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Gate.io announced that its stock futures platform now supports over 500 assets. The offering includes futures on U.S., Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese markets. Leverage of up to 75x is available for these contracts. Users can trade the global popular stock futures in a single interface on Gate. The service is promoted as the largest and most comprehensive stock futures selection.
Hacking News
India’s national cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has warned of an AI-assisted hacking campaign targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and other financial businesses. The threat actor, designated as 'CRAFTY FALCON,' has escalated its attacks, stealing wallet keys and siphoning funds. The campaign uses AI attack tools and operates at machine speed, with attackers exploiting vulnerable applications and cloud infrastructure to deploy malicious files. CERT-In has identified crypto exchanges as among the affected businesses, and has received reports of successful attacks from financial institutions, including nonbank lenders, fintech companies, and digital lending platforms.
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Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc., cited victories by Republican Byron Donalds in Florida and Democrat James Talarico in Texas as evidence of bipartisan support for government bitcoin holdings. Their legislative records connected the election results to federal and state reserve initiatives. Saylor stated that bitcoin reserve support crossed party lines, with Donalds’ victory in Florida and Talarico’s win in the Texas Senate race supporting the idea of a federal bitcoin reserve initiative.
Exchange Listing
Gate Futures, a cryptocurrency exchange, has added 10 new stock contracts to its platform. The contracts include #OXYUSDT for Occidental Petroleum Corporation, #LNGUSDT for Cheniere Energy, Inc., and #XPUSDT for XP Inc. Trading of these contracts will commence on November 5, 2026, at 6:00 AM (UTC). The exchange now supports 511 stock contracts.
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Gate Trenches has launched Welcome Back Rewards, allowing eligible returning users to claim up to 65 USDT in rewards for trading trending BSC tokens. The event ends on November 9 at 16:00 UTC+8.
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Robert Kiyosaki, known for his financial advice, continued buying Bitcoin, gold, and silver during a market downturn, citing rising debt and the erosion of wealth by fiat currency. He views a potential price decline as a buying opportunity.
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Bitcoin's price rose 4.64% over 24 hours to $80,480, according to BeInCrypto. Crypto liquidations reached $974.80 million in 24 hours, with losses mainly affecting traders who bet on further declines.
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Official Trump (TRUMP) and Melania Meme (MELANIA) stocks fell to record lows after Democrats won the majority in the U.S. midterm elections. Bitcoin (BTC) gained 4.36% over the past week.
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USDD, a decentralized stablecoin, has reported strong treasury performance in the third quarter of 2026, with a $9.7 million revenue and a treasury balance of $31.24 million. The protocol's utility has expanded, with $1.48 billion in circulating supply and $2.18 billion in total value locked (TVL) as of October 29. USDD's utility has also grown, with new DeFi integrations and transfer solutions enabling users to earn and transfer USDD more easily.
Hacking News
French bank Arkéa resumed almost all operations on November 4 after an attack enabled fraudulent crypto transactions from its own account. The bank's own account was used through a service provider's platform, and some funds were sent to other banks. The bank did not confirm the conversion of these funds into cryptocurrency or their connection to specific crypto wallets. The amount involved in fraudulent transactions is not necessarily the bank's final loss, as blocked funds and recoveries are still being accounted for. The incident is described as contained and did not affect customers' holdings.
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Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange, publishes a news article about the US stock market. The article discusses the midterm elections' impact on the AI narrative, highlighting the rebound of hyperscale cloud names like Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), and Google (GOOGL), as well as the headwinds for data center stocks. Qualcomm (QCOM) faces pressure due to memory shortages, while AppLovin (APP) jumps after strong ad tech earnings. The article also mentions the post-election capital flow into large-cap tech stocks like Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT).
All Time High
LUCKY Coin's price has reached $0.00161032, marking its highest value ever recorded on CoinGecko.
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NFP Trading Rush is an event starting on November 5, 04:00 AM (UTC) and ending on November 15, 16:00 PM. Participants can trade eligible TradFi products on Gate to win rewards. Users must trade at least $5,000 worth of TradFi and submit a registration form. Winners will be selected and receive $5 each. The event is organized by Gate.
Price Prediction
The top 5 gainers in the Gate Spot Top 5 Gainers (24H) list include $PVP with a 126.15% increase, $TRUMP5S with a 125.39% increase, and $OLE with a 79.22% increase. The US Stocks Top 5 Gainers (24H) list features $DUOL with a 25.99% increase, $YOU with a 23.70% increase, and $PCOR with a 19.58% increase. The TradFi CFD Top 5 Gainers (24H) list includes $SWK with a 13.61% increase, $MSFU with a 13.40% increase, and $ZBH with a 12.59% increase.
New Coin Listing
Gate Trenches, a professional on-chain trading aggregation platform, has listed the token HIGH on its platform. Users can now trade HIGH, which has a contract address of 7ymF66Z6VhgNiwadtVhjTtT6U7iQRpSxeiRrhfufhigh. The platform also offers rewards for new users and daily check-ins.
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Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the US elections, prompting reassessment of fiscal, energy, and AI oversight policies. The ADP private employment report showed an increase of 86,000 jobs in October, with services adding 82,000 jobs and goods-producing businesses adding 4,000. Oil prices fell sharply, with December WTI at $87.79 and January 2027 Brent at $94.56 per barrel. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) prices rose, with BTC at $80,465.19 and ETH at $2,415.76, and the total crypto market capitalization increased to approximately $2.71 trillion.
