Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Arthur Hayes's October 26 blueprint proposes AI-compute derivatives linked to FLOP Network, where AI agents would use the planned FLOP token to buy model responses. The proposed futures could compensate for an increase in a FLOP-priced benchmark while leaving buyers exposed to changes in the token's

CoinDesk reports:On Monday, The New York Times sued Brave, an 11-year-old privacy-focused browser company, accusing it of scraping the media’s copyrighted content and illegally distributing it to clients named in the lawsuit, including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere.On Monday, The D

BNB Chain has activated its Jenner hardfork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) testnet, introducing a default reservation of 5% of each block’s gas capacity for eligible payments. The upgrade also gives smart contracts access to millisecond timestamps and installs support for CAS20, its Compliant Asset St

Never say Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is losing money. This is a notional, opportunity loss. • Apple shares are experiencing downward pressure. What’s driving AAPL stock lower?Google’s Loss Also Apple’s Loss?Apple doesn’t say how much Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) pays it

Akash’s AKT stakers approved a move from the network’s Cosmos blockchain to Solana on Monday, Nov. 2, with 97.27% of recorded voting power backing Proposal 346.The onchain record marks the proposal as passed, with voting closing at 10:02:58 a.m. ET. Mintscan’s final tally shows turnout of 69.37% of

CoinDesk reports:The crypto rewards program is facing renewed criticism, as users begin to question whether the future potential of rewards still justifies the time, fees, and capital they’ve invested in the project.Nairolf believes that opaque reward mechanisms and delayed distributions undermine t

CoinDesk reports:SMSProton users are claiming they are canceling their subscriptions and demanding CEO Andy Yen resign.It was reported that Yan called requests for increased security testing "loser mentality" while pushing for faster AI adoption.The company subsequently canceled the planned reevalua

ChainCatcher report: The Akash community has approved Governance Proposal 346, authorizing the migration of the Akash protocol from the Cosmos standalone chain akashnet-2 to the Solana mainnet. On-chain data shows the proposal passed with approximately 97% in favor and a voting rate of about 68.8%.

ME News reports that on November 2 (UTC+8), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) on crypto assets, adding three new responses related to the classification of crypto assets. The FAQs state that participants

New Jersey’s securities regulator has scrapped its 2023 Coinbase staking order, wiping out a $5 million penalty and a ban that stopped residents from staking new funds on the exchange.However, the October 30 rescission is without prejudice, so the state can still bring a new case. It also lands as C

NEAR’s House of Stake governance body has approved a plan to lower the token’s maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months, reducing dilution for holders while cutting the rewards paid to stakers and validator operators.The HSP-029 ballot closed Nov. 2. House of Stake’s public voting re

A wallet Mercado Bitcoin identified in connection with its security breach sent 2,800 ETH and 2.24 million USDC to separate addresses on Nov. 2, blockchain records show, as funds were redistributed after the Brazilian exchange's overnight incident.The transfers show why freezing selected tokens does

CoinDesk reports:Washington, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Evoke Security, a platform providing detection and response for agent-based workforces, today announced an upcoming integration with Claude Cowork as Anthropic expands security integrations for Claude Enterprise.This integration will extend co

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Brazil’s exchange Mercado Bitcoin stated a security incident resulted in over $46 million in cryptocurrency being withdrawn from its wallets on Monday. After the company paused deposits and withdrawals for several hours, fund transfers continued to the associated add

CoinDesk reports:Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and a Ripple blockchain payments partner, has temporarily frozen cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals following confirmation of a security breach.The company stated in an official statement that this security incident caus