The U.S. House of Representatives midterm elections have concluded, with 96 seats decided. Democrats won 67 seats and flipped one, while Republicans won 29 seats.

Yu Xian, founder of SlowMist, stated that the theft disclosed by Binance was an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attack involving intelligence reconnaissance, social engineering, malicious code, trust chain exploitation, lateral movement, cloud environment penetration, risk control bypass, and zero-day vulnerabilities. Yu Xian reminded individuals and businesses to check themselves and their employees for vulnerability to such attacks and to strengthen their defenses.

Solana's successful transactions reached 3.38 billion in October, marking a new monthly record for the fourth consecutive month. This represents an 81% year-over-year increase and a 6% increase compared to September. This figure excludes validator voting and failed transactions. The average daily successful transactions in October were approximately 109 million. (Source: Blockworks Research)

Republicans won the Florida Senate seat, with Republican candidate Ashley Moody defeating Democratic opponent Angie Nixon. Democrats maintain their 45-34 majority and have overturned the North Carolina Senate seat; they still need a net gain of 3 seats to regain a Senate majority.

Preliminary vote counts in the U.S. House of Representatives election show Josh Gottheimer, Rob Menendez, Lucy McBath, Brian Jack, Amanda Hollowell, Austin Scott, Jasmine Clark, and Clay Fuller currently leading, while Houston Gaines is slightly behind Pamela DeLancy. Kevin Wysocki, policy director at Anchorage Digital, stated that Kentucky's 6th Congressional District is worth watching; a Democratic victory in this district would indicate a tougher race for the Republicans. As of 8:20 PM ET, less than 24% of the votes have been counted in this district, with Ralph Alvarado currently leading Zach Dembo.