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Date From: November 11, 2026 · Date To: November 11, 2026 · Venue: Online (webcast) · Mode: Online · Price: Free Educational webcast offering 1 CE credit, covering core and satellite digital assets, portfolio impact, and optimization strategies for integrating Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets into traditional portfolios.
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Bitcoin surged to $81,000 after dropping to a seven-week low of $75,600 following the US midterm elections. Over $910 million in both long and short positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $380 million in shorts liquidated in just one hour. The market's rapid recovery is attributed to the removal of uncertainty after the Democratic Party regained control of Congress, coinciding with positive movements in traditional markets like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
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President Donald J. Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures could face increased congressional scrutiny as Democrats prepare to investigate the Trump family’s crypto business dealings after regaining control of Congress in January 2027. The investigation is expected to begin in February 2027, potentially leading to subpoenas and public hearings that could affect the secondary market and the liquidity of related projects.
New Web Product
Sei's Monaco trading platform is integrating Chainlink's APAC Equities Streams, which covers $40 trillion worth of equities across China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The integration aims to tokenize stocks and build Giga as the venue for these tokenized stocks.
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Date From: 10 November 2026 · Date To: 10 November 2026 · Venue: Level39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom · Mode: Offline Kim Verhaaf, MD of Group Payments at Lloyds Banking Group, joins Applied Blockchain founder Adi Ben‑Ari for a private fireside chat. The event includes other industry leaders and requires registration approval.
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Date From: November 4, 2024 · Date To: November 4, 2024 · Venue: Online · Mode: Online · Price: Free Live webinar where Matt Maley analyzes the midterm election results and their impact on technology, energy, and financial sectors, including AI demand pressures and credit market insights.
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Discover the top 3 crypto projects anyone can invest in. Learn why LINK, LTC, and DOT are worth your attention. These projects focus on providing real-world data to smart contracts, processing transactions faster and with lower fees, and have a long history in the crypto market.
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Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) have sold thousands of Bitcoin to fund AI data centers and buy back shares. Riot has sold 20,264 Bitcoin this year, leaving it with 2,418 BTC, while Hut 8 sold 3,102 Bitcoin to buy back $250 million worth of stock.
Hacking News
Binance confirmed it will cover the cost of stolen funds from a recent security incident using its own resources. The exchange has set aside more than 100% of the amount needed to compensate affected users. It reports that approximately 98% of the impacted assets have already been replenished. Binance is continuing to purchase the remaining token assets through market and OTC channels. The remaining 2% is expected to be acquired more slowly because those tokens are less liquid. The company said it will provide further updates.
All Time High
Circle's CRCL payments network volume has increased to $58 billion annually, up from $23 billion in July. The company is also developing Arc Sectors, including a payments lane aiming for over 100,000 transactions per second.
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Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad', has expressed his anticipation of the next Bitcoin crash, contrasting with the prevailing market panic. He suggests that growing global debt is the real threat, not the recent market volatility, and recommends investors to focus on physical assets like Bitcoin, gold, and silver.
Exchange Listing
Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange, has listed the FISVUSDT stock perpetual contract on November 4, 2026 (UTC+8). The FISV (Fiserv, Inc.) contract is available for trading through Bitget's official website or app. The exchange provides details on the contract's specifications, including funding fees and settlement frequency.
Funding
Meta Platforms has raised $15 billion through a five-part U.S. dollar bond offering to fund its expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure. The financing comes as the company projects capital spending of $135 billion to $145 billion this year, primarily for data centers, computing capacity, and cloud expansion. The deal includes a $3.25 billion tranche due in 2031 with a 5.85% coupon and a $3.25 billion tranche due in 2033 at 6.25%, with an additional longest-dated tranche due in 2056. Orders reportedly reached $58 billion, about 3.9 times the offering's size. Moody’s assigned the debt an Aa3 rating and expects Meta to maintain low-risk financial policies and a positive net cash position as spending rises. Meta is also preparing its first euro-denominated bond sale, which could price as soon as Wednesday and raise the equivalent of $5 billion to $10 billion, with combined dollar and euro fundraising potentially reaching $20 billion to $25 billion.
