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- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Core Details Three Fixed Bugs, One That Could Stall Miners
The worst flaw left some mining nodes unable to build blocks after a reorg. Fixes shipped in 30.0 and 29.2 in October 2025; 29.x hit end of life Oct. 27.
- Bitcoin ·
Deutsche Bank Switches On Custody for Bitcoin, Ether and Stablecoins
Germany's largest lender now holds private keys for institutional clients in Europe, and it signed a digital-asset deal with its own money manager.
- Ethereum ·
Bitmine Reports $6.3 Billion Annual Loss, Nearly All From Ether's Drop
Revenue rose to $124.8 million, 97% of it from staking. The 10-K also says Bitmine is still fixing material weaknesses in its internal controls.
- Regulation ·
FSB Tells Türkiye It Needs a Stablecoin Regime in Crypto Peer Review
Türkiye has 7.1 million crypto accounts but no rules written for stablecoins. The FSB's peer review also flags slow bank custody licensing.
- Markets ·
Kraken's xStocks Adds 200-Plus UK and EU Stock Tokens, Passing 1,500
The tokens are backed 1:1 by shares, but holders get no voting rights, and UK and U.S. investors still can't buy them. Hong Kong stocks are next.
- Macro ·
Fed's Paulson Says 'Further Gradual Tightening Seems Appropriate'
Paulson listed three things that would make her move faster and said she isn't seeing them yet. Goolsbee called October CPI "borderline disturbing."
- Altcoins ·
Tron Inc. Profit Rises 22% to $14.9 Million as Per-Share Earnings Fall
Earnings per share fell to 3 cents from 11 cents as the share count more than quadrupled. The toy business lost money; the profit came from TRX gains and staking.
- Stablecoins ·
Goldman, Citi Among Banks Backing $270 Million Stablecoin, Report Says
The money covers five years of running costs for a planned U.S. issuer codenamed Project Faro. It has no chief executive yet and aims to launch in early 2027.
- Regulation ·
SEC Filed 348 Enforcement Cases in Fiscal 2026, Down From 456
Money orders totaled $1.095 billion, the lowest since 2008 by a Reuters count. The SEC also set up a data office whose work includes tracing blockchain flows.
- Macro ·
U.S. Prices Rise 0.4% in October, Beating Forecasts Before Fed Meeting
Core prices rose 0.3% against a 0.2% forecast. Traders now fully price a December hike and put half-point odds at 13.6%, CME FedWatch shows.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Hits Lowest Since Aug. 20 as ETFs Shed $1 Billion in 3 Days
Spot bitcoin ETFs lost $201 million on Monday, Farside data show. Ether fell harder, down 5.1% to about $2,021 after the hot October CPI report.
- Regulation ·
FinCEN's MEXC Cutoff Takes Effect Dec. 10, With No End Date Set
The Federal Register notice names MEXC units in the Seychelles, Estonia, Switzerland and the UK, and lets FinCEN grant exemptions later.
- Bitcoin ·
MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin for $1.1 Billion and Plans to Keep Selling
The miner used $750 million to clear its bitcoin-backed loans. Less than 5% of its remaining coins are now lent out or pledged, down from about 57% in September.
- Regulation ·
Coinbase, Kalshi and Four Firms Back CFTC Over Single-Stock Perps
The trade group suing the CFTC files its reply Tuesday. A judge already found the group likely to win on the law but denied an emergency order on Nov. 3.
- Macro ·
Brent Falls Below $90 for the First Time Since August on Iran Remarks
Brent is about 22% below its Oct. 30 high of $118. Oil feeds inflation, and U.S. consumer price data lands at 8:30 a.m. ET today.
- Ethereum ·
Ether ETFs Lose $184.6 Million, the Most in a Day Since Oct. 6
BlackRock's ETHA made up $119.3 million of Monday's exit. Ether funds are down $549.8 million in November, with one inflow day in six.
- Altcoins ·
Elliptic Says Binance Hack Funds Went Through Six Homemade Tokens
About 117,000 stolen NEAR, roughly $430,000, passed through tokens that cost about $90 each to make. Nobody outside the network traded them, Elliptic says.
- Macro ·
Bank of Japan Members Split on How Fast to Lift Rates From 1.25%
One opinion puts Japan's neutral rate considerably above 1%. Another warns the next hike could weigh on the economy. The next meeting is Dec. 17-18.
- Markets ·
Securitize Agrees to Buy River One as Q3 Revenue Rises 13%
The tokenization firm also posted a $66.3 million net loss, about $60 million of it from listing-related charges, and approved a $50 million buyback.
- Altcoins ·
Schwab Crypto Adds Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink Trading
The brokerage's crypto menu grows from two tokens to five. Every trade costs 0.75% of its dollar value, and accounts aren't offered in New York or Louisiana.
- Macro ·
October CPI Will Skip the Annual Inflation Rate, BLS Says
The 12-month rate was 3.7% in September. Tuesday's report will show only monthly changes, because October 2025 prices were never collected.
- Altcoins ·
NYSE Picks Avalanche Ledger to Clear Its Planned Tokenized Stock Venue
Avalanche will run the ledger behind the clearing firm for an NYSE-affiliated trading system planned for 24/7 trading. It still needs regulatory approval.
- Stablecoins ·
PNC Lets Corporate Clients Take USDC Payments, Paid Out in Dollars
The pilot runs on Coinbase's payment tools and Ethereum. PNC hasn't named the clients taking part, the price, or when it might open more widely.
- Bitcoin ·
Strategy Pays $79,012 a Coin for 1,036 Bitcoin, Above Its Own Average
More of the week's stock-sale money went to buying back STRC preferred shares: $188.3 million, against $81.9 million for bitcoin.
- Bitcoin ·
Binance Pool Mines One Bitcoin Block in a Week Before Tuesday Shutdown
Miners still pointed at Binance Pool have until 2 a.m. ET Tuesday to switch. Pool Savings and Cloud Mining close at the same time.