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Circle Q3 Revenue Hits $865M as Firm Cuts 5% of Staff
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Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Killer
ZachXBT Names Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as Victim of $133M Crypto Theft
Ethereum Researcher Targets December 2028 for Quantum Resistance
Block Agrees in Principle to $764M DOJ AML Settlement
Democrats Win Senate With 51 Seats as CLARITY Act Remains Stalled
BitMart Founder Confirms $391,000 Hack Amid Restructuring
South Korea Ruling Party Proposes Fourth Crypto Tax Delay
Crypto Faces Oversight Risk as Midterms Could Hand Democrats Congress
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Markets
Circle Q3 Revenue Hits $865M as Firm Cuts 5% of Staff
Circle posted $865M in Q3 2026 revenue, beating estimates, but the ARC presale did heavy lifting: reserve income fell 8%, end-of-period USDC circulation was flat, market share slipped to 27% and the company cut about 5% of staff.
Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Killer
Justice John Bodurtha ruled the Crown failed to prove a Bitcoin wallet on a seized laptop was tied to Taylor Samson's 2015 killing. The device goes to William Sandeson's family; C$5,000 in cash stays forfeited. Estimates of the wallet's value range from C$8,000 to over C$200,000.
ZachXBT Names Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as Victim of $133M Crypto Theft
ZachXBT named Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as the institution behind a crypto theft topping $133 million, with part of the funds converted to Monero. The bank confirmed an attack but gave no loss figure; Crypto.com says it blocked linked funds.
Ethereum Researcher Targets December 2028 for Quantum Resistance
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake hopes to wrap Ethereum's post-quantum and post-AI transition by December 2028, a year early. Three upgrades in 24 months stand in the way, and the official 2029 roadmap still stands.
Regulation
Hong Kong Passes Crypto Tax Reporting Law, Data Collection From 2027
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a law adopting the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework. Crypto service providers must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, and Hong Kong starts automatic tax data exchanges with partner jurisdictions in 2028.
Block Agrees in Principle to $764M DOJ AML Settlement
Block has agreed in principle to pay $764 million, after credits on a roughly $964 million gross figure, to resolve a DOJ probe into its AML controls. A Bank Secrecy Act charge would be deferred for three years, and the sum exceeds Block's $566 million Q3 profit.
Democrats Win Senate With 51 Seats as CLARITY Act Remains Stalled
Democrats flipped six Republican-held seats to win the Senate, per the AP. Sherrod Brown beat $63 million in crypto spending, Elizabeth Warren is positioned to lead Banking, and the stalled CLARITY Act must pass by January or start over.
South Korea Ruling Party Proposes Fourth Crypto Tax Delay
Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok proposed a fourth postponement of South Korea's 22% crypto income tax, citing the need to first enact the Digital Asset Basic Act. A two-year delay is reportedly under discussion, but the legal start date remains Jan. 1, 2027.
DeFi
Premia Labs Loses $464K in Arbitrum Vault Exploit
Premia Labs, the firm behind Kyan, lost an estimated $464,600 from its Arbitrum options vaults on November 1. PeckShield traced the funds through Chainflip and NEAR Intents into Bitcoin, and no reimbursement plan has been published yet.
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Hack Suspect Alexander Block to US
Alexander Block, accused of taking more than $2.8 million in the August 2022 Nomad bridge exploit, was handed to U.S. authorities on Oct. 29 after Israel's Supreme Court ruled that exploiting a smart-contract flaw is no different from exploiting any other program.
THORChain Pauses Swaps on 12 of 13 Chains After Ethereum Reorg Refund
An Ethereum reorganization led THORChain to refund the same 10 ETH deposit twice, tripping an emergency pause that froze swaps on 12 of 13 chains. Chainalysis says the halt slowed laundering of funds stolen from Binance, though the reorg, not policy, caused it.
Hackers Hijack 12 DeFi Sites via Name.com, Steal About $138K
At least 12 DeFi websites, all registered through Name.com, were hijacked late Friday and turned into wallet drainers using the Step Drainer toolkit. About $138,000 has been traced on EVM chains, while blame for the breach is split between Name.com and Vercel.
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
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Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
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