Bitcoin briefly sinks to $75,700 as bets on a Democratic sweep rattle markets
Stock futures and the dollar slid and Treasuries rallied as early U.S. midterm returns pointed to Democrats taking both chambers of Congress. Source:CoinDesk
RUNE rallies 15% as THORChain restarts most swaps after halt
THORChain has restored trading on Bitcoin, Ethereum and several other networks following a refund bug, while three chains remain paused. Source:Cointelegraph
What happens if North Korea steals Wall Street's tokenized assets next
The $6.3 billion Binance hack showed how quickly cryptocurrencies can disappear on blockchain rails. Tokenized securities may offer better recourse than crypto…
CFTC clears stock perpetual futures for trading on US exchanges
US regulators are opening the door to stockbased perpetual futures, extending a popular crypto trading product into traditional markets amid ongoing legal…
US midterms: Prediction markets favor Democrats in key crypto races
Kalshi and Polymarket price a 75% chance of a Democratic sweep, days after markets misjudged Brazil’s runoff. Source:Cointelegraph
Bitcoin price defends $76K lows as analysts see stocks pricing in ‘political gridlock’
Bitcoin made modest gains at the start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday as markets awaited cues from the US midterm elections. Source:Cointelegraph
It’s finally Election Day — and prediction markets may show ‘too much confidence in a good night for Democrats’
Prediction markets may be running the risk of “suggesting too much confidence in a good night for Democrats,” one analyst says. Source:MarketWatch
NEAR token sinks 7% as proposal to cut annual token issuance passes
The proposed issuance cut would prevent 11.8 million NEAR from entering circulation over two years, worth about $45 million at today’s price.…
Bitcoin steadies after dip to $76,300 as ETF outflows and midterm elections weigh on crypto
Bitcoin edged up 0.2% to around $76,900 since midnight UTC as spot ETFs lost $399 million for a second day and Binance customers pulled a net $4.72 billion.…
Liquid’s bitcoin IOUs are fully backed again after a $320 million exploit
A final 250 BTC transfer closed the hole left by September’s bug, but the federation behind the network still hasn’t said who paid to fill it. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin price threatens $77.7K support loss with recent buyers underwater
Bitcoin fell below the realized price of the onetothreemonthold buyer cohort in a move that risked flipping it to new resistance. Source:Cointelegraph
Live news: Bitcoin faces fifth weekly loss as midterm elections weigh on markets
A fifth straight weekly decline would mark bitcoin’s joint thirdlongest losing streak, as oil rebounds and Apple’s margin warning adds to investor caution…