What caused the $6.3bn Binance hack?

Blockchains are not the problem; it is the ecosystem around them that has introduced technological vulnerabilities

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

Serbia shuts down bank favoured by Russians

Alta Bank is suspected of wiring large amounts of money out of the country after election loss of former president Aleksandar Vučić

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

The biggest-ever hedge fund spinout

Plus, insurers stay bullish on private markets, Binance suffers $6.3bn heist, and ‘The Magic Flute’ at New York’s Metropolitan Opera

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

A lasting injustice from the Libor affair

Whistleblower is the only one of 19 jailed bankers not to have had his conviction overturned yet

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

BCG hit with tax probe as HMRC steps up scrutiny of consultants

Agency scrutinising whether some UK partners at elite consultancy should be treated as employees for tax purposes

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

Global AI sell-off eases after Nasdaq’s worst month in over a year

US tech stocks set to start week higher following bruising rout

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

Petrol prices set to hit record high under Trump on eve of US elections

Average fuel costs during president’s second term pass Biden-era levels as affordability issues dominate Tuesday’s midterm polls

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

The meaning of the midterms

This week will tell us many important things about the future of American politics

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

AI mania can’t survive higher interest rates

The price of money is the pin that deflates market bubbles

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026

BCG hit with tax probe as HMRC steps up scrutiny of consultants

Agency scrutinising whether some UK partners at elite consultancy should be treated as employees for tax purposes

Posted on Monday November 02, 2026