Bitcoin Hits $84,480 as Binance Issues Security Warning

Binance accelerated its TradFi integration by adding five new bStocks tokenized securities for spot trading and collateral, while announcing the upcoming delisting of PTBUSDT and MITOUSDT perpetual futures. Founder CZ issued a high-profile security alert urging caution following the disclosure of critical PHP vulnerabilities, and co-founder Yi He highlighted the launch of Binance AI Pro. In broader markets, Bitcoin traded up to $84,480.0 amid positive sentiment, as the Fear & Greed Index rose to 63.

• Binance added five bStocks tokenized securities pairs (BOTB, BRKBB, KSTRB, TMFB, and VSTB) for Spot/Convert trading and approved them as collateral assets.
• Binance Futures announced the delisting of PTBUSDT and MITOUSDT USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts effective 2026-10-23.
• CZ posted a warning regarding critical PHP vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, urging users to exercise extreme caution visiting websites due to active in-the-wild exploitation.
• Bitcoin gained 1.71% over 24 hours to reach $84,480.0, while BNB rose 0.79% to $748.26.
• The crypto Fear & Greed Index advanced from 55 to 63, indicating a shift toward Greed.
• BNB Chain (BSC) total value locked slipped 2.0% on the day to $5.82B, though it maintains a 7.91% gain over the past seven days.
• Binance launched an incentive campaign offering a share of 600,000 XRP rewards for holding RLUSD across Binance accounts.
• MITOUSDT dropped 24.85% to $0.0101 following Binance's announcement to delist its perpetual contract.
• Solana successfully deployed the Alpenglow consensus upgrade on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT and cutting transaction finality down to approximately 150 milliseconds.