Bitcoin slips below $81,000 as Asian stock rout and AI selloff drag risk assets lower
South Korea's Kospi fell 8% and Japan's Nikkei dropped 5% as hotter-than-forecast US inflation revived Fed rate hike bets and pulled bitcoin toward last week's
Coindesk · +4 outlets
Nearly $1 billion in crypto bets liquidated as ether, XRP and bitcoin slide
Ether accounted for roughly 60% of forced closures and fell about twice as much as bitcoin during the risk-off move.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
EBA designates Circle's USDC as the EU's first 'significant' e-money token
New supervisory responsibilities for Circle begin Nov. 12 under the EU's MiCA-style framework for large stablecoins.
Theblock · +11 outlets
Ledger confirms hidden LTE implants in CryptoBilis reseller wallets; MediaMarkt suspends Europe sales
Reports say the tampered devices leaked seed phrases, escalating concerns over hardware wallet supply chain attacks in Europe.
The Block · +10 outlets
Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Heart arrested in Istanbul, Turkish media report
Police reportedly seized $4 million in cash and 64 luxury watches during a raid, though Turkish authorities have not confirmed the detention.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
BlackRock's Fink warns a data center buildout moratorium would trigger a US recession
The BlackRock CEO also flagged alarm over the $40 trillion US national debt in comments tying recession risk to AI infrastructure spending.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Patrick Witt exits White House crypto adviser role as Clarity Act stalls
The departure marks another shift in the administration's crypto leadership while key market structure legislation remains stalled.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Kraken parent Payward to become first crypto firm to buy an EU bank
Payward agreed to acquire Lithuania's Saldo Bank, which holds $190 million in assets, securing an EU license for deposits and lending.
Coindesk · +13 outlets
Polymarket weighs an equity path against a token launch
The prediction market platform is evaluating going public through shares instead of issuing a token as US regulatory scrutiny of the sector grows.
Crypto Briefing · +2 outlets
Kalshi CEO defends prediction markets amid insider trading concerns
Tarek Mansour said state-led oversight would push prediction markets out of the US while arguing the platforms make bad actors easier to identify.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Standard Chartered pushes $2 trillion stablecoin forecast to 2030 as supply growth stalls
The bank delayed its earlier 2028 projection, citing a slowdown in stablecoin supply growth this year.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Tether invests in EFY Finance seed round to expand institutional stablecoin settlement in Latin America
The investment aims to build out institutional stablecoin settlement rails and payments across Latin America.
CryptoRank · +12 outlets
Strive buys $235 million in bitcoin after warrant exercises raise $369 million
The company acquired 2,822 BTC, adding to the wave of public companies using equity-linked financing to build bitcoin treasuries.
Theblock · +10 outlets
SkyAI shareholder presses Solana sales after treasury shrinks 70% in a month
Bastion Trading wants a higher tender price for the SOL treasury vehicle after 400,000 SOL were left unexplained.
Theblock · +4 outlets
Former Binance Futures head's StandX to shut down and scrap planned token launch
The closure of the ex-Binance executive's venture adds to a string of failed or cancelled token launch plans.
FinanceFeeds · +2 outlets
Evernorth taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to put $648 million XRP treasury to work
After its Nasdaq debut, Evernorth plans a phased move into XRP lending and yield strategies via major crypto venues.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Bitcoin mining pool once handling 2.3% of network shuts after hashrate falls 65%
Binance Pool's computing power fell from 26 EH/s in December to about 9 EH/s, with remaining miners facing a Nov. 10 cutoff.
Coindesk
Ripple and Stripe-owned Privy partner to bring embedded wallets to XRP Ledger
Developers can now build XRPL wallets into apps via Privy, with support for XRP, RLUSD, AI agent payments and x402.
Theblock