths
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Bitcoin slides below $77,000, BNB drops amid Binance hack
  The Block · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Binance hack drained wallets backing customer assets, reserve data shows
  CoinDesk · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam
• Binance points to engineer’s hacked laptop in $6.3B breach
  Cointelegraph · Learn the basics: How to choose a crypto exchange
• Binance hack rattles markets as BNB falls 8%, Bitcoin nears $77K
  Cointelegraph · Learn the basics: How to spot a crypto scam

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Education only. Not investment advice. We do not pick coins.