Crypto news
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Paraguay USDT Offers Show 13% Premium After Ueno Closure
Bybit listings show a sharp gap between buying and selling USDT, while Paraguay’s central bank prepares deposit-guarantee payments for Ueno savers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Revokes SignalPlus API Keys After Security Warning
The exchange told SignalPlus users to review positions and open orders directly on Binance and wait for confirmation of a full resolution before reconnecting.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Live updates: Bitcoin steady around $80,000 as markets rally after Democratic sweep
Ether jumped 4% and crypto ETFs drew fresh money after Wall Street turned higher and Brent crude fell nearly 9%.
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Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds
The same attacker took about $391,000, mostly from wallets Bitquery ties to BitMart, whose founder confirmed a Nov. 2 hack and suspects a link.
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Arkansas Sues Kalshi, Joining a Growing List of States Targeting Prediction Markets
Attorney General Tim Griffin said betting on "whether the Razorbacks win or lose" is gambling, and wants restitution, penalties and taxes.
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Bitcoin win rate vs. S&P 500 recovers as post-midterm history favors stocks
Bitcoin outperformed the S&P 500 in half of the past 90 US trading sessions, while historical midterm data highlights gains for stocks.
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Bitcoin miner Riot could pay Anthropic 12% interest under $28 billion AI deal
Riot has sold most of its bitcoin to fund its move into data centers. Its latest agreement gives Anthropic a way to finance part of the build and collect interest through rent deductions.
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South Korea seeks 4th crypto tax delay, targets 2029 start
South Korea is seeking a fourth delay to its 22% crypto tax, months after reaffirming plans to begin taxing digital asset gains in January 2027.
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France’s Budget Rejection Shelves Stablecoin Tax and Wallet Reporting
The Assembly voted 458–0 against the revenue section. The crypto measures could return through amendments in the Senate, whose budget debate is scheduled to begin Nov. 20.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ZetaChain Opens Vote to Shut Down Layer 1 Around Dec. 9
Staked and unbonding ZETA would count toward claims, while exchanges would set their own conversion windows.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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France budget rejection sidelines stablecoin tax, wallet reporting
Three adopted amendments, including stablecoin taxation and self-custody reporting, fall away but could be reintroduced in the Senate.
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Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin swings to $126 million profit in Q3 on digital asset gains
American Bitcoin reported Q3 net income of $126 million, swinging from a $57.2 million net loss in the previous quarter.
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Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities
Crypto firms must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, with Hong Kong sharing the information with overseas tax authorities from 2028.
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Arkansas sues Kalshi, says its alleged illegal gambling operations cause mental harm
The lawsuit adds Arkansas to a growing list of states taking legal action against the prediction market platform.
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OpenAI says its AI can break into Linux at scale. Here's what it means for crypto
OpenAI says its AI found 948 Linux flaws and wrote a working attack for each one. Crypto security voices say decentralization leaves the industry better placed than most to cope.
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Bitcoin, Ether ETFs draw $128M as crypto rebounds after midterms
Fidelity led Bitcoin ETF inflows, while BlackRock’s IBIT shed another $201 million, extending its outflow streak to four trading sessions.
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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa resumes operations after attack, assesses losses
The bank said customer funds were unaffected after attackers accessed its systems through a service provider’s platform.
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Binance, Polymarket seek Polygon hard fork to recover $6.8M in stolen crypto
Polygon block producers have already frozen the stolen tokens, but a proposed hard fork would allow the funds to be recovered and returned to their owners.
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Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
About 12,200 ZEC remains in Sprout, the privacy pool Zcash launched in 2016. Roughly 10,000 coins have left over the past week, but only about 40 moved out Wednesday.
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Arkansas Sues Kalshi to Stop Alleged Illegal Gambling
The state seeks restitution, unpaid taxes and civil penalties as Kalshi continues its federal appeals against state gambling-law enforcement.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The pile of lawsuits against Kalshi just grew by one
Arkansas has accused the prediction market of running illegal gambling, joining Utah and several other U.S. states that have filed criminal or civil charges.
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XRP Ledger closes bug that let approved token burners create new tokens
The fix went live Wednesday after validator support reset the activation clock in October. XRP itself was unaffected.
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Bitcoin holds above $80,000 as Zcash jumps 12% in post-election crypto rebound
Ether rose 8% as falling oil prices and a weaker dollar helped markets recover, even as traders weighed a tougher path for U.S. crypto legislation.
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‘Lawyer up’: Democrats target Trump, Big Tech after midterm sweep
Democrats wasted little time after their midterm victory, warning tech CEOs to prepare for subpoenas and signaling fresh investigations into Trump’s business dealings.
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The Digital Chamber calls Sherrod Brown’s win ‘most consequential unfavorable result’ for crypto
Democrats are set to reorient the crypto policy debate toward stronger consumer protections and regulatory accountability, the group said.
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Trump Media moves $342 million in bitcoin to Crypto.com, blockchain data show
A wallet supposedly linked to Trump Media has made a large BTC transfer to Crypto.com, data tracked by Arkham show.
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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyberattack after ZachXBT flags $133M in suspected losses
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa did not confirm the exact amount of losses but validated the order of magnitude of the $133 million figure.
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U.S. OFAC Sanctions Individuals and Entities Linked to DPRK IT Worker Networks
Recently, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the designation of 10 individuals and one entity. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, these targets were involved in facilitating overseas IT worker networks operated by the North Korean...
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OKX–ICE Stock Venue’s Issuer Objections Reach 62
Boeing and ServiceNow’s objections leave eight of the venture’s 63 originally proposed symbols without a disclosed opt-out.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Trump Media-Linked Wallets Send 4,259 BTC to Crypto.com
The movement equals about 30% of the bitcoin treasury disclosed for July 31. Arkham labels both sending wallets as convertible-note collateral.... Read the full story at The Defiant