All Time High
The current price is 0.000001568, showing a volume of 91,144,288 units traded.
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The block size increase is enabled by graphene for relay, parallelization for validation, Merklix for input lookup, and UTXO commitments for pruning. These components make the block size increase usable.
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The Feather frxUSD vault on the Polygon network is currently fully utilized and earning yields of 50% or more until utilization decreases. The Morpho App, a non-custodial interface, provides access to the Morpho protocols, which do not hold users' assets and are not regulated financial institutions. Users are advised to check each smart contract approval before signing onchain transactions.
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Brazil's presidential election was decided on Sunday, Oct 25, with Lula winning a fourth term. The Brazilian real fell 8% when traditional FX markets reopened. While those markets were closed, traders on Featherlend, a platform on Polygon, had already been trading the move overnight. They used the frxUSD stablecoin to power these FX trades, as detailed in a linked thread.
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Bitcoin rose 2.25% in four hours to $80,430 on Binance spot, while $94.95 million in liquidations were recorded across three exchanges, mainly from short positions. The rally pushed the price above $81,000, hitting $81,041.60 after a daily gain of 4.3%. It also crossed $80,000 on OKX, reaching $80,028.80 after a 3% one‑day increase, and rose above $79,000 on Binance spot to $79,200, up 1.06% in one hour. BTC was quoted at $80,398 and ETH at $2,413.
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Ethereum's Lean Ethereum plan aims to enhance scalability and security by introducing a series of hard forks. The plan, led by the Ethereum Foundation and including Vitalik Buterin, involves upgrades to the network's consensus, execution, and data layers. The final fork, L*, is targeted for completion by the end of 2029, with the first named upgrade, Glamsterdam, expected to be completed by late 2026 or early 2027. The plan also includes the introduction of quantum-safe hash-based signatures and recursive STARK proofs for verifying transactions.
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Bitcoin Core and Lightning developer Matt Corallo highlighted a critical Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2026-98432 affecting the IPv4 TCP handshake code with a CVSS score of 9.8. Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team showed it could be exploited remotely as a root exploit. Lightning Labs responded by releasing lnd v0.21.6-beta and v0.20.7-beta, which disable MPTCP listeners by default to mitigate the exploit path. The project noted that only a patched kernel fully resolves the issue.
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BTC ETFs experienced $1.16 billion in outflows over three sessions, the largest since late June. Bitfinex Alpha Intelligence analyzed IBIT's $405.3 million outflow on November 2, which is its biggest since the year began. This could indicate a return of demand, as three consecutive inflow days of similar size would be the first sign of this. The aggregate bitcoin futures open interest rose to 701,548 BTC on November 3, its highest since September 22. Perpetual funding rates have remained at 11% annualized over the past two weeks, while spot buyers have been relatively inactive. The short-term holder Spent Output Profit ratio has been below 1 for six consecutive sessions, indicating continued distribution at a loss. The realised price distribution shows a shift, with supply acquired between $77,000 and $80,000 rising to 1.28 million BTC on November 4, while supply acquired between $81,000 and $84,000 fell to 1.05 million BTC on the same day.
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An analyst at Coinshares, James Butterfill, suggests Bitcoin could see a relief rally after the U.S. midterm election, largely priced in a Democratic sweep. The incoming majorities in both the House and Senate set up divided government for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term. However, the analyst also warns of slower crypto reform and potential regulatory hurdles.
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Part 2 of a series, Robert Kiyosaki expresses concerns about potential crashes in gold, silver, and bitcoin markets. The third article discusses the impact of the new Texas governor on bitcoin mining, while the fourth article focuses on Huizenga losing his seat despite a $1 million donation from a crypto PAC. The fifth article examines the cyberattack by ZachXBT on French bank Credit Mutuel Arkea, resulting in losses above $133 million. The sixth article discusses the bitcoin price holding near $80,000 amid a predicted democratic sweep.
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OpenAI has unveiled an autonomous system designed to hunt for flaws in the Linux kernel. Its first run produced 948 working root exploits for 1,213,430 API bill. 61 of the vulnerabilities have been fixed upstream, while 43 are in a staged patch process. The system examined approximately 2.8 million lines of security-relevant code, representing about 7% of the entire kernel.
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House Democrats will investigate $2.3 billion in Trump family crypto ventures, including World Liberty Financial’s $500 million UAE stake and earnings from the $TRUMP token. Democrats are reportedly preparing subpoenas over President Trump’s ties to World Liberty Financial, its $500 million Emirati stake and the pardon of Changpeng Zhao.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari, a Democrat from Arizona, has called for her party to halt advanced artificial intelligence development, build federal regulatory frameworks, and ban artificial superintelligence outright. She emphasized these measures as top priorities for Democrats in the upcoming new Congress, following their gains in the midterm elections. Ansari has been vocal about the need for comprehensive federal rules governing the industry and has raised concerns about AI safety, including reports of AI agents infiltrating US bank accounts and legislative inaction on the issue.
New Coin Listing
Canton Strategic Holdings' $CNTN token becomes the first U.S. stock to trade under the SEC's Innovation Exemption. The token trades on TSV LLC with DRW Cumberland and Flowdesk as early counterparties. The launch marks a significant milestone in the tokenization of traditional securities.