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Tether Gold (XAU₮) saw a 59% increase in physical gold backing from 520,089 fine troy ounces (16.2 tonnes) at the end of 2025 to 827,418 fine troy ounces (approximately 25.7 tonnes) by the end of 2026. This increase brought the total number of London Good Delivery bars to 2,057 from 1,291. The total market value of the reserves rose from US$2.25 billion to US$3.44 billion.
All Time High
The ASTER/USDT market has reached an all-time high of 0.7098 USDT, up 0.94% from the previous day.
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Institutional finance leaders will gather at DAS London on November 10‑11. Tickets are available for registration, offering access to discussions on on‑chain finance and institutional participation.
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Research shows L1 tokens correlate with Bitcoin beta and capital inflows rather than on‑chain activity. Metrics like REV, active addresses, DEX volume and stablecoin supply were regressed against market cap, revealing Ethereum’s market cap rose despite declining REV, while Solana’s metrics moved together. Multiple valuation models were tested, with mcap/REV showing predictive power for 13‑week returns on Ethereum and TRON. Holder concentration differs across chains, with Bitcoin having the highest long‑term holding base.
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Bitcoin shrugs off the midterm results, while experts say a Democratic sweep was priced in and could complicate crypto policy. Bitcoin and XRP rose more than 2% as Democrats took control of Congress.
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Introduces cryptographic zKSNARK proofs enabling verification of model outputs, aiming to meet AI compliance requirements.
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REST API for creating and managing notebooks from web pages, YouTube, text, and Markdown; early access limited to personal Google accounts, Workspace support pending.
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At Forge, Fireworks introduced ultra‑fast inference up to 1,500 tokens/sec, lower‑cost background processing, Nexus model access, and enterprise infrastructure tools.
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New Grid product for model routing, isolated Sandboxes for agent execution, and Loops for serverless fine‑tuning and reinforcement learning, allowing customers to retain ownership of trained weights.
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iOS 27.3 beta enables developers to integrate Siri AI, offering advanced NLP and personal context features; unavailable in EU and for users under 13; supports multiple languages.
Hacking News
A security flaw in Polkadot's newly launched dotUSD stablecoin was exploited by an attacker, resulting in a $1.38 million loss absorbed by Polkadot's Treasury. The vulnerability was fixed in June but not implemented in production before the October attack. Parity Technologies, a blockchain infrastructure firm, reported the incident, revealing that the security flaw had been identified and corrected in June but never reached the affected production systems before the Oct. 24-26 attack.
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Bitcoin rebounds after briefly falling below $76,000 following the U.S. midterm elections, returning towards the $78,000 level as traders reassess the political and economic outlook. However, the recovery remains tenuous, with key moving averages likely to determine the direction of the market.
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Deribit's DVOL index, which measures the implied volatility in Bitcoin options, has averaged 42.4 in 2026 through early November, marking the calmest year options traders have ever priced in. This is the lowest yearly reading since the index launched in March 2021, indicating a maturing market potentially attracting more institutional investors and stabilizing prices.
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AARP Washington has called for a statewide ban on crypto ATMs, citing rising fraud against older residents. In 2025, Washington residents reported 391 crypto kiosk complaints and over $8 million in losses to the FBI. The group plans to introduce a bill in 2027 after a survey showed broad support for removing the machines. The campaign follows a failed attempt to regulate crypto ATMs. AARP argues that local bans leave gaps, as scammers can send victims to a kiosk in a neighboring town. The group's survey found that 87% of Washington residents aged 50 and older know little or nothing about the kiosks and only 26% would feel confident reporting a scam.
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CVS Health shares dropped 14% after announcing plans to spin off its drugstore segment, representing a major breakup of the healthcare giant.
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The Graph Network has moved traffic from BSC and Polygon Subgraphs to its Network Indexers, starting in October. The Rewards Eligibility Oracle has raised its service bar, and Substreams have expanded to more chains. The Upgrade Indexer has unallocated resources from 860+ BSC and Polygon Subgraphs, with fewer than 78 remaining in Studio as of October 27. The Foundation published a two-month retrospective on the Rewards Eligibility Oracle.
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The Dow index surged roughly 1,000 points as Democratic wins in the U.S. midterm elections lowered political risk, prompting a broad market rally. Data reflects a real‑time snapshot with a 15‑minute delay.