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Top story Bitcoin tops $80,000 for first time since Binance hack as short sellers get squeezed

BTC rebounded above $80,000 after a midterm-driven dip below $76,000, triggering roughly $1 billion in liquidations, mostly shorts.

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Democrats sweep Congress, casting uncertainty over US crypto market structure rules

The blue wave threatens the Clarity Act and the influence of crypto's Fairshake PAC after $170.5M in industry election spending failed to hold the Senate seat.

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North Korea-linked hackers breached Binance for months before $6.3 billion hack

Binance is reopening transactions and CZ is calling for an industry security alliance as the scale and duration of the breach come into focus.

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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyberattack after ZachXBT ties it to $133 million crypto theft

The French bank resumed most operations but left the crypto loss unconfirmed as on-chain sleuth ZachXBT named it the victim.

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Morgan Stanley tokenizes US equities and Treasurys through DTCC service

Morgan Stanley is among the first major banks to put US securities onchain via DTCC, extending Wall Street's tokenization push.

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Circle beats Q3 estimates with $865M revenue, cuts 5% of workforce

The USDC issuer reported strong revenue and reserve income while trimming staff, a mixed signal for the stablecoin sector.

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Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities

The new regime expands tax transparency obligations on Hong Kong virtual asset trading platforms.

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Vitalik Buterin says crypto exchanges face two years of survival, urges L2s to innovate

Ethereum's co-founder warned exchanges that the next two years will be about survival and criticized Layer 2s for copying Ethereum instead of innovating.

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Riot could pay Anthropic 12% interest under $28 billion AI deal

The bitcoin miner's disclosed terms for a massive AI compute contract highlight miners' pivot toward AI data center revenue.

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Eric Trump's American Bitcoin swings to $126 million Q3 profit on digital asset gains

The mining firm linked to the Trump family reported a swing to profit driven by mark-to-market gains on its bitcoin holdings.

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Block faces $764 million DOJ settlement as bitcoin profit plunges 50%

Jack Dorsey's Block disclosed a large potential federal settlement alongside weaker bitcoin-driven profit, though shares rose on a raised forecast.

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Trump Media moves $342 million in bitcoin to Crypto.com, blockchain data show

On-chain records show a large bitcoin transfer from the Trump-linked firm's holdings to the exchange, raising custody questions.

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Zcash grants committee drops plan to redirect 98,000 ZEC to future mining rewards

The reversal comes as Zcash's oldest privacy pool is set to freeze about $16 million and the token rallied on privacy demand.

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US-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and USDT in December

Russia's main exchange detailed clearing and settlement plans for BTC, ether and Tether trades despite US sanctions.

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Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin, CEO says, about 50,000 more than reserve report shows

The disclosure raises questions about the transparency and composition of Tether's reserves backing USDT.

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XRP Ledger patches disclosed bug that could have enabled new token creation

The fix closed a flaw that could have let attackers mint tokens, a reminder of consensus-level risk in major networks.

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