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Headline: Bubblemaps rejects alleged secret $45K/month Proxima deal as forgery — rival issues pre-suit noticeBlockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps has forcefully denied claims that it signed a secret consulting agreement with trader-tools provider Proxima worth $45,000 per month plus $1,800/hour fees

Huo Xing Finance reports that, as of November 4, latest data shows the Democratic Party has secured 218 seats in the House of Representatives, firmly gaining control of the chamber. Vote counting is still ongoing, with the Republican Party currently holding 126 seats—25 of which were flipped by the

Block, the company behind Cash App and Square, said it reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice that would defer an anti-money laundering compliance charge for three years and carry a gross monetary cost of about $964 million.Credits for prior regulatory resolutions woul

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to Odaily monitoring, a certain contract address has accumulated profits of approximately $211 million. After reducing its ETH short position by about $4.61 million, it still holds approximately 89,200 ETH in short positions; within the window, it has clos

Bitcoin BTC$77,708.38 has erased its early losses and is steaming higher as U.S. midterm election uncertainty fades.The largest cryptocurrency fell to just under $76,000 early Wednesday as reports said Democrats were sweeping both houses of Congress. It has since staged a V-shaped recovery, erasing

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block has agreed in principle to pay $764 million to settle a U.S. Justice Department investigation into anti-money-laundering controls. The proposed payment exceeds the $566 million profit Block reported for the third quarter. Block reached the agreement in October an

According to Announcement, KuCoin has launched a listing campaign to celebrate the addition of Kor Protocol (KOR) to its platform, offering a total of 1,800,000 KOR in rewards. The trading for KOR opens at 14:00 on November 4, 2026 (UTC). The campaign includes two activities: a trading-based reward

NBC News, based on AP data, projects Adam Hamilton as the winner of the Kansas Senate race against Roger Marshall. At 07:13 CET the count stood at 51.1 to 45.9 percent with 94.2 percent counted. It is the first Democratic Senate win in Kansas since 1932. Adam Hamilton, a Democratic pastor, ran again

ME News reports that on November 4 (UTC+8), Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake presented an accelerated timeline at Devcon 8 in Mumbai. He stated, "We aim to complete the full post-quantum and post-AI transition by December 2028." He added that developers must complete three additional netw

A proposed timeline would see Ethereum adopt post-quantum cryptography a year earlier than previously planned.An Ethereum developer has proposed moving up the network's planned transition to quantum-resistant cryptography by a year, targeting 2028. The earlier timeline was reported by Cointelegraph

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block has agreed in principle to pay $764 million to settle a U.S. Justice Department investigation into anti-money-laundering controls. The proposed payment exceeds the $566 million profit Block reported for the third quarter. Block reached the agreement in October an

Breaking News from Dòngchá Beating AI: Anthropic’s dedicated IPO website, `ipo.anthropic.com`, has gone live. The page is minimalistic, featuring only three progressively larger circles and the text: “More information to come.” The site is pre-configured with regional paths for the United States, th

The number of large XRP holders climbed to 2,147 even as the token's price struggled to gain ground.The number of XRP wallets holding one million tokens or more has climbed to 2,147, marking the highest reading recorded so far in 2026. The milestone was reported by Bitcoin.com News, Coinpedia, and C

Three documents entered the record this week — a staff guidance, a certified election result and a legislative proposal — and none of them actually settles what it addresses.Three documents entered the record this week — a staff guidance, a certified election result and a legislative proposal — and

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block has agreed in principle to pay $764 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into its anti-money-laundering controls — a proposed settlement larger than the $566 million profit it reported for the third quarter.The agreement, reached in October