The Block headlines
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Securitize shares surge 12% in after-hours trading on Q3 results and River One acquisition agreement
The acquisition is expected to add a new layer of financing to Securitize, enabling the platform to offer asset-backed lending.
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MARA posts $634 million Q3 net profit on bitcoin gains, sells 13,597 BTC to pay off loans
MARA posted a $634.4 million Q3 net profit, then sold 13,597 BTC to repay $750 million in loans as it pivots to AI.
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Elizabeth Warren vows scrutiny of prediction markets, Trump family crypto ventures as Senate Banking chair
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is setting her sights on prediction market oversight and the Trump family's burgeoning crypto businesses.
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Ethereum Foundation, Vitalik Buterin sued over firing after ‘suicide pledge’ dispute
Fulton’s complaint cites a recorded Buterin conversation and alleges discrimination and retaliation.
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StoneX sees 97% upside for Bullish as $4.2 billion Equiniti deal opens tokenization market
StoneX initiated coverage of Bullish with a Buy rating and a $42 price target, implying roughly 97% upside from its current levels.
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Coinbase and PNC Bank expand partnership with USDC payments for corporate clients
PNC Bank is piloting USDC payment acceptance for corporate and institutional clients through its expanded partnership with Coinbase.
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Binance hack launderers mint homemade Elon Musk, animal memecoins to move stolen funds: Elliptic
Elliptic says the extra swaps slow investigators down, but the stolen funds remain traceable onchain.
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Ethereum treasury Sharplink’s Q3 net income hits $751 million on unrealized ether gains
Sharplink posted Q3 revenue of $13.5 million and net income of $751.4 million, driven by unrealized ETH gains.
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Prediction market broker River Markets registers affiliate as CFTC futures commission merchant
River Markets' affiliate registered with CFTC as an FCM as it builds a prime brokerage for institutional prediction market traders.
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine nears 5% Ethereum supply target with $20 million ETH buy as he predicts tokenization and AI ‘supercycle’
Bitmine bought another 9,587 ETH last week, closing in on its target of 5% of Ethereum's circulating supply.
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NYSE to settle tokenized stocks on Avalanche in planned 24/7 market
NYSE picked Avalanche to supply the core ledger technology for the clearing firm of its affiliated tokenized-securities platform.
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‘Connecting the dots’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 1,036 bitcoin for $82 million as holdings reach 850,364 BTC
Strategy's total holdings account for more than 4% of bitcoin's supply cap, with $500 million in paper gains.
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Bitcoin loses 50-week moving average as 24-hour crypto long liquidations top $1 billion
Bitcoin closed below its 50-week moving average as more than $1 billion in crypto long positions were liquidated.
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Formation notifies SEC to operate first tokenized securities venue on Solana
Launch is expected in early 2027, with tokenized shares of Exodus Movement, Forward Industries, and Galaxy Digital among initial offerings.
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Crypto-friendly Robinhood brings US IPO access to UK retail investors
Robinhood has launched commission-free IPO Access in the UK, allowing retail investors to request shares in eligible U.S. listings
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Trump says he knows ‘nothing’ about UAE-linked investment in his crypto firm
Trump said he "knows nothing" about the UAE-linked investment in the crypto firm he co-owns, and that his sons run the business.
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Zama spin-off Raycash launches confidential stablecoin payments and private yield on Ethereum
Raycash has launched its app on Ethereum, enabling private stablecoin payments and Morpho yield on idle balances.
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Nvidia perps slide as market reacts to CEO Jensen Huang’s Chinese spy scandal
Nvidia said its board of directors is investigating Huang's relationship with a woman identified by intelligence officials as a Chinese spy.
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What is Zcash (ZEC)? How shielded transactions work
Zcash (ZEC) is a privacy coin and blockchain launched in 2016. It allows users to make both public and private transactions. The latter — called “shielded transactions” on the network — make use of zero-knowledge proofs called zk-SNARKs to verify payments without revealing the sender, recipient or...
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Onchain data casts doubt on insider-trading theory in NYT’s ‘suspicious’ election betting story
The New York Times reported on 'suspicious' bets, but two experts who reviewed The Block's findings said the evidence doesn't strongly suggest foul play.
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Web3Auth says it frontran hackers by moving $5.6 million out of exposed Keplr wallets
Web3Auth's communications also referred to an "original attacker," suggesting some funds were stolen, but did not elaborate.
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Vitalik Buterin says ETH should be valued as a store of value, not a fee-burning token
A recent controversial proposal to burn a rising share of validator rewards as more ETH is staked was withdrawn last month after facing pushback.
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Binance CFO steps down nine days after record hack; co-CEO says transition was planned six months ago
Co-CEO Yi He said Ng is departing to pursue a new venture, under a transition plan put in place over the past six months.
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Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.47 million in crypto from wallets tied to 35 investigations
Yaroch will pay at least $2.4 million in restitution and will forfeit any profits he would earn in the future from telling his story.
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Bitcoin ETFs flip negative for 2026 after $1.28 billion outflow week, worst since June
BlackRock's IBIT accounted for 98% of Friday's outflows, with $403 million leaving the industry-leading fund.
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Treasury cuts off MEXC Global over alleged $16 billion in transactions linked to Iran, North Korea and Russia
Treasury says it has severed MEXC Global from the U.S. after it allegedly supported $16 billion in transactions connected to Iran.
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US Treasury walks back crypto surveillance ‘travel rule’ proposal
The Treasury Department has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have expanded requirements for cryptocurrency transactions.
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Gnosis Pay data breach exposes customer info; funds unaffected
Gnosis Pay disclosed a data breach after unauthorized access to its legacy debit card system on Nov. 3. Customer funds were not affected.
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Trump administration moves closer to allowing crypto in 401(k) retirement plans
A rule that would open up 401(k) retirement accounts to alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, has landed at the White House.
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Elliptic says Binance hackers swap stolen tokens for $124M in bitcoin, exchange plans more withdrawal reopenings
Elliptic says little of the stolen crypto has likely been cashed out, while $2.85 billion remains frozen.