The hour's dominant story is the Binance heist. Federal investigators attribute a record theft of more than $6 billion to North Korea ¹, and Binance says it has recovered about 90% of the $6.3 billion taken while still pursuing the rest ². Withdrawals for some cryptocurrencies are reopening in stages, pending security checks ³. Meanwhile the hacker reportedly pushed about $46M of stolen Solana assets into Bitcoin via Relay Protocol ⁴ and dumped 908,793 PROM tokens valued near $5M for just $71 on Uniswap V2 ⁵. Separately, crypto market capitalization lost nearly $300 billion in October, its first monthly loss in four months ⁶. In Ukraine, Zelensky said Russia fired 44 missiles, 36 of them ballistic, plus 1,940 strike drones and over 1,580 guided aerial bombs over the past week ⁷. Overnight strikes on energy infrastructure in four regions left hundreds of thousands of households without power ^7,8, and attacks over the past day killed one person and injured 47 ⁹. Kyiv reports hitting a Pantsir-S2, an S-400 command vehicle and the missile-producing Kamensky plant in Rostov Oblast, assets valued near $70 million ⁸. The US has warned Russia of a plot it describes as a mass casualty event targeting Moscow, ahead of planned talks ¹⁰, and Romania scrambled four F-16s after two unauthorized drones breached its airspace . One security item not to miss: the Pentagon is probing August freezer failures at more than a half-dozen U.S. commissaries as a possible cyberattack, weeks after hackers pushed refrigeration at hundreds of French supermarkets above 122 degrees Fahrenheit ¹¹. In the US, Tuesday's midterms turn on a handful of districts, with Republicans defending a 218-214 House majority and 13 contests rated toss-ups ¹². The Census Bureau's proposal to drop race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 count has drawn more than 108,000 docket submissions ahead of a Nov. 2 comment deadline ¹³. A Pew survey found 44% of Americans struggled to pay for at least one basic necessity in the past year ¹⁴. Abroad, Tommy Robinson's conviction for harassing two journalists leaves the anti-migrant movement leaderless, with heir apparent Danny Tommo also in custody ¹⁵. In Poland, an EU commissioner appeared to back Prime Minister Tusk over President Nawrocki in the Constitutional Tribunal showdown ¹⁶. Germany is set to miss its gas storage target as a cold snap arrives ¹⁷, and Chinese regulators are expected to meet major banks Monday on supporting stocks after an October sell-off ¹⁸. The heavy slate of earnings slides was largely routine, though AI demand drove AIXTRON orders up 122% ¹⁹ and TDK to a record profit ²⁰.