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Top story Bitcoin holds above $80,000 as Democratic midterm sweep lifts risk assets

A Democratic sweep of Congress, falling oil prices and a weaker dollar drove a broad market rebound, with ether and crypto ETFs drawing fresh inflows even as traders weighed a tougher path for US crypto legislation.

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Democratic sweep of Congress forces crypto industry to rethink Washington strategy

After two years of a favorable Washington climate, the incoming Democratic majorities are expected to push crypto policy toward stronger consumer protections and tighter oversight, with industry experts warning the Clarity Act is likely dead in its current form.

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Crypto super PAC Fairshake suffers costly setback as Sherrod Brown wins Ohio Senate race

More than a third of Fairshake's midterm spending failed to hit its targets, with Sherrod Brown retaking his Senate seat, weakening the industry's primary campaign arm.

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Circle reports $865M Q3 revenue and reserve income, cuts 5% of workforce

The USDC issuer beat earnings and revenue estimates on strong stablecoin transaction volume while disclosing a roughly 5% staff reduction.

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French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyberattack after ZachXBT flags $133M in losses

The bank validated the order of magnitude of the suspected theft without confirming the exact figure, and Crypto.com says it blocked funds linked to the incident.

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Binance breach fallout: Coinbase says 99% of customer assets are in cold storage

Coinbase said it was unaffected by the $6.3 billion Binance hack, which continues to drive industry-wide security reviews.

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Arkansas sues Kalshi, alleging illegal gambling operations cause mental harm

Arkansas joins Utah and other US states filing criminal or civil charges against the prediction market platform.

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

The bitcoin miner, which has sold most of its bitcoin to fund its data center pivot, gives Anthropic a way to finance part of the build and collect interest through rent deductions.

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

Crypto firms must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, with Hong Kong sharing the information with overseas tax authorities from 2028.

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Schroders launches tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana with Centrifuge

The $1 trillion-plus asset manager brings its emerging markets bond strategy onchain, expanding the range of actively managed tokenized funds.

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

The bank said it converted US equities and Treasurys into tokenized form through DTCC's new tokenization service.

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Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds

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

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

A wallet supposedly linked to Trump Media made the large BTC transfer, according to data tracked by Arkham.

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Apple joins other Mag 7 firms in opposing tokenized stock listings on OKX and ICE

The pushback adds to friction between tokenization platforms offering onchain equity exposure and major listed companies.

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