Summary: Bitcoin reached $81,687 as the KOSPI surged 6.6% and Nasdaq gains eased AI spending fears. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson declared the tech correction largely over, while analysts watch if BTC breaks $82K resistance.
Summary: Coinbase reported that a security incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact information for a small subset of customers. The exchange denied any breach of its own systems and confirmed that customer funds were not affected by the vendor-side leak.
Summary: Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $176M in Tuesday inflows, extending a two-day recovery to $286M after prior weekly withdrawals. Meanwhile, Ether ETFs logged $149M in outflows, pushing October losses to $1.32B amid diverging institutional sentiment.
Summary: Bithumb investigates a data leak from its internal mobile system, notifying regulators while asserting customer assets remain safe due to system separation. The breach adds to a wave of cyberattacks affecting 16 South Korean financial firms, including Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset.
Summary: Robinhood missed Q3 earnings expectations with $0.51 per share against $0.55 projected, despite record revenue from event contracts rising to $173 million. Crypto revenue grew sequentially but fell 55% year-over-year, prompting narrowed 2026 cost guidance and after-hours share declines.
Summary: Ripple and Robinhood expand their partnership to integrate RLUSD across retail and institutional platforms, including treasury management and trading services. The deal follows Ripple's recent OCC approval for a national trust bank, aiming to leverage Robinhood's 28.6 million customers for broader stablecoin adoption.
Summary: VanEck launched the Wealth Builder ETF (WBMO) on the NYSE, bundling stocks, bonds, gold, and indirect bitcoin exposure into one actively managed fund. The product offers a 0.26% net expense ratio but holds no direct bitcoin, relying instead on a Cayman subsidiary investing in exchange-traded products.
Summary: Circle partners with ACI Worldwide to pilot USDC settlement in Colombia's Bre-B instant-payments network. The initiative aims to integrate stablecoins into existing banking rails, reflecting a shift toward practical institutional adoption in Latin America.
Summary: Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launched JQQQ, a tokenized Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar for non-US investors. The move expands Janus Henderson's onchain assets past $1 billion and strengthens Stellar's position in the real-world asset market.
Summary: SoFi shares jumped 14.6% after record Q3 2026 results beat estimates. Crypto products hit 503,070, though net revenue remained negligible at $1.6 million. The bank raised full-year guidance amid strong overall financial performance.
Summary: UTXO’s Duke Waldrop warns that Bank of Japan rate decisions could trigger a liquidity shock in Bitcoin, forcing macro funds to sell via its 24/7 markets. He also discusses Metaplanet’s NAV discount and MSCI index implications.
Summary: Bitcoin Core updates security policy as AI accelerates bug discovery. Expert Jameson Lopp details the shift to real-time defense, noting attackers use uncensored models first while quantum threats loom over hardware vulnerabilities.
Summary: Bitcoin miner Luxor raised $16 million led by CMT Digital to expand its AI hardware brokerage and compute trading. The funds will scale its agentic cloud platform and derivative desks, leveraging existing energy and hardware infrastructure to address tightening AI supply chains.
Summary: Luxor Technology raised $16 million led by CMT Digital to scale its AI computing push, following the launch of Luxor AI. The funds will expand its cloud platform, hardware business, and compute-derivatives desk, leveraging its existing Bitcoin mining infrastructure and energy assets.
Summary: CryptoQuant data shows long-term Bitcoin holders reducing sales, a pattern historically preceding rallies, with the 18-month-plus cohort's realized cap share peaking at 26.98%. Galaxy Digital notes dormant coin supply dropped to 34,000 BTC monthly in 2026, supporting a bullish outlook despite mid-term holders remaining in net loss.
Summary: A new directory lists 425 Los Angeles merchants accepting Bitcoin, aiming to correct AI search engines that falsely claim no local options exist. The compilation highlights active usage at venues like Café de Leche, where campus locations see weekly transactions.
Summary: Hackers drained $953,000 from 48 wallets linked to Telegram bot Bloom in under two minutes. Bitquery confirmed the theft involved Solana transfers signed with private keys, while Bloom blamed a third-party module vulnerability and promised full reimbursement.
Summary: Euro area banks tightened corporate credit standards in Q3 2026 amid heightened risks, while housing loan demand plummeted 27%. Retail funding access deteriorated to its worst level since 2011, signaling potential liquidity constraints despite unchanged mortgage criteria.
Summary: Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $110M in net inflows Monday, recovering from $774M in prior exits. Despite the rebound, October remains negative with $202M in outflows. Retail deposits to Binance surged, suggesting profit-taking.
Summary: Unitree Robotics shares jumped nearly two-thirds since mid-October, reaching a $40.8 billion valuation as investors bet on AI-driven physical robotics. JPMorgan upgraded the stock to overweight, citing progress in large model integration despite noted security flaws in the company's humanoid units.