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With Democrats taking Congress after roughly $170.5M in industry election spending, market structure legislation is seen as unlikely in its current form and the debate is expected to shift toward SEC-led consumer protection.

Coinbase moved to reassure users about custody after Binance disclosed a record $6.3B hack, while Bitwise said the breach had limited market impact.

Short sellers absorbed the bulk of about $975M in liquidations, and analysts flagged that the scale of the squeeze casts doubt on the dollar-debasement narrative behind the rally.

The USDC issuer beat estimates with net income of $226M from continuing operations even as it trimmed headcount, a sign stablecoin economics remain strong while costs are reset.

Riot has sold most of its bitcoin to fund the data-center pivot, and the Anthropic arrangement lets the AI firm finance part of the build and collect interest through rent deductions.

Wall Street turned cautious on miner-to-AI conversions over power access and permits after Texas election results raised the risk of data center restrictions.

More than a third of the industry campaign arm's spending failed to land, especially in Ohio, denting its reputation as an unstoppable electoral force.

The French bank validated the order of magnitude of the loss but has not confirmed a direct crypto link, while Crypto.com says it blocked funds tied to the theft.

The same attacker reportedly took about $391,000, mostly from wallets tied to BitMart, whose founder confirmed a separate Nov. 2 hack and suspects a link.

On-chain data flagged the transfer of bitcoin that roughly equals the collateral behind $1B in convertible notes, raising questions about the company's balance-sheet moves.

The swing from a $57.2M prior-quarter loss was driven by mark-to-market gains on its bitcoin treasury rather than operations, with gross margin at 41%.

Fidelity led inflows while IBIT shed another $201M, and roughly $1.16B left bitcoin ETFs over the prior stretch even as Strategy kept buying.

Providers must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, with Hong Kong sharing it with overseas authorities under CARF from 2028.

The suit accuses the prediction market of running illegal gambling operations and adds to criminal and civil actions from multiple states, including Utah.

A major Wall Street bank converting conventional securities into tokenized form is one of the clearest signs that settlement infrastructure is moving on-chain under existing law.

The actively managed fund expands the range of onchain institutional fixed-income products, adding to a growing tokenized-RWA pipeline.

The miner is committing roughly $1.5B to the gas plant plus about $600M for Texas land, even as revenue and digital asset holdings pressure its valuation.

About 12,200 ZEC remains in the 2016-era pool, with roughly 10,000 coins leaving over the past week ahead of the planned freeze.

The disclosure was a direct competitive response to Binance's $6.3B loss, framing custody architecture as a differentiator for US-listed exchanges.

TraderTraitor is swapping ether for bitcoin after an earlier wave of conversions from Tron, drawing fresh scrutiny to cross-chain swap volume.

The sharp selloff underlines how thin margins are across miners that have not yet locked in AI or data center revenue.

Stablecoin contraction preceded the breach and Aave's temporary freeze showed how collateralized lending can stall when withdrawal cash is scarce.

The fix went live Wednesday after validator support reset the activation clock in October, and XRP itself was unaffected.

The company says its model found 948 Linux flaws and wrote working attacks for each, prompting debate over whether decentralized systems are better or worse positioned.

The Ripple-backed XRP treasury company registered the shares for resale after its stock plunged following listing, with Ripple Labs and Arrington among holders.

Nearly flat implied network growth offers limited relief while hedges leave miners exposed to costs and delivery terms.

Glassnode's end-October profitability reset and a neutral breadth reading leave a broad altcoin recovery unconfirmed even as BTC rallies.

The disclosure outlines how a major state-linked venue would handle crypto settlement, a notable step for Russian institutional access.

The custodian is expanding beyond safekeeping into trading and financing as institutional demand for bundled prime services grows.

The upgrade is being framed as a low-stakes rehearsal for future consensus changes on Bitcoin's base layer.

Hayes argues AI IPO dilution could shrink bank balance sheets and drain the dollar liquidity behind the rally, while Hougan says capital ultimately routes back to bitcoin.

The ruling is an unusual test of how courts treat self-custodied assets in criminal forfeiture and inheritance disputes.