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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Has Not Set a Record in 374 Days, Its Longest Gap on Record
A year without a difficulty record has left the network at 148.36T while Core Scientific booked $215.4 million in colocation revenue and miners re-price power.
Glamsterdam Gas Audit: Ethereum Asks Auditors to Test Eight Broken Invariants
The Ethereum Foundation published eight invariants that Glamsterdam's gas repricing breaks, and asked auditors to check client contracts before the fork ships.
OFAC Sanctions Eight Canadian Money Services Firms That Swapped Rials for Crypto
Treasury's Nov. 6 action covers firms in Ontario and British Columbia, several of which Treasury links to IRGC addresses, Shelbit and Ryan Wedding's cash-to-crypto network.
Cory Fields Wants Quantum Thieves to Post Bitcoin as Collateral
Cory Fields has published three incentive designs for the post-quantum era, all built on the idea that moving old bitcoin should require posting bitcoin of your own.
Aave Labs Acquires Avon to Add Fixed-Rate Lending to Onchain Credit
Aave Labs bought Avon on 6 November 2026, taking on its fixed-rate lending code and order book but no live market, no disclosed price and no launch date.
Eight Days After the Binance Breach, $124 Million Is Bitcoin
The laundering of Binance's $6.43 billion has converged on bitcoin, but the nine addresses holding most of the stolen ether have not moved since 30 October.
Strive’s $509 Million Quarter Rested on a $533.7 Million Bitcoin Mark-Up
Strive's third-quarter net income of $509 million was mostly a $533.7 million bitcoin mark-up, and its October purchases at $83,310 now sit below spot.
Russia’s Crypto Trading Rules Start November 17 With a 300,000-Ruble Cap
The Bank of Russia's directive names three permitted assets for retail buyers and ties the 300,000-ruble annual ceiling to fixed liquidity and pricing tests.
Greece Votes 10% Crypto Gains Tax and a 15% Levy on Staking and DeFi Income
Greece's parliament passed a 10% crypto gains tax and a 15% levy on staking and DeFi income, with a €500 exemption and a 12-month window to declare old gains.
Broadridge’s Tokenized Repo Settled $7.6 Trillion in October as Its Daily Pace Slowed
One extra settlement day lifted Broadridge's October tokenized repo total to $7.6 trillion while the per-day average slipped 3.4% to $345 billion.
Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 Returns This November, Puts Singapore And Johor, Malaysia Cross-Border Digital Economy Opportunities In The Spotlight
Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 runs 13 to 17 November, billed as the first cross-border blockchain week for Singapore and Johor. Features Justin Sun and Visa.
CertiK, V Systems and ZICO Sign MOU to Support Tokenized Finance Across Asia
CertiK, V Systems and ZICO sign an MOU to support banks building tokenized finance products across Greater China and Southeast Asia. Security meets legal.
Chainalysis Says Live Tokens for All Users Were Exposed in Its Breach
Chainalysis widened its breach disclosure on Nov 4 to cover live tokens for all users, and its compliance monitoring tools stayed offline past its own deadline.
ZetaChain Vote Would Retire Its Layer 1: ZETA Heads to Solana on Dec 9
ZETA holders face a Dec 9 snapshot at block 20,755,000, a minimum 10-token claim and a Nov 7 vote deadline before the token leaves its own chain for Solana.
The CFTC Gave Exchanges 30 Days to Drop State Trading Restrictions. It Is Suing Ten States.
The CFTC set a Dec. 5 deadline for designated contract markets to drop domestic geographic access limits while its litigation with ten states stays open.
Hyperliquid Strategies Applied to Become a US Futures Broker. Its Profit Was a HYPE Mark.
PURR wants a US futures license to clear permissioned HIP-3 markets, but the quarter that paid for the filing was almost entirely a mark on 38.9 million HYPE tokens.
Core Scientific’s Revenue Is Now 92% Colocation as Bitcoin Mining Shrinks
Core Scientific booked $215.4 million of colocation revenue out of $232.9 million total, leaving bitcoin mining and hosting with $17.5 million in Q3.
Bank of England Raises Rates to 4%: The Energy Shock Behind Bitcoin’s Slide
Threadneedle Street raised Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 4% on an 8-1 vote, citing a second energy shock that lifted Brent to $108 a barrel while bitcoin fell 5.5% on the day.
American Bitcoin’s $126 Million Quarter Is Not a Mining Story
American Bitcoin's Q3 produced $126M of net income on $63.4M of mining revenue and 891 coins mined, with about half of production sold to cover costs.
FivebalanceUSA Launches Scam Stomper Token on Pump.fun
Miami, United States, 5th November 2026, Chainwire
KuCoin Highlights Growing Demand for Financial Expertise as Web3 and Traditional Finance Converge
Web3 hiring is shifting toward financial expertise, says KuCoin’s Karina Li. Compliance, risk management and governance skills are gaining value.
Bitcoin ETF Flows Turn Positive as Shorts Absorb a $741 Million Liquidation Day
Four sessions of ETF outflows ended with a $74.6 million inflow on 4 November, and two-thirds of the day's $741 million liquidation print was shorts while ether outran bitcoin.
Yellow Card Buys Brazil’s GoMoney to Own the Pix-to-Stablecoin Leg
The deal gives Yellow Card a Sao Paulo provider with a filed Brazilian licence application, Pix rails in reais and stablecoin settlement in a $252.5 billion market.
HKMA Moves EnsembleTX to 24/7 Settlement in Tokenised Central Bank Money, Lifting Participants to 32
The upgrade ends the rail's dependence on HKD RTGS operating hours, with Standard Chartered, HSBC and three Chinese banks among the 12 participants.
Standard Chartered Launches Tokenised Deposits in Hong Kong, Settled 24/7 in Central Bank Money
The bank's first tokenised deposit market runs on the HKMA's EnsembleTX rail, with China AMC, Finloop and PantherTrade already moving live money.
Binance Replenishes 98% of the $6.3B Stolen in Last Week’s Hack
Binance has restored about $6.2 billion of the $6.3 billion lost in the October security incident, with the final 2% delayed by less-liquid tokens.
Tria Brings Gacha Culture Onchain: Public Launch of Real Pokémon and One Piece Cards, Uncapped Bitcoin Rewards
New York, New York, 4th November 2026, Chainwire
Orbs Invests in CRYMBO to Support Institutional Shift Toward On-chain Finance
Orbs says its technology has facilitated over $14 billion in trading volume, while CRYMBO says it has processed more than $2 billion on its platform.
Bitcoin Reclaims $78,000 as US ETFs Log a Third Straight Day of Outflows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged a third straight day of outflows on Nov. 3, but Bitcoin still reclaimed $78,000 after Democrats won control of Congress.