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According to Solcard, a crypto-funded prepaid payment and virtual card platform, somewhere between 560 million and 741 million people own crypto worldwide in 2026.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Cryptocurrency platform Binance said Thursday it had fallen victim to a major hack and indicated that more than $2.5 billion in funds had been frozen in an effort to prevent a massive theft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, Polymarket paused trading on its prediction-markets platform after some users said their accounts had been drained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“It does look like a hack on Binance,” Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said in a post on social-media platform X. “User funds are safe.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“What do you think?” he asked, holding his hands out as the platform carried him in a slow spin for the class.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"If a platform as sophisticated as Binance can suffer a serious attack, regulators will inevitably ask what that means for smaller, less mature platforms and currencies."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Two other major crypto platforms, Tether and Circle, said they have also frozen a total of about $2.4bn of assets in response to the potential Binance hack.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The well-timed and profitable trades come amid increasing scrutiny of potential insider-trading concerns on prediction-markets platforms including Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Social media platforms also have their own rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

He paced the platforms for half an hour in a turmoil of indecision.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan