A shadowy cryptocurrency exchange is leaking money, even as its users cry foul over frozen withdrawals.

Good evening. I'm Stan Higgins, and this is late confirmation from CoinDest, bringing you

the top stories from October 31st, the Bitcoin White Paper's 10th birthday. Also on today's show,

former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has been gifted a small amount of Bitcoin and new documents show that officials

in India recently met to discuss a possible ban on so-called private cryptocurrencies.

Stay tuned for more on these stories on today's show.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has frozen accounts that received more

than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly linked to the troubled Russian Bitcoin

Exchange, W-E-X. The accounts were frozen on October 25th, Leah Lee, a spokeswoman for Binance, told CoinDesk.

The action was taken in response to pleas from W.E.X users, who have been watching the Ethereum

blockchain, the loan location of a public wallet belonging to the W.E.X. Exchange, uneasily in recent months,

while they have been unable to withdraw their funds from the exchange. These users traced the flow

of funds through the Ethereum blockchain and concluded that the two wallets that sent the ether

to Binance in 25 transactions from August through October were controlled by entities related to WEX. The traders have

expressed concern that they won't get their money back now that the funds have been moved to

Binance. They are worried because WEX, a successor to the defunct BTCE exchange that inherited its

infrastructure, has not allowed withdrawals for major cryptocurrencies like

Bitcoin and Dether since July. Given a lack of answers or clarity about the state of affairs

at W-E-X, frustrated users began filing police reports with Russian authorities earlier this month.

You can read our full investigative report on CoinDesk.com.

She may not be a fan of Bitcoin, but former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen now has a small amount of Bitcoin in her possession.

On Monday, Yellen explained why she believes Bitcoin is not a useful form of currency during an appearance at the

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