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NEWS

U.S. Treasury Cuts Off MEXC From U.S. Financial System Over Alleged $16 Billion in Illicit Flows

Micah Zimmerman -
FinCEN issued a final order under section 9714(a) that will bar U.S. financial institutions from sending or receiving funds with MEXC Global 30 days after Federal Register publication, citing at least $16 billion in alleged illicit activity.
NEWS

Bitcoin Magazine Books Opens 333-Copy Genesis Book Collector Edition for 3rd Anniversary

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin Magazine Books opened a third-anniversary campaign for Aaron van Wirdum's The Genesis Book, capping a hand-signed Collectors Edition at 333 numbered copies.
NEWS

Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitget Ahead of Dec. 5 Access Block

Micah Zimmerman -
Thailand's SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget operator BG Limited for unlicensed Thai trading from 2022 to 2025.
NEWS

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations

Micah Zimmerman -
Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering after using wallet credentials from 35 FBI investigations to take about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency.
NEWS

Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2%

Micah Zimmerman -
Strive posted $474.8M in Q3 net income to common holders, almost entirely a $533.7M unrealized bitcoin gain, and touted 103.7% year-to-date outperformance versus bitcoin.
NEWS

Rule to Allow Crypto in 401(k)s Arrives at White House for Final Review

Micah Zimmerman -
A final Labor Department rule that would create a fiduciary safe harbor for private equity, real estate and crypto in 401(k) menus arrived at OIRA on Thursday, putting public release within reach.
NEWS

Binance Hackers Swap About $50 Million of Stolen XRP Mostly Into Bitcoin, Elliptic Says

Micah Zimmerman -
About 42 million stolen XRP, worth roughly $50 million, has been swapped mostly into bitcoin via THORChain, Elliptic said, lifting converted bitcoin from the Binance theft to about 1,650 BTC.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Holds Near $75,000 After Hot October Jobs Report

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price held near $75,800 Friday after U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, far above the 59,000 forecast, as December Fed hike odds climbed toward 80%.
NEWS

South Korean Crypto Exchange Gopax Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After Hacking Threat

Micah Zimmerman -
South Korea's Gopax halted standard withdrawals at 2:55 p.m. and trading at 3:53 p.m. Friday after a hacking-threat email, and is transferring all held assets to cold wallets with no loss reported so far.
CULTURE

Argentine Bitcoiners Debut “The Genesis of Satoshi Nakamoto” Artwork in Downtown Buenos Aires

Juan Galt -
Bitcoin.ar presented the 2.4-meter stainless steel and glass cube “The Genesis of Satoshi Nakamoto” on October 29 at Polo Dot as part of LABITCONF 2026’s Open Fest.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Trades Near $76,000 as Nasdaq Tumbles into Correction

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price held near $76,000 Thursday afternoon as the Nasdaq sank deeper into a correction, crypto liquidations topped $1 billion and Strategy, Coinbase and bitcoin miners sold off in double digits.
NEWS

Core Scientific (CORZ) to Exit Bitcoin Mining by Year-End as Colocation Hits $215 Million

Micah Zimmerman -
Core Scientific will finish winding down bitcoin mining in the fourth quarter and enter 2027 as a pure-play AI colocation landlord, with self-mining revenue already down to $12.3 million.
NEWS

Greece Approves 10% Crypto Capital Gains Tax as First Framework Lands Below Draft Rate

Micah Zimmerman -
Greece's parliament approved a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies, the country's first dedicated crypto tax framework, with annual gains up to €500 exempt.
NEWS

South Korea Pushes 22% Crypto Tax to 2029 in Fourth Delay, Offers Three-Year Loss Carryforward

Micah Zimmerman -
South Korea's government will ask lawmakers to delay its 22% crypto gains tax to 2029 and let investors carry losses forward for up to three years.
BUSINESS

Bull Bitcoin Becomes First Exchange to Add Payjoin Privacy Deposits, Withdrawals, and Payjoin-by-Default Trading

Juan Galt -
Bull Bitcoin is the first Bitcoin exchange to offer Payjoin privacy as a deposit and withdrawal option. Every on-chain buy or sell via BULL Wallet is now a Payjoin by default, automating UTXO aggregation for users while reducing future mining fees and the overall Bitcoin UTXO set.
NEWS

