Hut8 reported net income of $189.5 million in the third quarter, while revenue fell to $71.1 million. Net income included $413.8 million in unrealized Bitcoin gains. Hut8 sold approximately 3,100 bitcoins to fund a $250 million stock buyback and cancelled 3.3 million shares. The board increased the buyback mandate to $1 billion. The company's AI data center project, currently under construction, is projected to have a lease value of approximately $26.6 billion. (Source: Bitcoin News)

Solana Labs' new subsidiary, Leap, has launched a high-performance mobile trading app of the same name, available for early access starting today. The app supports trading in tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, forex, and crypto assets, and provides profit and loss displays covering deposits and transaction fees. Leap plans to use a portion of each transaction fee to buy back and burn SOL after the fee is implemented. Solana's official account has confirmed this news.

Chainalysis reports that the hackers behind the $6.3 billion Binance theft are transferring some of their assets through Chinese money laundering networks, with hundreds of thousands of dollars already traced flowing into these networks. The hackers have reportedly transferred approximately $500 million through the TRON network, distributing it across more than 1,000 addresses before transferring it to networks such as Ethereum and Bitcoin. Crypto companies have frozen approximately $3 billion in stolen assets, with about $2.42 billion in BTC and ETH remaining virtually untouched since the theft, while the remaining nearly $1 billion has entered money laundering channels. A Binance spokesperson stated that they are cooperating with law enforcement, on-chain analytics companies, and stablecoin issuers to track and freeze the relevant assets. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Greek parliament has passed a bill reducing the tax rate on Bitcoin to 10%, currently among the lowest in Europe. (The Bitcoin Historian)

[A large order for $18.85 million worth of BTC has been completed on the Binance spot market.] A massive order completed quickly, potentially intensifying market divergence; the motive behind major moves remains unclear.