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Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
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Moscow Exchange says crypto trading will start on 1 December
Russia's Moscow Exchange has confirmed it will open cryptocurrency trading on 1 December, listing Bitcoin, ether and USDT under the country's new crypto law, with annual purchase caps for…
Crypto groups spend $176m across 100-plus races as US midterms decide Congress
Voters went to the polls on 3 November for the 2026 US midterms, with all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats contested and crypto regulation hanging on the outcome.
Dormant Bitcoin transfers fall 66% in October as 2013 wallets dominate
Btcparser tracked 35 transfers of long-dormant Bitcoin worth about $168m between 1 and 30 October, a second monthly slowdown, with wallets from 2013 accounting for 46% of the volume.
Ardoino says Tether holds about 150,000 BTC, above attested reserves
Tether's CEO told a Lugano conference the company controls roughly 150,000 BTC, worth about $11.5bn at $77,000 a coin, well above the Bitcoin in its September reserve attestation.
Kalshi and Polymarket traders favour Democrats in key US midterm races
Prediction markets price a 75% chance of a Democratic sweep of Congress as voters go to the polls, with nearly $1.9bn in election contracts traded on Kalshi and Polymarket.
CFTC clears stock perpetual futures for US registered exchanges
The US derivatives regulator says equity perpetual futures tied to individual stocks can trade on CFTC-registered venues, extending crypto-style leveraged contracts to traditional shares.
