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Top story Democrats sweep Congress; crypto industry braces for tougher Washington fight and Clarity Act may be dead

The loss of Republican control of both chambers upends two years of a friendly legislative climate, and industry experts warn market structure legislation in its current form is unlikely to survive.

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Bitcoin rebounds past $80,000 after midterm dip and $6.3B Binance hack, with longs squeezed on the recovery

BTC slid to roughly $75,600 on election-night returns before reclaiming $80,000, a recovery that came despite multi-day ETF outflows and the largest exchange breach on record.

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Bitcoin ETF outflows pass $1B as Bitwise calls institutional selling short-term; Strategy adds 811 BTC

Bitwise argues institutions have largely kept exposure while weaker sentiment drives redemptions, even as Strategy kept buying and BlackRock's IBIT saw a $405 million single-day pull.

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North Korean hackers resume laundering Binance loot through THORChain; 7,500 BTC from SAFU moves again

TraderTraitor is swapping ether for bitcoin via THORChain, and the SAFU coins have been routed to an unlabeled address, raising questions for Wall Street's tokenization push.

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Bernstein cuts price targets on seven bitcoin miners as Democrats' Texas win threatens AI data center buildout

Miners pivoting to AI hosting face new uncertainty over power access and permits, while companies with approved projects may gain from tighter supply.

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Riot tops revenue estimates and signs $28B Corsicana AI lease, shares jump 20%

Riot is selling bitcoin to fund its AI data center expansion, a shift that offset weak mining economics this quarter.

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Morgan Stanley among first banks to tokenize US equities and Treasurys via DTCC service

The move follows DTCC's late-October launch of its Tokenization Service and extends Wall Street's push to put traditional securities onchain.

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Schroders launches tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana with Centrifuge

The $1.1 trillion manager brings an actively managed bond strategy onchain, widening the range of tokenized funds beyond money market products.

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Circle beats estimates with $865M quarterly revenue and reserve income, cuts 5% of workforce

USDC transaction volume drove the beat, with net income from continuing operations of $226 million, even as the stablecoin issuer trimmed staff.

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ZachXBT links Credit Mutuel Arkea to $133M crypto theft; Crypto.com blocks related funds

The blockchain sleuth says the French bank likely lost funds from exchange accounts, and believes the attacker is not tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group.

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Block books $764M for planned DOJ settlement over Bank Secrecy Act charge; bitcoin gross profit falls 50%

The proposed agreement would resolve an anti-money-laundering probe, while lower Cash App trading fees halved quarterly bitcoin gross profit.

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Fairshake's $170M-plus midterm spending falls short as Sherrod Brown wins Ohio

More than a third of the crypto super PAC's outlays missed their targets, a costly setback in the industry's signature political test.

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Analysts cut forecasts for AI data center buildout after Democrats' Texas win; Musk floats space data centers

Victories by candidates who campaigned against data center expansion have introduced policy risk into power and construction timelines for AI hosting.

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