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Dow futures soar 1,000 points as Democrats win midterms, easing political risk
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.
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Potential Solana Hack Alert
A user warns about a potential Solana hack, with a wallet value of $151K and notable holdings including USDC and Solana. The user suggests buying WIF (likely referring to WIFHAT, a Solana-based token) to avoid a loss.
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Six New XRP Accounts Created from Stolen Binance Funds
A blockchain analytics firm, Bitquery, found that six new accounts holding over 1 million XRP each were created from one pool of stolen Binance funds. This redistribution of stolen XRP can appear as several large balances without requiring another buyer. The increase in large-wallet counts can be misleading and does not reflect new buying activity.
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RUNEBond App Adds ZEC Utility
Bond Yield has introduced new utility for RUNEBond users, allowing them to choose a percentage of their bond rewards to be paid out in Zcash (ZEC) automatically, every time their bond is churned. Users can set up this feature in under a minute.
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National Grid plans major substation for data‑center expansion
A 1,440 MVA substation at Teesside is slated to support a new data centre, battery storage, and other power‑intensive AI infrastructure, with completion targeted for end‑2029.
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AI agents fuel projected 55% growth in identity spending
Juniper Research forecasts global IAM spending to rise from $26.2 billion in 2026 to $40.5 billion by 2031 as businesses manage AI agents and non‑human identities.
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Suspected cyberattacks spoil food at European supermarkets
Over 40 supermarkets in seven countries suffered refrigeration temperature spikes from suspected attacks, destroying food and exposing risks of outdated operational software.
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Snowflake previews AI agents that work after you log off
Snowflake announced CoCo and CoWork Bots that handle background tasks and request human input, with upcoming integrations for Slack, spreadsheets, and mobile devices.
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Qubic Scientific Team Discusses Neural Architecture Search in Volume 14
The Qubic Scientific Team has released Volume 14 of their Neural Architecture Search (NAS) series. In this volume, they cover topics such as the evolution of neural networks, the Game of Life, and the ARC-AGI-3 system. They also discuss the three traps of NAS and the rules they now follow to avoid them. The work was presented at the EA 2026 conference in Nice this week.
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60% of Ukrainian Deposits Are for Short-Term Investments
More than 60% of all deposit accounts in Ukraine are for terms of less than three months. This statistic, provided by the Guarantee Fund of Depositors (FGDO), indicates that many Ukrainians are seeking options to determine the best short-term investment. The Ministry of Finance, along with bankers and financial experts, has been researching this issue. Nearly 85% of those with deposit accounts choose short-term terms. Despite this, banks offer higher interest rates for longer-term deposits.
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3 Cryptos Attracting Massive Attention: HBAR, BCH, SUI
Discover the 3 cryptocurrencies attracting massive attention right now. Explore why HBAR, BCH, and SUI stand out with our latest analysis. HBAR uses a hashgraph consensus system for tokenization, smart contracts, and consensus-based applications, while BCH aims to support peer-to-peer electronic payments with low transaction fees.
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Analytics Has Changed
AI agents now generate half of PostHog dashboards and feature flags, leading to tagging of events by human or agent and showing that a third of orgs query PostHog through agents. …
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How to Make Friends Before Fundraising
Former YC partner advises founders to meet investors months ahead, using scripted intros to avoid premature pitches; over 4,700 Series A rounds since 2023 were led by about 2,400 funds.
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AI App Moats
OpenAI launched a lawyer tool after Harvey's $15.5 B raise; value stays with apps that own outcome data, such as loan defaults or claim approvals, creating a moat based on job-specific data.
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State of Enterprise AI
Menlo's yearly report finds labs capture 69% of enterprise AI deployment spending, with new budgets funding 55% of extra AI spend and startups taking 61% of application spending after labs' own apps are excluded.
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S1 REIT Launches New Investment Fund
S1 REIT has opened sales for a new fund, allowing investors to invest from 1,000 грн with an annualized return of 9% in US dollars. The fund includes 80 apartments in a profitable apartment building near the Silver Lake in Kyiv. The fund plans to enter into operation by the end of 2028. Investors can gradually accumulate investments at a convenient pace and then exchange them for apartments. The fund is managed by Standard One, a full-cycle development company, and S1 Ukraine, a property management company. The fund is transparent, regulated by the National Commission for State Property Management, undergoes annual independent audits, and publicly reports on its activities. Investors can join by clicking a few times on their smartphone or making a call.
