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Bitcoin (BTC) set a new multi-week low after Friday's Wall Street open, dipping below $75,000. The total crypto market cap was down 0.5% on the day. US stock markets rebounded, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index trading up 0.6% and 1.2%, respectively. Expectations of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates by 25 basis points at its December meeting increased from 66.9% to 76.8%.
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Greece's parliament has approved a bill imposing a 10% capital-gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, effective January 1, 2027. Annual net crypto gains of €500 ($557) or less are exempt. Investors with gains over €500 ($557) will face a 10% tax on the entire gain. Staking, crypto lending, and DeFi income will be taxed at 15%. The bill also includes provisions for voluntary declaration of previously unreported crypto income without late-filing penalties or interest, provided it is paid within 60 days.
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MEXC, a cryptocurrency exchange, has been cut off from the US financial system by FinCEN, accused of aiding Iran, North Korea, and Russia in evading sanctions. The news raises concerns about other exchanges potentially facing similar issues.
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LuqEE offers time-based access to professionally hosted mining hardware for Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) without the need to purchase or maintain a mining rig. The platform has already produced a public record of block discoveries, including a 100th solo block find on October 22, 2026. Customers purchase access to mining capacity, not ownership of equipment, and the platform handles physical operations.
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Independent broker-dealer LPL Financial increased its spot Bitcoin ETF holdings by 50% to $261 million in the third quarter, bringing the position to $261 million. The firm's 13F filing for the quarter ending September 30 shows this growth, which is part of a pattern of gradual building in products like the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and the Franklin Bitcoin ETF. LPL managed approximately $2.56 trillion in total client assets, with advisory assets making up around $1.561 trillion. $261 million is a small slice of the firm's total assets, but it reflects a growing acceptance of crypto assets among large wealth managers.
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Render Network achieved a record high in processing time for a single 1,471-frame sequence, completing it in 40-50 minutes, compared to 12 hours on a workstation. The company highlights this achievement in a case study.
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• Bitcoin tumbled as AI spending fears erased $150B from crypto • New data shows 91% of meme tokens fall below launch cap within 24h and median peak lasts 17 days before 90% drop • HBAR Spot ETF recorded its strongest one‑day inflow since January with $2.73M net added on Nov 4 • XRP held near $1.2 amid outflows and chart pattern scrutiny • Polygon proposes a hard fork to recover 70.5M POL stolen in attack • Social Security November payments dates shifted • Germany’s top stock exchange predicts $9 XRP • Binance hack recovery reaches 98% and proof‑of‑reserves expands to 44 tokens
Hacking News
CertiK warns of a DarkSword exploit targeting crypto wallets on unpatched iPhones through malicious Safari pages. P7 spyware also collects sensitive data remotely. The vulnerability puts users at risk of cryptocurrency theft.
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Stellar, a payment network, was supported by early leaders of OpenAI, including Greg Brockman and Sam Altman. Their involvement dates back to 2015 when the project was still in its formative years, focusing on payment infrastructure and financial accessibility. Both executives later became prominent figures at OpenAI.
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Hyperliquid Strategies, a Nasdaq-listed treasury firm chaired by former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond, has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant (FCM). If approved, the subsidiary would allow Americans to trade perpetual futures on Hyperliquid markets, which currently blocks U.S. users. The move aims to increase trading volume and revenue for Hyperliquid, which uses fees from perpetual futures to buy back HYPE tokens. The company reported $620.6 million in net income, driven by unrealized gains in HYPE, a major on-chain venue for perpetual futures.
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OnePay, majority‑owned by Walmart, lets U.S. users fund checking accounts with USDC from 12 blockchains without conversion fees, converting the stablecoin to dollars at deposit. …
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Kalshi began offering perpetual futures on Apple, Amazon and AMD on Nov 5, following CFTC approval, while a Cboe‑backed group sued the CFTC over jurisdiction.
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DTCC now allows participants to convert book‑entry U.S. shares into tokens on Canton or its private Besu chain, enabling continuous wallet transfers without a trading venue.
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Canton Strategic Holdings became the first company to trade tokenized shares under the SEC exemption on Nov 4, with DRW Cumberland purchasing shares in four transactions ranging $100‑$19,985.
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Sixty‑seven companies, including Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Apple, Boeing and Meta, have objected to listing their shares on OKXICE as of Nov 5, leaving the platform without a launch date.
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Trader KillaXBT suggests Bitcoin may have already reached its bear market bottom despite recent declines, emphasizing market structure over seasonal patterns. Bitcoin is currently trading just above $76,000 amid a sell‑off and significant liquidations from traders betting on higher prices. Analyst Ash Crypto says Bitcoin needs to hold above the 50‑week moving average near $75,500 and regain momentum by surpassing $80,000. The post presents these views without confirming any further price movement.
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A proposed bill by Merkley and Raskin would ban election and sports contracts on US exchanges, targeting US government-action contracts with a commercial-hedging exception defined by the CFTC. The bill remains in committee.
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FUN Token has reached a new milestone with a total value locked of 1,220,564,595 FUN, reflecting the growing interest in the token.
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Amina Bank's Andreja Cobeljic suggests that Ether ETF buying is key to crypto gains into 2027, as Bitcoin and Ether funds have recorded $530.1 million in outflows. This update highlights changes in the crypto market, particularly in the performance of ETFs and the potential for Ether to lead recovery.
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Paraguayans protested outside Ueno Bank's headquarters in Asunción, demanding their money back after the bank locked about 3 million customers out of their accounts, including state pension and health funds. Protesters burned debit and credit cards and booed former presidential candidate Payo Cubas, who was accused of profiting from public rage. President Santiago Peña submitted his resignation but was impeached by Congress, with Vice President Pedro Alliana next in line for the presidency.
Hacking News
A new CyberOffense benchmark from Vals AI, an independent evaluation firm, suggests that downloadable open-weight AI models are now matching restricted proprietary systems on multi-step offensive hacking tasks. The results, released on October 23, 2026, show that the best open models, such as OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash 1017, are outperforming restricted systems like Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview. The cost comparison is stark, with open models costing under $3 per attempt compared to about $22 for restricted models. This raises concerns about the effectiveness of access controls in securing AI systems.
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The price of INIT/USDT cryptocurrency has reached a new high of 0.13903 USDT, up 1.62% from the previous day's closing price of 0.13155 USDT.
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XRP's price has reached $75,796, marking its highest value ever recorded.
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Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, marking a leadership change in the administration. The story is developing.
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Guidance on calculating the required minimum distribution amounts for a $1 million individual retirement account.
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Recent Federal Reserve statistics indicate that about 50% of people in their 30s lack a retirement account, with the situation deteriorating.
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Advice on safeguarding investments amid a downturn in AI‑focused trading.
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The latest employment data for October revealed a significant increase in hiring across the economy.
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U.S. stocks recovered Friday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 climbing as chip stocks bounced back after a recent AI‑related sell‑off, though overall weekly losses remain.
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Paradigm, a crypto investment firm, announced that a bug in Reth, an Ethereum execution client, has been patched. The bug, which could produce incorrect blockchain state calculations, affected Reth, Optimism, Base, and Tempo. The vulnerability was discovered after developers released patches for these networks. The bug originated in Reth's legacy state-root calculation system and could cause nodes to disagree about the validity of a block, potentially disrupting transaction processing or network synchronization.