Crypto news
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TD Cowen: Democratic Sweep Makes a Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act ‘Impossible’
Bitcoin Magazine TD Cowen: Democratic Sweep Makes a Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act ‘Impossible' The Democratic sweep of Congress closes the door on crypto market structure legislation like the Clarity Act for the next two years and may rule out any version the industry would support, TD Cowen told...
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Blast Shuts Down Layer 2, Directs Users to Recovery Site
DefiLlama’s latest daily reading puts bridge assets at $6.51 million, about 84% below the reading reported on Oct. 26.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance Expands Proof of Reserves to 44 Tokens After Hack
The exchange says it has replenished about 98% of affected assets, but the new cryptographic proof is unfinished and withdrawals are not fully reopened.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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BitMart hit by $391K hack amid security staff exodus
Crypto exchange BitMart was hacked for $391,000 this week as it struggles to retain its “severely understaffed” security team. Founder Sheldon Xia revealed that the hack took place on Monday and is one of “numerous attacks” it's dealing with. Blockchain data firm Bitquery reports that $391,000 was...
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Riot Signs $28 Billion AI Lease for Entire Corsicana Campus
The miner has sold 20,264 BTC this year to help fund data centers, while mining still supplied about 64% of third-quarter revenue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin hits $80.5K as US stocks rally on midterm election results
Bitcoin climbed toward $80,500 as risk assets rallied on Democrats’ midterm election gains and oil prices fell.
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Crypto Long & Short: ICE is betting on retail’s appetite for quick outcomes
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Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) Sell Thousands of Bitcoin to Fund AI Ventures, Share Buybacks
Bitcoin Magazine Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) Sell Thousands of Bitcoin to Fund AI Ventures, Share Buybacks Two of the largest public bitcoin miners reported third-quarter results on Wednesday, and both used the occasion to confirm they have been selling the asset they were built to accumulate. Riot...
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Polkadot Treasury Lost $1.38 Million After XCM Patch Missed Production
The flaw distorted DOT/dotUSD pool pricing. A later upgrade repaired the stablecoin’s supply accounting without changing holders’ balances.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Reclaims $79,000 After 5% Rebound From Election-Night Low
Ether and Solana joined the recovery, while S&P 500 and gold futures gained about 3% over a matched overnight window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Adds 24/7 NIFTY 50 Perpetual With Cross-Chain Funding
The Hyperliquid-based contract allows up to 20x leverage and settles index-point gains and losses in USDC, without delivering Indian shares.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Circle (CRCL) Cuts About 5% of Workforce as Q3 Revenue Hits $865M
Bitcoin Magazine Circle (CRCL) Cuts About 5% of Workforce as Q3 Revenue Hits $865M Circle Internet Group cut about 5% of its workforce in the third quarter, a reduction the USDC issuer disclosed in the footnotes of an earnings report that showed revenue rising 17% to $865 million and net income up...
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The election changes Washington. The work on crypto continues
The next Congress inherits an unfinished assignment: establishing clear, lasting rules for digital assets that protect consumers and ensure American innovation continues to thrive, writes Blockchain Association's Linsday Fraser.
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Bitcoin Trades Above $78,000 After Democratic Sweep of Congress
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Trades Above $78,000 After Democratic Sweep of Congress Bitcoin price traded near $78,300 on Wednesday morning, up about 1% on the day, after Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections and dealt the crypto industry its worst night...
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Dialectic Launches SpaceX Yield Vault Using Aave Loans on Base
Starloop borrows USDC against tokenized shares, adding liquidation risk to a strategy operating within Aave’s 37,000-token collateral cap.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Core Lightning Urges Upgrade to 26.06.10 to Patch Channel Flaws
The release addresses channel-balance risks and remote crashes; maintainers are withholding tests for the fixes to give node runners time to update.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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France backs reporting for self-custodied crypto worth 100K euros or more
The amendment would require taxpayers to report holdings worth at least $112,000, but the measure still needs to survive the budget process.
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Morning Minute: CFTC Clears Stock Perps, Gets Sued the Same Day
Plus, pro-crypto spending largely failed to produce results as the Democrats swept the Senate and House in Midterms.
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Circle reports $865 million in Q3 revenue and reserve income, discloses 5% workforce reduction
Circle reported $865 million in third-quarter revenue and reserve income and disclosed cuts affecting approximately 5% of its workforce.
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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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Global asset manager Schroders brings emerging market bond fund to Solana
The global asset manager, which oversees $1.1 trillion in assets, is bringing an actively managed bond strategy onchain through tokenization specialist Centrifuge.
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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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USDC Issuer Circle Quietly Cuts 5% of Staff in Profitable Quarter
The USDC issuer disclosed the cuts in its earnings release, booking $9.1 million in restructuring costs as reserve income fell 8%.
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Circle beats earnings and revenue estimates on soaring USDC transaction volume
Circle’s net income for continuing operations of $226 million grew 5% year-over-year to $226 million in the third quarter.
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Here's how analysts are reacting to the new blue Congress
Your day-ahead look for Nov. 4, 2026
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Canton’s CC rises 4% as SEC staff view it as ‘digital commodity’
SEC staff’s no-action letter covers CC earned by running infrastructure and applications, but is not a binding ruling on its legal status.
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BitGo launches institutional trading and financial solutions business led by former NYDIG executive
BitGo has launched Global Markets, an institutional trading and financial solutions business headed by former NYDIG executive Pete Janney.
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Coinbase, Kalshi Denied Shield From State Prediction-Market Enforcement
The Second Circuit denied interim protection in Connecticut and New York, but its order does not require trading to stop or existing positions to close.... Read the full story at The Defiant