AM brief · 2026-11-02

Market cap $2.62T -2.89% · BTC $78,277.00 +1.04% · ETH $2,273.66 +0.84% · BTC dominance 60.1% · Fear & Greed 37 Fear

Biggest 24h moves (top 100): PEARL +4.86%, NIGHT +3.39%, TRX +3.24%, MORPHO -5.54%, M -5.53%, RAIN -3.54%. Moves are information, not signals.

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    Positioning & flows

    • BTC: liquidated 24h $653K longs / $3.0M shorts · long/short accounts 2.39 (OKX)
    • ETH: liquidated 24h $1.2M longs / $2.5M shorts · long/short accounts 2.22 (OKX)
    • SOL: liquidated 24h $1.9M longs / $133K shorts · long/short accounts 3.51 (OKX)
    • XRP: liquidated 24h $194K longs / $11K shorts · long/short accounts 3.66 (OKX)
    • DOGE: liquidated 24h $287K longs / $110 shorts · long/short accounts 4.88 (OKX)
    • Stablecoin supply $298.6B, 7d -1.53%
    • DeFi TVL $85.0B, 7d -4.75%
    • Bitcoin transactions of 500+ BTC in 24h: 143 (unlabeled; often exchange-internal)

    Most-covered themes (distinct publishers, 24h): Hacks & exploits 75 (-33%), DeFi 28 (-13%), Stablecoins 22 (-34%), AI x crypto 18 (-18%). Narratives

  1. North Korea blamed for crypto heist Semafor 12 sources
  2. FBI names hackers behind record $6.3 billion Binance crypto theft MassLive 12 sources
  3. FBI Says North Korea is Behind $6 Billion Cryptocurrency Hack TODAY.com 7 sources
  4. Binance Resumes Withdrawals After Suffering Biggest-Ever Crypto Hack WSJ 6 sources
  5. Plataforma de criptomoedas retoma saques após maior ataque cibernético da história Gazeta do Povo 6 sources
  6. FBI acusa Coreia do Norte do maior roubo da história em criptomoedas iG Último Segundo 4 sources
  7. Binance sees spike in withdrawals as exchange returns online after US$6.3 billion hack South China Morning Post 3 sources
  8. Strategy Bitcoin buy incoming? Michael Saylor drops sunday hint Crypto.news 3 sources
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