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Securitize pushes into $6 trillion asset-backed finance market with River One acquisition
The tokenization firm unveiled an acquisition and a $50 million stock buyback as quarterly revenue rose 13%. SECZ shares jumped 10% after hours.
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Robinhood backs tokenization of its stock on OKX–ICE platform even as most companies opt out
The brokerage firm said it would rather help build tokenized markets than sit on the sidelines, following a wave of early corporate pushback to the Intercontinental Exchange and OKX joint venture.
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A bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees
The AntPool block came within 984 transactions of Bitcoin’s 2015 record, even as fees made up less than 0.1% of the miner’s payout.
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Google’s AI chip push adds more pressure on Nvidia
Google’s specialised AI chips threaten greater competition as Nvidia faces a leadership investigation.
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North Korean hackers are creating memecoins to wash loot from $6.3 billion Binance hack
North Korean hackers used six homemade memecoins to launder 117,000 NEAR, worth about $430,000, from the $6.3 billion Binance hack, Elliptic says.
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NYSE picks Avalanche to settle tokenized stocks amid Wall Street's blockchain race
Avalanche will serve as the core settlement ledger for the exchange's planned blockchain stock market
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Solana set for its first tokenized stock venue under SEC framework, listing Galaxy
Formation Securities plans to launch in early 2027 with Galaxy, Exodus and Forward Industries shares, expanding the U.S. regulator's experiment in blockchain-based stock trading.
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Trump says he knows ‘nothing’ about World Liberty’s UAE ties as Justin Sun challenges filings
Trump confirmed he co-owns World Liberty, whose UAE ownership could derail Justin Sun’s federal lawsuit over frozen WLFI tokens
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Bitcoin bulls can't rely on ETF flows
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 9, 2026
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Nvidia-led tech selloff weighs on crypto majors
Only five of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market value are up 1% or more over the past 24 hours. That is the state of the market today.
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Zcash developers want 20-second blocks just days after major speed upgrade
Early data shows Zcash's orphan-block rate holding close to pre-upgrade levels despite blocks arriving three times faster, encouraging developers to push for another reduction.
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Live news: Nvidia slides on CEO allegations as bitcoin hovers just above its 200-day average
Neocloud stocks retreat after Friday’s rally, while gold holds above $4,000 and bitcoin trades near $74,000.
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Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulator
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency elevated the biggest U.S. exchange's trust status from conditional to a full-fledged charter, the company said.
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U.S. inflation, corporate earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 9.
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SpaceX proposes a $24 billion Texas supercomputer worth 17 times its bitcoin pile
The $24 billion project, which includes an AI supercomputer in Texas with its own gas-fired power plant, is about 17 times the value of SpaceX's bitcoin holdings.
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Solana moves to scrap the transaction feature used in the $270 million Drift hack
A draft proposal would end the 'durable nonces' feature no earlier than May 5, 2027, forcing custodians that sign offline to rebuild how they move coins.
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Two rival Ethereum proposals aim to stop Glamsterdam breaking old contracts
The proposals aim to keep Ethereum’s planned gas changes from breaking existing contracts, using different approaches to what contracts see and what users pay.
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Binance's bitcoin mining pool finds just one block in a week as shutdown nears
The exchange's once significant mining operation has nearly disappeared from Bitcoin's block-production rankings ahead of its November 10 closure.
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Bitcoin drops, then pops as Nvidia cheating scandal and failed Iran talks trigger volatility
Volatile price action has once again liquidated leveraged bullish plays worth millions.
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What the election results mean for crypto: State of Crypto
Democrats had an astoundingly good night, smashing all expectations. Is that actually bad news for the industry?
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Stablecoin growth has stalled. The payments boom hasn't
Stablecoin supply has barely grown this year, even as payments using the tokens surge. Circle's latest earnings offer another example of the divergence between dollars outstanding and activity on blockchain networks.
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These Finland homes get free heat from bitcoin miners (as long as BTC stays above $70,000)
A Finnish startup has 30 bitcoin mining systems working as central heating, and at today’s prices each one earns slightly more than the electricity it burns.
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Binance users in some European countries told to pull crypto before fees kick in, with accounts closing by year end
Affected accounts are reportedly set to close on Dec. 31. Users in Spain, France, and Poland say they've received similar notices.
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U.S. Treasury moves to cut off crypto exchange MEXC over $16 billion in alleged illicit flows
Treasury billed the move as part of its campaign against Iran, but the order rests on MEXC's alleged role in Russian illicit finance.
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Gnosis Pay breach exposes card numbers, home addresses and linked crypto wallets
One user said the exposed data tied his home address and card number to every crypto wallet linked to his account, raising the risk of targeted scams.
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Apple, Meta reject OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans, leaving crypto firms as the ones to watch
Strategy, Coinbase, Circle and Robinhood are among six companies from the venture’s initial selection with no disclosed objection, after 90% of issuers opted out.
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U.S. prediction markets regulator issues demand that clashes directly with courts
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said regulated exchanges can't cut off customers state-by-state, but firms like Kalshi are under court orders to do so.
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The crypto industry has found new ways to grow. Making money from them is another story
Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle are expanding into stablecoins, payments and prediction markets, but their latest earnings show how hard it is to escape crypto's boom-and-bust cycles.
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Thailand moves to block Bitget as crypto exchange's local acquisition faces uncertainty
Thailand’s SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget’s operator, alleging it ran an unlicensed crypto exchange for Thai users from 2022 to 2025.
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U.S. added 165,000 jobs in October, blowing past 65,000 estimate
The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.1% as the labor market bounced back in a big way from a soft September showing.