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Sygnum Launches ETH Alpha Fund Targeting 8% to 10% in ETH
Backpack Signs Yen Banking Agreement With Minna Bank in Japan
Tron, Tether and Chainalysis Launch Digital Crime Task Force
Ethlabs Pulls Quick Slots, Urges 2027 Ethereum Quantum Upgrade
India ED Searches CoinDCX and Delta Exchange in FEMA Probe
CFTC Designates tZERO DCM as Contract Market Ahead of SPAC Deal
Nomura Explores Sale of Crypto Unit Laser Digital, Marex Interested
MidChains Names Standard Chartered as Banking Partner in UAE
South Korea FSC to Let Exchanges Freeze Withdrawals on Hack Fears
Zcash Holders to Vote on Removing 50,000 ZEC From Grants Treasury
Solana Company Q3 Revenue Hits $3.4M as Staking Income Climbs
Suiet Wallet to Shut Down as API Services End After Nov. 14
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CFTC Designates tZERO DCM as Contract Market Ahead of SPAC Deal
Nomura Explores Sale of Crypto Unit Laser Digital, Marex Interested
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Sygnum Launches ETH Alpha Fund Targeting 8% to 10% in ETH
Swiss bank Sygnum opened its ETH Alpha Fund SP on Nov. 2, targeting 8% to 10% annual returns in ETH by layering options, arbitrage and funding strategies on top of staking yields of about 2% to 3%.
Backpack Signs Yen Banking Agreement With Minna Bank in Japan
Backpack's Japanese subsidiary Trek Labs Japan has signed a cooperation agreement with Minna Bank to explore yen deposits and withdrawals via BaaS, tokenized deposits and app integration. Everything depends on Trek Labs Japan securing crypto exchange registration.
Tron, Tether and Chainalysis Launch Digital Crime Task Force
Tron, Tether and Chainalysis launched a Digital Crime Task Force using Chainalysis data and AI to flag illicit USDT on Tron and help law enforcement freeze funds faster, months after the T3 Financial Crime Unit with TRM Labs disbanded.
Ethlabs Pulls Quick Slots, Urges 2027 Ethereum Quantum Upgrade
Ethlabs is pulling Quick Slots from the Hegotá hard fork and proposing pqai27, a plan to bring Ethereum's post-quantum and post-AI readiness forward to 2027, two years ahead of the Ethereum Foundation's December 2029 roadmap. Core developers have not approved it.
Regulation
India ED Searches CoinDCX and Delta Exchange in FEMA Probe
The ED searched three Bengaluru premises linked to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India on Nov. 4 and 5, alleging rupee deposits were converted to USDT and moved offshore. Both exchanges deny wrongdoing and say operations are normal.
CFTC Designates tZERO DCM as Contract Market Ahead of SPAC Deal
tZERO now has both a CFTC-designated exchange and a registered clearinghouse. The approval meets the first earn-out milestone in its merger with FG Imperii, but no contracts or trading date have been announced and the deal has yet to close.
South Korea FSC to Let Exchanges Freeze Withdrawals on Hack Fears
South Korea's Financial Services Commission will let crypto exchanges halt deposits and withdrawals on suspicion of hacking, after incidents at GOPAX and Prabang. The FSC also wants 24/7 monitoring, more cold storage and stronger reserves.
Judge Denies Novig Bid to Block New York Gambling Enforcement
A federal judge denied Novig a preliminary injunction against New York, finding its sports event contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act and calling the CFTC's October swap rules inherently contradictory. Novig has appealed to the Second Circuit.
DeFi
Suiet Wallet to Shut Down as API Services End After Nov. 14
Suiet, a self-custodial browser extension wallet for Sui, is shutting down with API services ending after Nov. 14. Funds stay on chain, but users need their recovery phrase to migrate as Sui TVL drops more than 22% in a month.
Jupiter Launches Baskets and Curated Vaults Ahead of Breakpoint
Jupiter is rolling out Baskets, Vaults, Portfolio V3 and Pulse ahead of Solana Breakpoint. Vaults open November 11 in private beta, with curator-run strategies, share-diluting fees, withdrawals of up to 30 days and no loss coverage from Jupiter.
IRIS to Launch Borrowing at Fixed Rates on SparkLend Nov. 10
IRIS plans to go live Nov. 10 with fixed-rate loans that settle on SparkLend. Solvers compete via off-chain RFQ to quote fixed terms, backed by bonds that absorb floating-rate swings. Borrowers still face collateral liquidation and owe full-term interest.
Greece Passes 10% Crypto Gains Tax and 15% Levy on DeFi Income
Greece's parliament approved its first dedicated crypto tax framework on Nov. 5: 10% on capital gains, 15% on staking, lending and DeFi liquidity income, and a €500 annual exemption that disappears once crossed. The rules apply from Jan. 1, 2027.
Technology
Nvidia Earnings Beat and $12.9B Hugging Face Deal Push Nasdaq Futures Up 1.1%
Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Beats Claude Fable on Benchmarks, Creators Unknown
A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.
Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
Quantinuum's shares opened at $68 on their first day of trading on Nasdaq, a 13% jump from the $60 IPO price, raising $1.68 billion in total proceeds and valuing the quantum computing company at approximately $17.63 billion market capitalization.
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