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NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.

The company said it's trying to establish a U.S. "futures commission merchant" with full compliance for activity with U.S. clients, though the timing is uncertain.

Anyone trying to move vulnerable bitcoin would have to put up matching collateral, giving prepared owners a chance to take both.

The new DOJ task force will aid the recently designated U.S. "SI Force" by warding off bad actors backed by other nations, criminal groups or corporate fraud.

The post-election rally quickly reversed as AI stocks plunged, but cryptocurrencies held up relatively better despite a $1 billion liquidation wave.

The hacking group has been behind some of the crypto industry's most recent high-profile thefts.

Soter also received backing of 500 BTC and 2000 ETH, worth another $43 million at current prices.

Lin Han says Gate holds enough assets in cold storage to cover customer balances even if its hot wallets are emptied. An independent audit is underway.

The investment follows talks first reported by CoinDesk in June that included a proposed equity stake in Aave Group.

A $19 billion data-center agreement includes an unusual provision allowing Google to acquire part of the project if Anthropic fails to pay its rent.

The exchange says its systems are unaffected but has removed trading connections to the third-party platform as a precaution.

Ukraine’s central bank won’t back a crypto legalization bill in its current form and wants lawmakers to revise it before a final vote.

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 5, 2026

Investors dumped AI infrastructure providers across the board in October, treating companies in very different sectors as one monolithic trade.

Revenue fell to $63.4 million in the third quarter and missed analysts’ forecasts as bitcoin production declined and higher summer electricity prices pushed mining costs up.

Bitcoin slipped 0.2% to around $80,250 since midnight UTC, holding above $80,000 after Wednesday’s jump, as spot ETFs ended a three-day outflow streak.

The continued blowup of the AI trade led markets lower, with Nvidia losing 9.3% and many other chip names down double-digit percentages.

The same attacker took about $391,000, mostly from wallets Bitquery ties to BitMart, whose founder confirmed a Nov. 2 hack and suspects a link.

Riot has sold most of its bitcoin to fund its move into data centers. Its latest agreement gives Anthropic a way to finance part of the build and collect interest through rent deductions.