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- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Gives Back Its Election Gains as Nasdaq 100 Drops 5%
Ether fell harder, down 7.1% to about $2,266. Bitcoin's CoinGecko price is now its lowest daily reading since Sept. 18, a day after $80,000.
- Macro ·
Bank of England Raises Rates to 4% as Inflation Heads Toward 5%
The vote was 8-1, and the lone dissenter wanted a half-point move. The BoE sees UK inflation near 5% by mid-2027 as energy costs climb.
- Stablecoins ·
Samsung Wallet Adds USDC Accounts for 82 Million U.S. Galaxy Devices
Coinbase holds the coins, Bastion runs the accounts, and New York residents can't sign up. Balances aren't FDIC or SIPC insured, Samsung says.
- Altcoins ·
Zcash Upgrade Set to Freeze About $16M Left in Sprout Pool
About 12,226 ZEC still sits in the 2016 Sprout pool. NU7 at block 3,543,405 turns off the only transaction format that can spend it.
- Regulation ·
France Shelves Stablecoin Tax After Assembly Rejects Budget
Lawmakers voted 458–0 against the 2027 revenue section. The Senate gets the government's original text; debate is due to start Nov. 20.
- Regulation ·
Arkansas Sues Kalshi, Alleging Illegal Gambling Platform
Attorney General Tim Griffin filed in Independence County under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, seeking restitution, penalties and an injunction.
- Altcoins ·
XRP Ledger Closes Burn Bug That Let Delegates Mint Tokens
fixCleanup3_4_0 went live Nov. 4 at 2:52 p.m. UTC. Native XRP supply was never at risk; the flaw hit issuer tokens.
- Bitcoin ·
American Bitcoin Posts $126 Million Q3 Profit on Asset Gains
Mining revenue was $63.4 million. A $197.3 million gain on digital assets drove the swing from a $57.2 million Q2 loss.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin ETFs Take In $74.6 Million After Three Outflow Days
Fidelity's FBTC alone took in $236.7 million. BlackRock's IBIT still lost $201.2 million on the same session, per Farside.
- Bitcoin ·
Trump Media Wallets Send 4,259 Bitcoin to Crypto.com
The coins match the 4,260.73 BTC pledged behind Trump Media's convertible debt, which holders can redeem for up to about $1 billion on Nov. 30.
- Macro ·
Philippine Inflation Jumps to 7.8% as Fuel Costs Bite
Transport prices rose 20.1% from a year earlier and drove most of October's increase, while rice was up 20.7%, keeping pressure on the central bank.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Climbs Back Above $80,000 as Short Sellers Get Squeezed
Bitcoin traded near $80,500 Wednesday evening, up 3.5% in a day, after an election-night dip. Short sellers took most of the forced losses.
- Regulation ·
Block Books $764 Million for a Planned DOJ Bank Secrecy Act Deal
Cash App owner Block set aside $764 million for a planned three-year deferred prosecution deal with the DOJ over its anti-money laundering program.
- Stablecoins ·
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Confirms Attack Behind a $133M Crypto Money Trail
French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa says attackers used its own account for fraudulent transfers and backs the rough size of a $133 million crypto trail.
- Solana ·
Schroders Puts an Emerging-Market Bond Fund on Solana
Schroders, which manages more than $1 trillion, is offering its emerging-market bond strategy on Solana through Centrifuge, its first deployment on that chain.
- Macro ·
Oil Falls More Than 8% as Traders Bet on an Exit From the Iran War
Brent settled at $94.62 and WTI at $88.12 Wednesday, both down more than 8%, as traders bet the midterm results could speed an end to the Iran war.
- Stablecoins ·
Circle Cuts About 5% of Staff as ARC Presale Lifts Revenue to $865M
Circle's revenue rose 17% to $865 million, helped by a $182 million token presale, while lower rates cut reserve income and the company trimmed about 5% of staff.
- Bitcoin ·
Riot Leases Its Whole Corsicana Campus to an AI Lab for $28 Billion
Bitcoin miner Riot signed a 15-year lease for 910 megawatts in Texas with an unnamed AI lab, worth about $28 billion, and says it won't need to sell new shares.
- Markets ·
Morgan Stanley Tokenizes U.S. Stocks and Treasuries Through DTCC
Morgan Stanley says it is among the first banks to turn U.S. stocks and Treasuries into tokens through DTCC's new service, which went live Oct. 28.
- Macro ·
Euro Zone Inflation Hits 4%, Highest Since 2023, as Energy Jumps
Energy prices rose 20.8% from a year earlier, but core inflation held at 2.5%. Markets put the odds of a December ECB hike above 72%.
- Regulation ·
Hong Kong Passes Crypto Tax Reporting Law, Data Collection Starts 2027
Crypto exchanges and brokers tied to Hong Kong must register with the tax office and collect customer data. Sharing with other countries starts in 2028.
- Bitcoin ·
Bitcoin Dips to $75,740 on Election Night, Recovers Above $77,000
Stock futures fell and Treasury yields dropped as midterm results came in. Bitcoin's slide lasted about two hours before it climbed back into the green.
- Bitcoin ·
Block Lifts 2026 Outlook as Its Bitcoin Gross Profit Halves
Cash App sold $1.80 billion of bitcoin last quarter but kept $52 million of it as gross profit after a fee cut. Block now sees 2026 gross profit of $12.63 billion.
- Regulation ·
South Korea's Ruling Party Seeks a Fourth Delay of Its Crypto Tax
The tax would take 22% of yearly crypto gains above 2.5 million won starting Jan. 1. Lawmakers mostly discussed pushing it back about two years.
- Regulation ·
SEC Staff Call Canton Coin a 'Digital Commodity' in No-Action Letter
SEC staff say Canton Coin is a digital commodity and won't push enforcement over how it's minted, as long as the facts Digital Asset gave them hold.