The hour's clearest throughline is North Korea's attribution for the Binance theft. The FBI has blamed Pyongyang for the $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance ^1,2. It identified a North Korean actor called TraderTraitor that is converting the stolen assets mostly into ethereum, and it released addresses linked to that activity ¹. Transaction tracing by TRM Labs shows XRP was hit first, with Binance reportedly losing roughly $296 million in XRP on Oct. 29 and five wallets drained in about four minutes ³. XRP's price slipped below $1.25 support following the hack, even as XRP ETFs drew $8.43 million in inflows ⁴. Separately, North Korea also tested a tactical ballistic missile cluster warhead ⁵. On Iran, the signals point in opposite directions. A top diplomat says Iran and Qatar have agreed on a plan to reopen Hormuz within two days, and Trump says talks are 'going fine' ⁶. Yet Trump and Netanyahu held a call on October 31 as Washington readies renewed bombing of Iran ⁷. Street unrest spread across Europe. In Germany, nationwide protests over living costs turned violent in Frankfurt, where more than 30 people were detained, shops were looted and rioters broke into a gun shop and stole weapons, two of which police later recovered . Hesse's interior minister claimed around 100 left-wing extremist-motivated people infiltrated an initially peaceful demonstration ⁸. In France, police used tear gas in Lyon and Grenoble as protesters clashed with officers in several cities during nationwide demonstrations ⁹. India's Congress Party is also calling for one of its biggest demonstrations yet in New Delhi ¹⁰. In US politics, a court barred Trump from refiling his $10 billion suit against the Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the Epstein letter, finding he had not shown malice ¹¹. On markets, Treasury yields eased as the government sold $907 billion in securities and investors moved out of AI and chip stocks into safe-haven bonds ¹². Nio's October deliveries fell 15.23% year on year, ending a 31-month growth streak as Onvo's sales declined ¹³. Australia's home auction clearance rate hit a six-year low ¹⁴. Elsewhere, Bolivia declared a state of emergency over El Niño, with drought affecting 78,000 families and more than 75,000 cattle lost ¹⁵. Not covered by the wire items, the death toll from a high-speed train collision in Spain climbed to at least 69 .