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Strategy STRC Preferred Hits $100 for First Time Since May
STRC tagged $100 on Wednesday, up from a June low of $71.25, days after Strategy moved to daily dividends. Par reopens the at-the-market issuance window, but the bounce came after roughly $2 billion or more in buybacks, and one touch is not a hold.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Zcash Rises 9% to $1,310, Back in Top 10 Ahead of NU7 Upgrade
Zcash climbed 9.4% to $1,310 and returned to tenth by market cap ahead of NU7, which cuts block times to 25 seconds. Analysts watch $1,370 as the short squeeze trigger while Sprout pool funds become unspendable at activation.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
ApeChain Replaces LayerZero With Chainlink CCIP Across Yuga Labs
ApeChain is replacing LayerZero with Chainlink CCIP as the canonical bridge across Yuga Labs, including Bored Ape Yacht Club. APE and USDC will become Chainlink Cross-Chain Tokens, but holder migration steps and a legacy-bridge shutdown date are still missing.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bitcoin Returns to $80K as US Stocks Rally After Midterm Sweep
Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 and pushed past $80,500 at Wednesday's Wall Street open, up more than 4%, as S&P 500 futures reversed from 7,490 and US stocks surged after Democrats swept the midterms. Oil slid on hopes of an end to the US-Iran war.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
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.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
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.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
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.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
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.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
BitMart Founder Confirms $391,000 Hack Amid Restructuring
BitMart founder Sheldon Xia confirmed a $391,000 drain from wallets on Base, Arbitrum and Optimism, hitting mid-restructuring with a $319.5 million shortfall already on the books. On-chain data points to a possible link with the Mercado Bitcoin attack.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Cross River Picks Arbitrum One to Tokenize Loans in Early 2027
Cross River Bank will tokenize loans at origination on Arbitrum One with Offchain Labs and ZeroDev wallets, targeting production in early 2027. Funding ideas include forward-flow programs and onchain funds, but no products or launch dates are set.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Binance Ties $6.3B Hack to Fake Job Interview, Says 98% Replenished
Binance says hackers used a fake job interview in a months-long social engineering campaign. 98% of impacted tokens are replenished, a second withdrawal phase began Nov. 3, and a new reserve snapshot lands Nov. 4.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Aztec Tierra V6 Fixes Critical V5 Bug, Doubles Proof Speed
Aztec Foundation launched Tierra, Alpha V6, on its privacy Ethereum L2. It fixes a critical V5 bug, doubles proof speed to about one second and cuts Ethereum message delivery from two minutes to 12 seconds. Builders must recompile and redeploy.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Tether CEO Says Firm Holds About 150,000 Bitcoin, Worth $11.5B
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the issuer holds about 150,000 BTC, worth roughly $11.5B. Its BDO-prepared Q3 attestation implies about 100,060 BTC, and Ardoino gave no wallet breakdown or purchase schedule for the gap.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Liquid Network Restores 1:1 LBTC Backing After September Exploit
Four deposits totaling about 602.5 BTC, the last on Nov. 2, restored 1:1 backing for LBTC after the September exploit. The federation has not published who paid, and direct federation peg-outs remain restricted.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
NEAR Falls 9% to $3.75 as AI Tokens Sell Off, Issuance Cut Passes
NEAR fell 8.75% to $3.75 on November 3, down 14% on the week and more than 30% from its October peak near $6. House of Stake approved a cut in max issuance from 2.5% to 1.6%, but it still needs Security Council review and a protocol upgrade.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
North Korea Rejects FBI Blame for $6.3B Binance Hack
Kim Yo-jong dismissed the FBI's attribution of the $6.3 billion Binance theft to North Korea as a "political provocation," after KCNA called the claims a fabrication. The stolen funds remain on US blocklists, and Chainalysis says they mixed with proceeds of an earlier exploit.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Trezor Raises Wallet Passphrase Limit From 50 to 128 Characters
Trezor now allows wallet passphrases of up to 128 characters, up from 50, on Model T and Safe devices with updated firmware. The company tied the change to July's Coldcard thefts, where strong passphrases protected some users whose recovery phrases were exposed.
MarketsBlockchain Academics Newsroom
Securitize Adds 13 Tokenized Stocks on Solana, Bringing Total to 25
Securitize has added 13 US equities, including ExxonMobil, GameStop, Disney and Uber, to its Solana-based Securitize Stocks platform. The lineup now totals 25 tokens backed 1:1 by custodied shares and settled in USDC.
MarketsBlockchain Academics Newsroom
NYSE Taps Broadridge for Onchain Shareholder Voting
Broadridge will handle shareholder records, communications and onchain voting for the NYSE's planned tokenized stock platform, joining Securitize and tZERO. The venue still awaits regulatory approval.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals; Hypernative Flags $40M Drain
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals after a security incident, saying no clients lost money. Hypernative counts more than $40M in plain-transfer outflows across at least 10 chains, and Tether says it froze over 4.5M USDT.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
tZERO to Go Public via $350 Million SPAC Merger With FG Imperii
tZERO will go public by merging with FG Imperii Acquisition Corp. at a $350 million pre-money valuation. The combined firm is expected to list on NYSE American as TZRO, with 1.25 million escrowed shares tied to CFTC derivatives milestones and closing expected in early 2027.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
FBI Ties $6.3B Binance Hack to North Korea, About $3B Frozen
The FBI pinned the $6.3B Binance hack on North Korea's TraderTraitor group, and the Secret Service says partners froze a large share. Stablecoins got frozen; Bitcoin can't be. Here's why ETF custody concentration is now the variable to watch.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Bitcoin Holds $78K, XRP Sits Near $1.25 Ahead of US Midterms
Bitcoin trades around $78,462 and XRP near $1.25 a day before US midterms. BTC and ETH spot ETFs saw outflows, XRP ETF inflows thinned, and history points to post-midterm weakness. Key levels: $76,270 on BTC and $1.20 on XRP.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
BTCPay Server Tells Operators to Shut Down After Hot Wallet Drains
BTCPay Server told operators to take instances offline after reports that attackers drained connected Bitcoin hot wallets. The project narrowed suspected exposure to version 2.4.1 or older and urged updates to 2.4.7. The losses and the entry point remain undisclosed.
MarketsHadi Ghadban