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India's CERT-In warns AI-assisted hackers are targeting crypto exchanges
India's CERT-In has labelled AI-assisted attackers targeting financial institutions 'CRAFTY FALCON', naming crypto exchanges among affected sectors. It says AI tools help generate attack scripts, with some attacks timed for weekends and holidays, and that wallet keys have been stolen.
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OdailyAIBearishZaif says email provider breach exposed about 380,000 customer addresses
Zaif says its email provider Arara suffered unauthorised external access, exposing about 380,000 registered customer email addresses after deduplication. The exchange says names, transaction data and passwords were not exposed and no asset losses are confirmed; it has paused email sending.
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PANewsAIBearishCircle's Q3 beat driven by ARC presale as USDC circulation comes under pressure
Circle reported third-quarter revenue and earnings per share above expectations, helped by one-off income from the ARC token presale on its Arc chain, and disclosed cutting about 5% of staff; shares closed at $76.12, valuing it near $20bn.
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HSBC, JPMorgan and three other banks launch GL1 Org for tokenised markets
HSBC, JPMorgan's Kinexys, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Societe Generale-Forge and Standard Chartered have set up Global Layer One Organisation, a Singapore-based non-profit, to develop common standards and interoperability for tokenised financial markets. It builds on the Monetary Authority of Singapore's GL1 initiative.
IMPCrypto market rebounds broadly as Bitcoin breaks above $80,000
Crypto sectors rebounded broadly, with DePIN up 5.79% in 24 hours, including Aethir up 9.91% and Render up 9.23%, SoSoValue data show. Bitcoin rose 4.94% to break above $80,000 and ether rose 7.21% past $2,400.
Chamber of Digital Commerce says Sherrod Brown win is worst outcome for crypto
The Chamber of Digital Commerce said Sherrod Brown's election victory is the most adverse outcome for the crypto industry, adding that his priorities on financial stability, consumer protection, bank regulation and illicit finance could shape Democratic crypto policy.
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OpenAI may launch Astra, Sol and cyber models as soon as 6 November
OpenAI may release its next-generation Astra and Sol models, plus a Cyber model for cybersecurity, as soon as 6 November local time, with some users having spotted a 'gpt-6.2-astra' identifier in Codex usage statistics. Testers report gains in physical effects and animation generation, though this is unverified by public benchmarks.
South Korea to seek two-year delay to crypto income tax, pushing start to 2029
South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance will work with the National Assembly to delay taxing virtual asset income by two years, to 2029 from 2027, citing planned information sharing with the US from 2029 and expected regulatory changes. It also plans a loss carryforward deduction and a public-private working group.
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- South Korean progressive parties oppose Democratic Party plan to delay virtual asset tax
- Kim Min-seok proposes delaying South Korea's crypto income tax
- South Korea says taxing overseas stock-linked perpetual futures needs capital markets law review
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CoinNessAIBullishUS Treasury drops 'at least' from debt issuance guidance, opening door to 2027 cuts
The US Treasury kept nominal coupon and floating-rate note auction sizes unchanged for coming quarters but removed the word "at least" from its guidance, leaving room to cut long-term debt issuance from 2027, a move tied to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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ARK Invest buys 348,406 SpaceX shares and trims Bullish and Alphabet stakes
On 4 November ARK Invest's ARKK, ARKQ and ARKW funds bought a combined 348,406 shares of SpaceX, while ARKK, ARKW and ARKF sold 57,883, 31,188 and 36,331 Bullish shares respectively. ARKK and ARKQ also sold 31,480 and 14,684 Alphabet shares.
CICC says Democratic sweep of both chambers looks near-certain
CICC says preliminary US midterm results point to a Democratic sweep, with Polymarket and Kalshi data projecting 260 House seats and 56 Senate seats; it cites Iran and rising inflation as eroding voter patience.
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- Citi says Senate control is the key variable for US stocks next week
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Reap and Canza Finance team up on AI agent payments and stablecoin settlement
Stablecoin payment infrastructure provider Reap has partnered with Canza Finance to combine agentic payments with stablecoin settlement for faster, compliant cross-border flows. Canza's CAPP protocol on Aptos aims to use AI agents to optimise payment routing and settlement.
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PANewsAIBullishEthereum Foundation sets out fork-by-fork plan for Lean Ethereum by 2029
The Ethereum Foundation said its Strawmap targets Lean Ethereum by 2029, with H* the last fork without Lean features, I* adding leanVM and Lean transactions, J* adding Lean proofs, data availability sampling and PCS, and stage L completing the work.
ZetaChain proposes burning 55 million ZETA in Solana migration plan
ZetaChain has proposed shutting its native layer-1 on 9 Dec and issuing ZETA one-to-one on Solana, burning about 55 million ZETA worth roughly $2.04m. The foundation said it will not sell tokens unlocked in 2027; voting ends 7 Nov.
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See all 2 updates on ZetaChain Solana migration proposalSouth Korea's FSC to introduce IPO cornerstone investor lock-up from 13 Nov
South Korea's Financial Services Commission will introduce a cornerstone investor system for IPOs, letting institutions that lock up shares for at least six months receive allocations earlier. The rules take effect on 13 Nov alongside amendments to the Capital Markets Act.
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OdailyAINeutralStand With Crypto says 226 pro-crypto House winners and 19 in Senate
Stand With Crypto's election results page shows 226 pro-crypto winners among the 397 decided House seats, against 106 opponents. Of 33 decided Senate races, 19 winners back crypto and eight oppose it.
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Dunamu proposes stronger inheritance protection for virtual assets
Dunamu, which runs Upbit, used a booth at the 2026 National Assembly Legislative Expo in Seoul to propose better protection of inherited virtual assets, so that a user's holdings are safeguarded quickly after death and heirs can find them more easily. A Dunamu official said inheritance remains a blind spot in regulation.
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OdailyAIBullishCoinShares' James Butterfill says Bitcoin has room to rebound as election uncertainty clears
CoinShares research head James Butterfill says Bitcoin has largely priced in a big Democratic win in the 3 November midterms and could rebound, warning that slower crypto reform and a harder path for the CLARITY Act are bigger concerns.
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- CLARITY Act would lapse on 3 January 2027 without 60 Senate votes
- Grayscale and BlackRock say crypto growth will continue despite Democratic Congress control
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Blockaid secures $40m in investment commitments after $6.3bn Binance hack, Axios reports
People familiar with the matter say on-chain security platform Blockaid secured $40m in investment commitments within days of the $6.3bn hack at Binance, with the theft driving new investment into crypto security.
South Korea plans immediate security-incident reporting for virtual asset firms
South Korea's Financial Services Commission said on 5 November it will draft guidelines requiring virtual asset service providers to notify the Financial Supervisory Service and the Financial Security Institute as soon as they detect a security incident. It also plans a Digital Financial Security Act, with legislation submitted in the first quarter of 2027.
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- South Korea FSS chief orders security review including crypto firms
- South Korea's FSC to hold emergency AI security meeting with five bank chiefs on 5 Nov
- Bithumb hack may have exposed customer data, Yonhap says
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