Kalshi Gets DOJ Backing Against Arkansas Amid Prediction Markets Turf War
The U.S. and the CFTC say federal law gives the agency exclusive say over Kalshi's event contracts and asked a judge to stop Arkansas from enforcing state law against them.
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Twenty One Capital CEO Says $1.09 Billion Quarterly Profit Came From Bitcoin, Not Business
Rapha Zagury told shareholders the Q3 net income was a fair-value gain on the firm's 43,514 BTC, as its 10-Q shows a $186.5 million nine-month loss and no binding deal for Elektron.
Binance’s Reserve Page Shows 1.06 Billion More USDT Than Customer Balances After Hack Refill
Binance's reserve page now shows about 1.06 billion more USDT in its onchain wallet balance than customers' net balances, but the proof that would let users verify their assets are fully backed isn't out yet.
Trump Nominates Ex-CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson and Three Others to SEC, CFTC
Two Democrats and two Republicans head to the Senate for seats at the two U.S. market regulators, including the one Hester Peirce held, and two of the picks helped shape the Clarity Act.
Bitcoin Breaks Below $70,000 as Liquidations Sweep Through Leveraged Longs
More than $1 billion in crypto positions were forced shut in 12 hours as bitcoin broke below $70,000.
Gemini’s Q3 Loss Shrinks, but Crypto Marks Did Much of the Work
The Winklevoss-founded exchange's revenue fell 19% to $40.9 million, and its trading volume, though up from the second quarter, was still down 73% from a year earlier.
Court Order Lets DOJ Lock Up $1.2 Billion of North Korea’s Stolen Binance Crypto
The Justice Department also said the FBI took down servers behind "FaceStealer," a video-call hacking scheme it ties to more than $400 million in crypto theft.
18 Crypto Firms Seek to Join Court Fight Over Illinois’ 0.2% Crypto Tax
The DeFi Education Fund and 17 other crypto groups and companies asked an Illinois court for leave to file a brief arguing the state's Digital Asset Tax Act is unlawful.
Solana Becomes the Fifth Network on DTCC’s Tokenization Roadmap, Due in Late 2027
The Solana link, due in the second half of 2027, would be the fifth network DTCC has named for the service. Only firms with DTC accounts could hold the tokens.
Former Ethereum Core Dev Greg Markou Defends Developers Over Stalled Gas Repricing
As Glamsterdam's gas changes sit on hold, Markou blamed bundled upgrades and a surge of proposals he said has grown with AI, and said app teams should test early and report what breaks.
Western Union’s USDPT Stablecoin Becomes a Settlement Option on Visa, Anchorage Digital Says
Anchorage Digital said Visa partners can now pay their VisaNet balances in USDPT, the Western Union token its bank mints. Visa has not put out its own statement.
KPMG Signs Off on Tether Gold Issuer’s 2025 Books, Covering $2.2 Billion in Bullion
The audit of TG Commodities, which issues the XAUT gold token, is a snapshot of one company on Dec. 31, 2025, and only Tether's announcement of it is public.
Securitize and Ethena Open 24/7 BlackRock BUIDL Liquidity Facility With $50 Million Funded
The pool opens with $50 million for weekend and after-hours swaps between BUIDL and USDC, and a matching $50 million can be added within an hour.
Foundation CEO Says Ethereum Foundation Is Launching a Signing App for Passport Prime
Zach Herbert says the Universal Ethereum Signer, built by Ledger co-founder Nicolas Bacca, is the first signing app the EF has collaborated on for hardware wallet-like devices, though it has no public release yet.
Why the Ethereum Foundation Is Launching a Signing App on Passport Prime
In this episode of Unchained Premium, Zach Herbert, co-founder and CEO of Foundation, joined Laura to talk about the Ethereum Foundation’s new Universal Ethereum Signer app, built by Ledger co-founder Nicolas Bacca, which runs on Foundation’s KeyOS operating system and Passport Prime device.
Stablecoin Firm KAST Buys Gemini’s Shuttered UK and EU Arm for Under $10 Million, Report Says
No deal has been announced, but a KAST job listing describes moving Gemini's UK and EU staff to KAST and integrating acquired UK and EU entities.
SoFi’s Bank-Issued Stablecoin SoFiUSD Goes Live on Polygon, Its Third Blockchain
Polygon Labs says SoFi members can now buy, hold and convert SoFiUSD on Polygon in the SoFi app, which already supports the token on Ethereum and Solana.
Tether, TRON and Chainalysis Launch a Task Force to Freeze Illicit USDT Before It Moves
The Digital Crime Task Force will hunt for scams, hacks and laundering involving USDT on TRON and pass leads to police, rather than wait for victims to report a crime.
Ethlabs Wants Ethereum Quantum and AI Ready by 2027, Drops Its Faster Blocks Push
Ethlabs says it is giving up on 10-second blocks in Hegota so its researchers can work on quantum- and AI-resistant cryptography, a plan core developers have yet to take up.
Zcash Could End Flow of Block Rewards to Community Grants as Polls Open Nov. 16
The grants program's 8% cut would sit in a locked fund with no spending rules yet, and 50,000 ZEC would leave its treasury, under a merged draft that Zcash coinholders vote on from Nov. 16.
SEC Reportedly Backs CFTC Against Stock-Perps Injunction
The SEC reportedly filed a brief supporting the CFTC, while Better Markets and two former SEC officials asked a federal judge to block perpetual futures on U.S. stocks.
Deutsche Bank’s Bitcoin and Ether Custody Is Open to Clients, Bank Says
Unchained counted 30 European countries on the bank's EU crypto register entry, which rests on a notification to its regulator, not a new license.
LlamaRisk Asks Aave to Freeze StakeWise, Lombard and Rocket Pool Tokens on Its V3 Core Market
Two of the five assets named in the proposal are already frozen, and StakeWise's founder has asked the Aave DAO to vote on its osETH token separately.
Kraken Parent Expands Beyond US Names With Over 200 UK and EU Stocks
The first UK and EU batch lifts Payward's tokenized equities lineup past 1,500 assets, while a London Stock Exchange listing waits until 2027 at the earliest, pending regulatory approval.
Bitcoin Core Discloses Bugs That Could Freeze Mining Nodes
The fixes shipped in October 2025, and the project held back the details until its last vulnerable release line, 29.x, reached end of life on Oct. 27.
Anchorage Digital Lets Institutions Borrow Against Tether’s Tokenized Gold
The crypto firm says clients can now hold, trade and pledge Tether Gold (XAU₮), the first of several tokenized real-world assets it plans to support through its Prime platform.
OKXICE Tokenized Stock Venue to Open Nov. 23; Circle, Coinbase, Robinhood Among 70+ Assets
The OKX and Intercontinental Exchange joint venture says it has confirmed more than 70 assets for onchain trading under the SEC's Innovation Exemption and will also list 59 Direxion ETFs.
Ledger’s Developer Kit Reports Every Signature to Ledger Unless Wallets Opt Out, Ambire Developer Says
Ledger's security team says the lookups power Clear Signing, happen in software wallet apps install rather than on the device itself, and aren't stored.
Bitmine Says Its Controls Are Still Not Effective as ETH Ended the Year $5.4 Billion Below Cost
The ether treasury company's annual report also details a $143.7 million derivatives loss and a new 1.5% staking-fee deal with an Ethereum Tower affiliate.
Kalshi Says CFTC Warning of Imminent Charges Stems From a ‘Procedural Error’
The derivatives regulator has reportedly told the $40 billion prediction market that charges over how it notified the agency about new products could come soon.