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2026/11/07
Prediction markets assign a 52% probability to Bitcoin reaching $70,000 by 2026.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to Polymarket data, the implied probability of Bitcoin reaching $70,000 before 2027 is 52%, $90,000 is 24%, and $100,000 is 9%. As of November 7, Bitcoin was trading at $75,723, down 2.4% over the past seven days and down 6.6% over the past month.In Kalshi’
Solana's October Upgrade Review Highlights 200ms Slots and $5B in Tokenized Assets
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
US Inflation Report to Test Fed Rate Hike Odds After 165,000 Jobs Added in October
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
Sony Gaming Profit Surges 45% While Nintendo Earnings Drop 16%
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
Peter Schiff Mocks Saylor's Bitcoin Holdings as They Near Cost Basis
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
XRP Ledger developers propose a native perpetual futures exchange using RLUSD
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
Keplr and Web3Auth Address Wallet Balance Issues Amid Recovery Efforts
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
Hyperliquid Strategies Holds $3.5B HYPE Treasury, Files for US FCM License
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 Accumulates 15,124 BTC in October, Nears Top Treasury Rank
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
Berkshire Hathaway Buys Back $9.6B in Stock Amid 28% Profit Drop and Geico Earnings Decline
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
Google Discloses $548M Qualcomm Stake Amid AI Chip Competition
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
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Hits 28, History Shows Mixed Outcomes
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
MicroStrategy Aims to Become Bitcoin Bank as Blockchain Still Fits on 1TB Drive
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) wants to become the Bitcoin bank of the world. Michael Saylor repeated that goal on November 6. On the same day, an on-chain researcher showed that Bitcoin’s full blockchain still fits on a single 1TB drive. That lets ordinary users check the network themselves, wit
OpenAI CFO Confirms Continued AI Investment Amid $2.5T Market Selloff
Key takeawaysOpenAI CFO confirms continued investment despite AI market selloffNasdaq 100 loses $2.5 trillion amid infrastructure spending concernsOpenAI reports 70% quarterly growth and raises fresh capitalOpenAI will continue expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure despite a $2.5 tril
Ex-FBI Counterintelligence Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47M in Crypto
A former FBI counterintelligence agent has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after admitting he stole nearly $2.5 million in cryptocurrency from wallets connected to investigations targeting adversarial nations and criminal activity. Prosecutors say Patrick Steven Yaroch exploited hi