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Pendle RWA Interface Live
The Pendle RWA (Real World Assets) page is now live, providing a comprehensive reference for real world assets, including fund-level disclosure on Pendle's RWA markets. The interface covers details such as the token itself, underlying asset's manager, factsheet, fees, risks, and more.
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iPhone 18 expected to gain battery and processor upgrades from Pro models
Leaked specs suggest the standard iPhone 18 will use the A20 chip built on TSMC’s 2‑nm process, offering longer battery life, while retaining Dynamic Island only on Pro models and possibly higher pricing, slated for early 2027 release.
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Nubank unveils global brand refresh ahead of US launch
Koto redesigns Nubank's identity with updated purple, new Nu Sans typefaces, expanded asset library, AI chat integration, and refreshed website to support over 140 million customers.
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Figma adds Google Drive integration and internal Weave tool sharing
Figma's agent and Make can now pull research, data, and images from Google Drive into design conversations and create new Drive files, available across all plans except Governance+ add-on.
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FUN Staking Hourly Update
FUN staking platform announces hourly update with details on total staked amount, interest paid out, and effective APYs for different time periods. Users can check their personalized stats using the /interest command.
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ZachXBT Reports $133M Suspected Crypto Theft Involving Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
On-chain investigator ZachXBT reported a suspected cryptocurrency theft involving losses exceeding $133 million from a centralized exchange account of French banking group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. The bank has not publicly confirmed the incident. ZachXBT flagged more than $106 million in USDC and USDT withdrawals from several centralized exchange accounts tied to an unnamed EU entity. The attackers may have first diverted fiat money through a network of money-mule bank accounts before buying crypto, with the crypto trail serving as a laundering route. The bank has not responded to these claims publicly.
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CFTC approves U.S. trading of equity perpetual futures, faces lawsuit same day
The CFTC announced that Americans can now trade equity perpetual futures on individual stocks, classifying them as security futures products under the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Seven entities hold both CFTC contract market designation and SEC registration, including Cboe, CME, Coinbase, Kalshi, Bitnomial, Nadex and ICE Futures U.S., with five filing in September. Kalshi filed for 56‑58 names with a launch expected within days, and Coinbase filed to list perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia. Hours later, the Capital Markets Alliance sued in New York, naming Cboe, Citadel Securities and the Healthy Markets Association, and the CFTC called the suit “troubling.”
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Crypto exchange hacks and new Ethereum client launch
Two major exchange hacks resulted in a combined loss of $146 million on November 2, with Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin losing $40 million and an unnamed EU exchange losing $106 million, extending a four‑day hack streak. ConsenSys unveiled a cross‑ledger settlement stack at Devcon Mumbai, enabling banks to settle across blockchains without moving assets. Gattaca introduced Silver, an open‑source Ethereum consensus client claiming up to 9.6× faster performance than competitors, currently in alpha with audits pending.
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Binance Announces Compensation for Hack Losses
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it will compensate users for all losses incurred during a recent hack. As of today, 90% of the affected assets have already been recovered. The exchange has set aside more than $6.34 billion in company funds to cover the hacked losses, and they will continue to purchase remaining affected stolen assets through market and OTC channels. The exchange will absorb the financial impact of these stolen funds, not users.
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Private companies added 86,000 jobs in October, slightly higher than expected, ADP says
ADP reports that private sector employers added 86,000 jobs in October, a figure modestly above expectations.
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Bitcoin Shocks After Midterms
Experts suggest the Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterms was largely priced in, leading to a brief dip in Bitcoin. However, Bitcoin has rebounded, now trading at $78,277, with almost all top 100 crypto tokens by market cap in the green. The midterms did not significantly impact crypto policy, which remained irrelevant to the broader voting pool.
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IOTA Trade Finance on Public Ledger
Exporters can be out of pocket for months due to delayed payments. IOTA's public ledger can be used for trade finance, allowing funders to verify documents without relying on the original issuer.
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Circle Q3 Revenue Hits $865M
Circle's Q3 revenue reached $865 million, up 17% from the previous quarter. The release of the Arc platform and growth in USDC payments contributed to the revenue increase. Additionally, $182 million in token presale revenue helped offset lower reserve returns.