Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

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

ChainCatcher report: Anthropic, the AI company, has launched its dedicated IPO website, ipo.anthropic.com. The page is minimalistic, featuring only three progressively larger circles and the text: “More information to come.” Developers examining the website’s code found preconfigured paths for regio

TL;DR: European Central Bank officials have discussed the planned move to T+1 securities settlement in October 2027 alongside longer-term work on tokenized settlement infrastructure. A future regulatory settlement date should not be confused with a finished network rollout.The deadline matters most

Huo Xing Finance reports that on November 4, NetEase Intelligence Enterprise unveiled three upgrades to its enterprise-grade AI Agent platform, "King Crab," at the Zhejiang Sub-forum of the 2026 World Internet Conference. The company also launched its first hardware product, the Smart ID Badge, and

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports, according to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with the highest net inflow of smart money over the past 24 hours are: Groyper (6VMS....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, up 5,034.7% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $0.0002. 2. PEPE (PEPE...55m): Net inflow of $2,000, up 4.8%