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Bitcoin's mining difficulty climbed to roughly 148.36T after the October 29, 2026 retarget, with the network hashrate hovering around 1,000 EH/s. A moderate downward adjustment is expected around November 12-13.

Brazil's largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, confirmed on November 2, 2026 that attackers stole between $38 and $49 million using ordinary signed transactions rather than a smart-contract exploit, forcing a full suspension of deposits and withdrawals.

On October 29, 2026, Binance suffered the largest cryptocurrency theft in history, with roughly $6.3 billion drained from its hot wallets in about 20 minutes. Investigators suspect the North Korea-linked hacking group TraderTraitor.