Crypto news
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Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K for One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn’t Flip
A Polymarket trader topped the prediction market’s leaderboard after Democrats swept the US midterms, but Alaska could still flip it.
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Circle Payments Network Reaches $41.3 Billion Annualized Volume in Q3
Circle retained 52.4% of revenue and reserve income after distribution-related costs, but ARC token sales lifted that share. Its pending Tazapay acquisition would deepen local payout access.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ZachXBT Names French Bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as Alleged Victim of $133M Crypto Theft
The onchain investigator says the theft is being "covered up," and that a lack of disclosure let more than $30 million be laundered.
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Binance hack may be ‘temporary setback’ for crypto, Grayscale’s Pandl says
Zach Pandl highlighted institutional custody safeguards as crypto markets recovered some losses following the record $6.3 billion Binance hack.
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DeFi Explained
DeFi 201 explains decentralized finance as a connected protocol system. It follows how DEXs and AMMs, liquidity pools, lending markets, yield aggregators, oracles, derivatives and DAO governance fit together, and where composability creates systemic risk.
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Morgan Stanley Tokenizes US Stocks and Treasuries Through DTCC
The bank was among 20 participants signed up at launch. The service permits 24/7 token transfers only between registered wallets on the same blockchain.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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Justin Sun seeks $264K sanctions over World Liberty’s UAE disclosure
Sun plans to refile his token-freeze lawsuit in California state court after the sanctions motion is resolved. A hearing is set for Dec. 10.
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Hong Kong Passes Crypto Tax Reporting Bill for 2027 Start
Annual reports will link customer identities to fiat trades, token swaps and transfers, including withdrawals to external wallets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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ZachXBT names French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as suspected victim of $133 million crypto theft
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT says the French bank may have lost more than $133 million from crypto exchange accounts. Crypto.com confirms it has blocked funds linked to the theft.
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Elon Musk floats space data centers as Democratic sweep puts pressure on AI trade
Texas election result raises fears of data centre restrictions, while Musk and Palihapitiya draw attention to the space economy.
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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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Morgan Stanley among first banks to tokenize US equities, Treasurys through DTCC’s service
Morgan Stanley said it converted US equities and Treasurys into tokenized form through DTCC's new tokenization service.
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Morgan Stanley says it is among the first banks to tokenize real world assets
The bank's announcement follows the launch of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s Tokenization Service, or DTS, on Oct. 28.
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Binance hackers move 81% of stolen Solana, route funds via THORChain
The Binance attackers moved most of the stolen SOL and continued laundering funds through THORChain after the protocol resumed swaps.
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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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Democrats win US House to secure control of Congress in midterms
Democrats will take control of House committees in January 2027, giving them power to investigate President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Apple Joins OKXICE Stock-Token Objectors as Total Reaches 59
Objections now cover 53 of the venue’s original 63 proposed stock symbols, leaving ten without a disclosed opt-out.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Democrats Win House, Gaining New Leverage Over Crypto Legislation
The incoming majority will control key House committees and oversight, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled at the Senate floor.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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Ethereum dev targets 2028 for quantum resistance, a year early
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake said it is their “hope” that Ethereum will achieve its post-quantum and post-AI transition by December 2028.
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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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South Korea's ruling party wants to delay its crypto tax again
South Korea's ruling party wants to delay crypto tax by about two years, as it waits for global tax-sharing rules and new digital assets law.
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Democrats Win Senate Control as CLARITY Act Remains Stalled
Elizabeth Warren is positioned to take over Banking, but the crypto market-structure bill is already awaiting floor action after a failed procedural vote.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa exploited for over $133 million, ZachXBT says
ZachXBT said he has a 'high degree of confidence' that the attacker is not associated with North Korea's Lazarus Group.