Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Tensions within the vast XRP community have intensified following a highly emotional post directed at Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and CTO Emeritus David Schwartz, which was later reposted by several other accounts.The criticism centers on a familiar concern among some holders: that Ripple’s rapid e

TL;DR: Solana Foundation’s November 6 ecosystem review says two protocol changes went live in October: a reduction in target slot time to 200 milliseconds and Alpenglow consensus activation. It also reports a record $5 billion in real-world asset value. These are different metrics, and none alone pr

Key takeawaysUS inflation report arrives November 10 after strong hiringDecember Fed rate hike odds approach 80 percentSeptember inflation reached 3.7%, keeping pressure on policymakersThe next US inflation report on November 10 could become the deciding factor for Federal Reserve interest-rate expe

Key takeawaysSony operating profit surges 45% on gaming strengthNintendo quarterly earnings decline 16% despite Switch 2 demandAI-driven memory shortages raise costs across gaming hardwareSony reported a 45% surge in quarterly operating profit while Nintendo's earnings fell 16%, exposing a widening

CoinDesk reports:Peter Schiff, a long-time critic of Bitcoin and advocate for gold, recently sparked discussion in the crypto community. He sarcastically “congratulated” Bitcoin supporters after Bitcoin’s largest buyer, Strategy, continued its steady purchases of Bitcoin for six consecutive years.Sc

CoinDesk reports:Key pointsXRPL developers have built an experimental native perpetual futures infrastructure.RLUSD may support leveraged trading and margin accounts.The proposed upgrade introduces 10 new trading types.Developers at the XRP Ledger Foundation have built an experimental implementation

CoinDesk reports:Ripple contributed to a white paper commissioned by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), which brings together perspectives and insights from multiple participants in the financial services ecosystem.Ripple’s Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa, Reece Merrick,

Keplr said Nov. 7 that its asset-recovery effort with Web3Auth may already have left some Google- and Apple-login accounts showing a “reduced or empty balance.”Web3Auth said it and its partners had begun protective transfers from vulnerable wallets that had not yet been hit, “utilizing the same path

Key takeawaysHyperliquid Strategies holds $3.5B in HYPE tokensCompany files for US futures merchant registrationQuarterly profit driven largely by unrealized token gainsHyperliquid Strategies is pushing deeper into regulated US markets after building one of the largest token treasuries in crypto, us

Strive, the corporate Bitcoin treasury firm, increased its holdings in October, purchasing 15,124 BTC and lifting its year-to-date total purchases for the first 10 months of 2026 to 35,497 BTC. The latest update comes from the company’s third-quarter earnings report released Friday.Following the mon

In Brief:Peter Schiff mocked Michael Saylor as Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings approached their average purchase price of approximately $75,500 amid market declines.Schiff questioned Strategy’s six-year Bitcoin accumulation strategy, challenging Saylor’s earlier expectations of approximately 30% annual

Key takeawaysBerkshire repurchases $9.6 billion in shares during third quarterNet income falls 28% as insurance earnings weakenGreg Abel accelerates buybacks despite shrinking quarterly profitsBerkshire Hathaway repurchased $9.6 billion of its own shares during the third quarter of 2026, sharply acc

Key takeawaysAlphabet discloses nearly $548 million in Qualcomm sharesGoogle Ventures received stock through Qualcomm's Modular acquisitionQualcomm targets $15 billion in annual data-center revenueGoogle parent Alphabet has disclosed a $548 million stake in Qualcomm, giving the technology giant expo

Sentiment has caught up with price. After Friday's sell-off the Crypto Fear and Greed Index sits at 28, in the fear zone, a few points above the "extreme fear" line at 24. It has been there twice already this year, and both times the readings were among the lowest ever recorded. So what happens when

TL;DR: A Solana Foundation update dated November 5 confirms that Samsung Wallet’s stablecoin account went live on November 2 for eligible US Galaxy owners. USDC transfers and certain international bank payouts are supported, but the headline 82 million compatible devices should not be mistaken for 8