Keel (KEEL) Sells Entire Bitcoin Treasury for $192 Million, Will Sell BTC Daily

Micah Zimmerman -
Keel sold 2,520 bitcoin in the third quarter, left its treasury near zero and said Quebec-mined coins will now be sold every day as it pivots to AI data centers.
NEWS

U.S.-Sanctioned Moscow Exchange Will List Bitcoin on Dec. 1 as Russia Pulls Crypto Trading Home

Micah Zimmerman -
Russia's largest exchange, Moscow Exchange,. will open bitcoin trading on Dec. 1 under the country's new crypto law, with retail buyers tested and capped at 300,000 rubles a year.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Crashes Over 5% to $75,000 as Tech Rout Wipes Out Leveraged Longs

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price fell from above $80,800 to near $76,600 on Thursday morning as a Nasdaq selloff in chip and AI stocks spilled into crypto.
NEWS

Ukraine Central Bank Refuses to Back Crypto Bill Cleared for Second Reading

Micah Zimmerman -
Ukraine's National Bank says draft law 10225-d on virtual assets lacks safeguards on foreign tokens and platform licensing.
NEWS

Fed and OCC Quiz U.S. Banks After $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

Micah Zimmerman -
Federal Reserve and OCC supervisors contacted U.S. banks this week to check for vulnerabilities after the Binance hack.
NEWS

Tether and Tron Quietly Scrapped T3 Crime Unit Two Months Before $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

Micah Zimmerman -
The T3 Financial Crime Unit, which said it froze more than $450 million in illicit USDT with authorities in 23 jurisdictions, wound down in late August.
NEWS

Riot (RIOT) Names Anthropic as Tenant in $28 Billion Texas Lease, Could Owe It 12% Interest

Micah Zimmerman -
Riot's 10-Q identifies Anthropic as the AI lab behind its 910 MW Corsicana lease and shows Riot could owe the tenant 12% interest on up to $3.6 billion in build costs.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Trades Near $79,600 as Oil Rebounds and Bank of England Hikes Rates

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price slipped back below $80,000 on Thursday morning.
NEWS

American Bitcoin (ABTC) Posts $126 Million Profit as Holdings Gain $197 Million

Micah Zimmerman -
American Bitcoin swung to about $126 million in third-quarter net income after a $197.3 million gain on its bitcoin holdings, reversing a $57.2 million loss in the prior quarter.
NEWS

Judge Lets Stock Perpetual Futures Keep Trading but Says CFTC Likely Overstepped Its Authority

Micah Zimmerman -
A federal judge refused to halt stock perpetual futures on Kalshi, Coinbase Derivatives and Bitnomial but found a Cboe- and Citadel Securities-backed group likely to prove the CFTC exceeded its authority.
NEWS

Huizenga Loses House Seat Despite $1 Million From Crypto PAC Fairshake

Micah Zimmerman -
Rep. Bill Huizenga, vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, lost despite $1 million from Fairshake.
NEWS

French Bank Credit Mutuel Arkea Confirms Cyberattack as ZachXBT Puts Losses Above $133 Million

Micah Zimmerman -
Credit Mutuel Arkea says a cyberattack through a service provider enabled fraudulent transfers from its own account, while ZachXBT puts the theft above $133 million, a figure the bank has not confirmed.
NEWS

House Democrats Eye Their Own Crypto Market Structure Bill With a Bigger SEC Role After Sweep

Micah Zimmerman -
House Democrats are discussing a crypto market structure bill built on Rep. Maxine Waters' rejected Clarity Act amendments, with a bigger SEC role, a smaller CFTC role and new ethics limits on President Trump.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Holds Near $80,000 as Democratic Sweep Sparks Short Squeeze

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price holds near $80,000 after rebounding from an election-night low of $75,600, as a short squeeze, a stock rally and a 9% drop in oil follow the Democratic sweep of Congress.
NEWS

Matt Corallo Flags Critical Linux Kernel Flaw; Lightning Labs Ships LND Mitigation

Juan Galt -
Bitcoin Core and Lightning developer Matt Corallo highlighted CVE-2026-98432 on October 30, a use-after-free in the Linux kernel IPv4 TCP handshake code scored CVSS 9.8. Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team demonstrated a remote root exploit against systems with a Multipath TCP listener.
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