Bitcoin news
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Live updates: Bitcoin and stocks reverse overnight plunge following Blue Wave landslide
The biggest losers, so far, are the AI data center stocks following victories for several candidates who campaigned expressly against the sector.
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Mercado Bitcoin Attacker Swaps Tokens for $10.55 Million in ETH, Arkham Says
Arkham traced $13.26 million leaving labelled wallets, while Mercado Bitcoin has raised its blocked-assets estimate to $12.9 million.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Shrugs Off Midterms as Experts Say Democratic Sweep Was 'Priced In'
Experts say the Democratic sweep was largely priced in, but it makes the road ahead harder for crypto policy.
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THORChain's RUNE jumps 10% as North Korean hackers resume laundering Binance loot
North Korea’s TraderTraitor is routing Binance hack proceeds through THORChain, swapping ether for bitcoin after an earlier wave of conversions from Tron.
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WLFI Slides 11% on Election Night, Lags Bitcoin’s Recovery
World Liberty’s token remained 5.1% below its early-evening level by 5 a.m. ET, while bitcoin had recovered its losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin rebounds from midterm dip as DeFi leads gains
Bitcoin recovered from a dip to around $75,600 as Democrats won Congress, while DeFi tokens led gains and Trump-linked coins fell.
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Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Canadian Killer
A Nova Scotia judge found prosecutors failed to link William Sandeson's Bitcoin to the 2015 murder of fellow student Taylor Samson.
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Bitcoin ETFs lose $1.16B as Bitwise calls selling ‘short-term’
Bitwise’s André Dragosch attributed Bitcoin ETF outflows to weaker market sentiment, saying institutions have largely maintained their exposure.
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Zcash grants committee drops plan to redirect 98,000 ZEC to future mining rewards
The committee withdrew its proposal after community backlash, leaving competing plans to cut off its funding or preserve the existing grants system.
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Bitcoin bounces from 7-week low under $76K as Democrats sweep Congress
Bitcoin price downside reached a seven-week-low of $75,618 as 24-hour crypto long liquidations neared $300 million.
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Block Reaches $964 Million DOJ Deal in Principle Over AML Lapses
Credits for prior regulatory resolutions would reduce the payment to about $764 million. Separately, bitcoin ecosystem gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin knocks on $78,000 in V-shaped comeback as midterm election uncertainty fades
BTC is steaming higher as U.S. midterm election uncertainty fades.
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Jack Dorsey's Block faces $764 million DOJ settlement as bitcoin profit plunges 50%
The proposed agreement would resolve a federal anti-money-laundering investigation, while lower Cash App trading fees halved Block's quarterly bitcoin gross profit.
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U.S.-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether’s USDT in December
Russia’s main bourse wants back the crypto trading Russians do abroad, and one of the coins it's listing is issued by a company that freezes wallets on the U.S. sanctions list.
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BitMart Founder Confirms Hack During Restructuring
Bitquery traced about $391,000 in outflows mostly from BitMart-linked wallets to an address used in the Mercado Bitcoin attack.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin briefly sinks to $75,700 as bets on a Democratic sweep rattle markets
Stock futures and the dollar slid and Treasuries rallied as early U.S. midterm returns pointed to Democrats taking both chambers of Congress.
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Solana Breaks Below $90 as Bitcoin Slides Under $76,000
SOL has lost about 24% in four weeks, more than double bitcoin's decline over the same window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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RUNE rallies 15% as THORChain restarts most swaps after outage
THORChain has restored trading on Bitcoin, Ethereum and several other networks following a refund bug, while three chains remain paused.
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Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin, CEO Says—About 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows
Paolo Ardoino told the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano the company owns “give or take 150,000 Bitcoin,” but its Q3 reserve report implies just 100,060.
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Brazil's Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Says It Will Refund Users After a $40 Million Hack
Mercado Bitcoin says customers won't pay for a hack that drained tens of millions. Withdrawals on the exchange remain frozen with no restart date.
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Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin CEO Says, 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows
Bitcoin Magazine Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin CEO Says, 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows Tether holds about 150,000 bitcoin, worth some $11.5 billion at current prices, CEO Paolo Ardoino said, a figure that exceeds the holdings implied by the company's latest reserve attestation by roughly...
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TD Cowen: Democratic Congress Would Sink CLARITY Act for Two Years
Bitcoin Magazine TD Cowen: Democratic Congress Would Sink CLARITY Act for Two Years A Democratic sweep of Congress would end the CLARITY Act's chances for the next two years and sour the political climate for crypto, TD Cowen's Washington analyst Jaret Seiberg wrote to Bitcoin Magazine and clients...
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Binance Says $6.34 Billion Hack Began With Fake Job Interview
Bitcoin Magazine Binance Says $6.34 Billion Hack Began With Fake Job Interview The $6.34 billion theft from Binance began with a fake job interview and ran for five months before a single coin moved, the exchange said Tuesday in its first public account of the Oct. 29 attack. Another initial...
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BitGo Adds Stacks Bitcoin Staking in Qualified Custody
Eligible institutions must pair BTC with STX worth 5% of their Bitcoin position for roughly six-month bonds funded by Stacks miners.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin price defends $76K lows as analysts see stocks pricing in ‘political gridlock’
Bitcoin made modest gains at the start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday as markets awaited cues from the US midterm elections.
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Andrew Hohns: Why Bitcoin Can Fix America’s Debt Spiral
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Andrew Hohns: Why Bitcoin Can Fix America's Debt Spiral U.S. federal debt has grown 40x in 45 years, from $1 trillion in 1981 to over $40 trillion. Andrew Hohns, founder and CEO of Battery Finance, explains why he doesn't expect tax hikes or spending cuts to fix it, and how a...
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CFTC Opens U.S. Stock Market to Equity Perpetual Futures
Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Opens U.S. Stock Market to Equity Perpetual Futures Perpetual futures on individual stocks can begin trading on U.S.-regulated exchanges for the first time, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday, extending a product that was confined to offshore crypto venues a...
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New Jersey Drops Coinbase Staking Order After Three Years
Bitcoin Magazine New Jersey Drops Coinbase Staking Order After Three Years New Jersey's securities regulator has withdrawn the 2023 cease-and-desist order that barred Coinbase from offering staking to new customers in the state, ending a three-year standoff that cost residents an estimated $15...
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Bitcoin Price Trades Near $77,500 as Midterm Voting Begins
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Trades Near $77,500 as Midterm Voting Begins Bitcoin price traded near $77,500 on Tuesday morning as polls opened for the U.S. midterm elections, down about .6% on the day and roughly $30,000 below its price one year ago, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The...
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Wall Street killed Bitcoin’s wild rallies: 10x’s Markus Thielen
Markus Thielen sees Bitcoin reaching $90,000 by year-end, questions institutional ETF demand and says Ethereum must do more for holders.