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The Binance logo — Image via Wikimedia Commons The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has resumed customer withdrawals days after hackers drained about $6.3 billion in digital assets in what analysts say could be the biggest financial robbery ever, according to Reuters. The hack The FBI said in a cyber alert dated October 31 that North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance on or about October 29. The Wall Street Journal reported the breach surfaced around 4:20 p.m. ET on October 29, when Binance's security team detected unauthorized withdrawals exceeding $1 billion; losses passed $6 billion within about 20 minutes. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that it remained unclear whether North Korea was involved: "We don't know if it's North Korea — but if it is, we'll talk to North Korea about it." The recovery Binance says it has covered about 95% ...

Kimi Antonelli pictured at the 2025 US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas — Image via Wikimedia Commons Kimi Antonelli is the 2026 Formula 1 world champion — and at 20 years and 68 days old, the youngest driver ever to win the sport's biggest prize, according to Reuters and CNN. How the title was won The Mercedes driver finished third at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday, November 1, behind race winner Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton — enough to make his championship lead unassailable with four races still to run. Antonelli needed only a ninth-place finish to clinch the title; he entered the weekend 123 points clear of teammate George Russell. Over team radio as he crossed the line, a tearful Antonelli said, "We did it, we did it," according to CNN's race coverage. A record-breaking season The Italian has won nine of 19 races this season, along with seven pole positions and 16 podiums, in just his second year in Formula 1. He shattered the prev...

A Bombardier Learjet 60XR, the same aircraft type involved in the crash, pictured in flight — Image via Wikimedia Commons A business jet carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighborhood on Sunday, November 1, killing everyone on board and scattering fiery debris across a busy roadway, according to federal officials. What happened The Bombardier Learjet 60 came down at about 12:50 p.m. ET near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North, in an unincorporated area between Greenacres and Palm Springs in Palm Beach County, the Federal Aviation Administration said. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed all nine people aboard were killed, calling the crash a "horrific tragedy" in a social media post. The jet plunged toward the ground at a steep angle and erupted in flames; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said it looked "like a missile going down." Remarkably, officials had no immediate reports of deaths or injuries on the ground, though the crash lef...