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CVS falls 14% on plans to split off drugstore business
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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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.
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Democrats captured both chambers of Congress, prompting a brief dip in Bitcoin to $75,700 before rebounding above $78,300, while spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.16 billion net outflows. Central banks increased gold purchases by 42% in Q3, offsetting a 4.9% monthly price drop, as retail demand fell sharply. Beijing ordered a pause on IPOs and large share sales after the CSI 300 fell 8.5% in October, warning of AI‑related capital crowding. BlackRock transferred 7,244 BTC and 63,595 ETH to Coinbase Prime, continuing a month of large ETH outflows.
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Qualcomm’s High Bandwidth Compute silicon, stacking LPDDR memory to an AI accelerator, achieved 18‑fold LPDDR5X bandwidth and over 5× HBM4 bandwidth per watt; slated for the Dragonfly AI250 accelerator, sampling in early 2027. …
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Apple CEO John Ternus said memory pricing is unprecedented, forecasting further rises in the December quarter; purchase obligations rose to $89.7 B, guiding Q4 gross margin to 45‑46% and noting supply constraints on Macs, iPads, iPhones.
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Starfall is an uncrewed reentry capsule about 10 ft across, launched on Falcon 9, targeting a splashdown 700 nm off the US West Coast; first demo launched June 23, competing with return‑capsule startups.
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The Democratic Party secured control of both the Senate and the House in the midterm elections, including wins in traditionally Republican states such as Texas. The results sparked heightened volatility across crypto markets, with many digital assets initially dropping before later recovering. Meme‑coins linked to former President Donald Trump experienced notable declines. The Official Trump (TRUMP) token dropped 10%, reaching its lowest price since August. Related tokens MAGA and MELANIA also posted losses following the election outcome.
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Bitcoin-focused company Strategy has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 849,327 BTC by acquiring 811 BTC for $65.5 million. The company also repurchased approximately $208.2 million of its perpetual preferred stock, STRC. This move is expected to influence STRC's value and could signal supportive pricing for the security.
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Token Terminal data shows that less than 10% of stablecoins and tokenized assets are deposited in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. The largest stablecoin, USDC, leads with a 38.2% share of total DeFi stablecoin deposits, amounting to $9.2 billion. Ethereum dominates DeFi deposits with 55.2% of total deposits, followed by Base and Solana.
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A leading asset manager has incorporated Bitcoin into its 2027 long‑term capital market assumptions, projecting a 10% compound annual return and 55% volatility, with a 33% correlation to U.S. large‑cap equities. Analysts note Bitcoin’s potential as a portfolio diversifier because of its high expected returns and low correlation, while also pointing out the manager’s caution and the exclusion of Bitcoin from primary covariance matrices. The analysis highlights the institutional milestone and the associated risks.
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Florida congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds won the election. He advocates for Florida to establish a bitcoin reserve and questions the understanding of digital assets among lawmakers and regulators. Donalds suggests that bitcoin can serve as a hedge against monetary policy and central banking, and he introduced legislation to put a strategic bitcoin reserve into federal law.
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Brazil’s largest crypto exchange reported a breach involving roughly $46 million in assets, paused transactions, and published the destination wallet address, though no customer data was compromised.
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The financial services firm disclosed a security incident that may have exposed names, contact and shipping addresses, plus policy reference numbers of customers in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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The botnet used compromised TV boxes as residential proxies for ad fraud; Google took down operator domains and servers, potentially cutting off over 10 million infected devices.
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Democrats secured control of both chambers in the midterms, gaining committee oversight and likely ending the CLARITY market‑structure bill, with critics expected to chair key panels. The CFTC approved stock‑based perpetual futures for U.S. exchanges, extending crypto‑style contracts to equities amid legal challenges. Moscow Exchange announced plans to offer Bitcoin, Ether and USDT trading from Dec 1, imposing investor caps and testing requirements.
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House Democrats are calling on Donald Trump to keep records of his interactions with AI chatbots, including Elon Musk's Grok, due to concerns about potential influence on White House decision-making.
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Zcash (ZEC) has recovered from its July 2024 low of $15.97 to reach a recent high of $1,683 in September 2026. However, the cryptocurrency remains approximately 78% below its all-time high of $5,941.80, set on October 29, 2016. At the current price of $1,311, ZEC would need to rise 353% to reclaim that peak, according to CoinMarketCap. While this rally is possible, it is not guaranteed given the historical context and the need to surpass a significant price threshold.
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Only four decentralized exchanges (dexs) — xyz, Paragon, EntropyIO, and Markets by Kinetiq — still have live markets on Hyperliquid. xyz is the most active with 120 markets, mostly tracking US-listed shares and ETFs. The exchange, run by trade.xyz, was chosen by ICE, the owner of the NYSE, to bring these perps to the US, pending CFTC approval. Hyperliquid already operates as a 24/7 stock market.
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Bitcoin rose above $78,000 after the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections, despite $1.157 billion in US spot ETF outflows over three sessions ending November 3. Analyst Ryan Kirkley's $90,000 year-end recovery forecast depends on stabilizing ETF flows, liquidity, and macro confidence. Bitcoin briefly fell below $76,000 as election results emerged, but recovered above $78,000 on Wednesday.
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US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw $2.1B in net outflows in October, reversing the $8.9B inflows from August and September. Ethereum ETFs lost $1.61B, while Bitcoin ETFs lost $515M.
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Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko emphasized phishing and social engineering attacks as the biggest threat to crypto, warning investors to be wary of these methods rather than focusing on AI or quantum computers. Yakovenko suggested using a separate iOS device with Apple's Lockdown Mode and a multisignature crypto wallet for security. This advice comes after the massive Binance hack, where hackers used sophisticated social engineering to compromise a Binance employee, leading to a breach affecting over $6.34 billion in digital assets.
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bitcoin staged a sharp V-shaped recovery following the US midterm elections, rebounding from below $76,000 to around $78,000. However, it continues to face resistance from its four-hour moving-average structure, with buyers needing to reclaim the hourly 200-period exponential moving average (EMA) for a meaningful move towards $80,000.
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AMD, the chipmaker, saw its third-quarter 2026 revenue rise 45% year over year, with data-center revenue up 97%. The tokenized AMD stock, paired with Backpack's tokenized AMD stock, saw its main pool trade an AMD meme against AMD stock.
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U.S. bitcoin ETFs lost $115.56 million on Tuesday, extending their outflow streak to three sessions. The pressure on bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is still visible, but the pace is beginning to soften. Some buyers stepped in, with Bitwise’s BITB attracting $21.92 million and Fidelity’s FBTC adding $6.76 million. Bitcoin's price began stabilizing above $78,000, leading to a smaller exit compared to previous sessions.
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The hackers who breached Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin have converted more than $10.55 million in stolen altcoins into Ether (ETH). The hackers also attempted to move some of the stolen funds into Bitcoin, but the bridge transfer appears to have stalled. The attack occurred on November 2, 2026, and involved draining funds from hot wallets and customer deposit addresses across multiple blockchains. The hackers gained the ability to authorize transactions, effectively gaining control of the funds.
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Dow futures jumped roughly 1,000 points following Democrats' big midterm victories, which removed political uncertainty and sparked a market rally on Wall Street. The story is presented as live updates from CNBC.