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Should you leave Australia to avoid paying 47% tax on crypto gains?
Some Australian crypto investors are moving overseas to avoid the huge CGT increase from July 2027. But there are also less drastic ways you can pay less tax.
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Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking
Bitcoin Magazine Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to crack down on prediction markets once she takes the Senate Banking Committee gavel in January, with a banking aide telling Punchbowl News that Warren would seek...
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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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Formation Securities plans Solana stock trading venue under SEC exemption
The proposed venue would offer 24/7 trading of tokenized shares from Galaxy Digital, Exodus and Forward Industries, with a launch planned for early 2027.
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Bitcoin in Limbo as Stocks Rebound Ahead of US Inflation Report
U.S. stocks rallied as oil fell, but Bitcoin hovered near $75,000 after a wave of liquidations, with Tuesday’s inflation report set to test bets on a December Fed rate hike.
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Nvidia Trades 26% Below Record Close Amid Huang Review
Shares had already lost 22% by Friday, while a semiconductor ETF fell 30.5% over the same month-long window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NHTSA Probes Waymo’s School-Bus Fix After Reports of Continued Violations
The probe covers 2,895 vehicles, and regulators say most incidents identified in an earlier investigation occurred after the November 2025 software update.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Chainalysis Reopens Compliance Tools With Mandatory Credential Resets
Reactor is also back online, while some investigation and account-management services remain unavailable.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana Set for Another Tokenized Stock Venue as Formation Notifies the SEC
Operating under the SEC’s “Innovation Exemption,” the firm plans to list tokenized shares of Exodus, Forward Industries, and Galaxy Digital in early 2027, with the same voting and dividend rights as real stock.
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TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress
Bitcoin Magazine TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress Banks will try again to stop crypto platforms from paying yield on stablecoin balances, but TD Cowen's Washington analyst Jaret Seiberg puts only a 10% chance on Congress enacting such a ban...
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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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U.S. Regulators Drop $250 Travel Rule Plan, Crypto Language Too
Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Regulators Drop $250 Travel Rule Plan, Crypto Language Too FinCEN and the Federal Reserve have formally withdrawn a 2020 proposal that would have cut the Bank Secrecy Act threshold for cross-border funds transfers from $3,000 to $250 and spelled out that the rules cover...
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NYSE Picks Avalanche for Tokenized Stock Settlement
The planned venue would retain NYSE’s Pillar matching engine while offering instant settlement and stablecoin funding, subject to regulatory approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Price Drops Below $74,000 as Nvidia Probe and Regulation Fears Spark $1 Billion in Liquidations
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Drops Below $74,000 as Nvidia Probe and Regulation Fears Spark $1 Billion in Liquidations Bitcoin price traded near $74,700 on Monday morning after sliding to $73,477 overnight, its lowest since August, then bouncing back, Bitcoin Magazine Pro data shows. Bitcoin...
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Strategy buys 1,036 Bitcoin as BTC holdings climb to 850,364
Strategy bought $81.9 million in Bitcoin last week while spending $188.3 million repurchasing STRC preferred shares, according to its latest SEC filing.
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Strategy Buys $82M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $188M of STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm sold $284 million of MSTR stock to fund the moves, days before MSCI names companies facing index removal.
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Binance faces renewed scrutiny as CFO exits amid compliance turmoil
The resignation of Binance's chief financial officer (CFO) Kaiser Ng just nine days after North Korean hackers dra i ned $6.3 billion from the exchange has raised eyebrows on social media. Ng's original resignation announcement earned half a million impressions on X, plus a quarter of a million via...
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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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Formation Notifies SEC of Plan for Solana Tokenized Stock Venue
The venue targets early 2027 trading in Exodus, Forward Industries and Galaxy shares, with access restricted to verified investors.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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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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Bitcoin bulls can't rely on ETF flows
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 9, 2026
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Poland’s Lower House Backs Crypto Freezes Under Broader Sanctions Bill
Listed customers could lose access to exchange-held assets before a court reviews their designation, and an appeal would not automatically lift the restrictions.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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Binance, Tether and Trump crypto firms face Senate records deadline
Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked four crypto firms to start sending records by Nov. 30 and warned of further action if they miss the Jan. 4 deadline.
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OKX Warns MEXC Users of Deposit Freezes Ahead of FinCEN Cutoff
CEO Star Xu said OKX treats FinCEN special measures with caution 'similar to sanctions' after customers reported USDT deposits held for review.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SEC vs. CFTC: Who Regulates Crypto in the US?
The activity matters: securities offerings and trading, commodity derivatives and spot-market fraud fall under different powers. A proposal is not the same as an exemption or a law.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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US Sanctions Eight Canadian Money Firms Over Alleged Iran Crypto Links
The designations freeze covered assets and generally bar US dealings with the firms. OFAC also listed six Tron addresses.... Read the full story at The Defiant