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Continuing to update you on crypto news from yesterday, the broader crypto market is hanging on for dear life. .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke width: 0.65 !important; .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) { stroke: #008868 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive { color: #008868 !important;background color: transparent !important; .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.positive { border: 1px solid #008868; }border radius: 3px; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive::before { border-bottom: 4px Solid #008868 !Important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-price-holder .cwp-coin-trend-holder .cwp-trend { Background-color: Transparent !Important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.negative svg path:nth-of-type(2) { stroke: #A90C0C !important; .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.negative { border: 1px solid #A90C0C;Border radius: 3px; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.negative { color: #A90C0C !important;background…

Criminals have discovered a new way to steal millions of dollars from older Americans. And Indiana lawmakers have the power to stop it.Cryptocurrency ATMs, also known as “crypto kiosks,” are being installed in convenience stores, gas stations, and retail stores across the country. Although these machines allow users to conduct legitimate cryptocurrency transactions, their lack of regulation compared to traditional financial institutions makes them prime targets for fraud.According to the FBI, consumers reported losing a total of $246.7 million at cryptocurrency ATMs in 2024, a 31% increase from 2023. Among crimes where the age of the victim was known, 86%…

In a wide-ranging interview on “60 Minutes” on Nov. 2, President Donald Trump pretended not to know about Binance founder Chao Changpeng, the crypto billionaire he pardoned, even though he pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating the Bank Secrecy Act for failing to comply with anti-money laundering procedures and was sentenced to four months in prison.For those who think this is a minor or commonplace crime, consider that the US government has accused him of causing “serious harm to the national security of the United States” and said he “violated the laws of the United States on an unprecedented scale.”…

It would be reasonable to assume that few residents of Ludlow or Silver Grove have heard of Qiao Changpeng, a leading figure in cryptocurrency. He was worth quite a bit and pled guilty to federal charges of enabling money laundering, resulting in four months in prison and a $4 billion fine for his company, Biance. Details of crimes dating back to 2023 are muddled in a quagmire of this country’s incomprehensible fiscal laws. As The Week pointed out, suffice it to say that Mr. Zhao sought to further enrich Binance by providing “terrorists, drug traffickers, child sex abuse material suppliers,…

The partnership aims to enable payments using the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin for Mastercard and WebBank payments. Ripple has announced that it is collaborating with Mastercard, Webbank, and Gemini to explore the use of the RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The initiative aims to enable RLUSD to make blockchain-based payments between Mastercard and WebBank. Stablecoin payments become mainstream Shelley Haymond, Mastercard’s global head of digital commercialization, said in a Nov. 5 press release that the goal is to leverage the company’s global network to bring regulated stablecoin payments into the financial mainstream. “Guided by our commitment to consumer…

Morpho faced a brief outage on November 6th that affected its indexer, backend systems, and app UI. The main lending and borrowing remained online, but users were having trouble loading dashboards and live data. The backend and indexer are restored, but frontend rendering remains impaired. Decentralized lending protocol Morpho suffered a temporary service disruption today, November 6, as bears thrive amid widespread market indecision. According to the project status page, this event impacted supported systems, indexer performance, application rendering, and blocked user access to key functionality. While this outage did not stop critical lending and borrowing activities, Morpho users are…

important notesThe vote has so far had 18 participants, all of whom voted in favor of allowing forced liquidation of the USDX market. MEV Capital has set the allocation cap to zero and updated the USDT/sUSDX market interest rate model accordingly. Borrowing interest rates for the affected vaults reached 800%, and repayments from major borrowers associated with Stables Labs were zero. Lista DAO initiated an emergency governance vote on November 6, 2025 to allow for the forced liquidation of the USDX market involving vaults managed by MEV Capital and Re7 Labs. The poll, called LIP 022, will be open until…

Unlock Editor’s Digest for freeFT editor Roula Khalaf has chosen her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Switzerland has long sought financial stability, including neutral safe havens, sound funds and vaults. Now, the company wants to preserve that reputation in digital form.The government has opened talks to allow the issuance of stablecoins in the country, a step towards a future where trust in Swiss authenticity can be expressed not only in numbered accounts but also in blockchain tokens.The proposal outlines new licensing categories for “payment institutions” and “cryptocurrency institutions” that would subject stablecoin issuers to Swiss financial law. It may sound…

The questions dominating crypto desks this week are whether the cycle is intact and when the bull market will return. Two widely followed macro commentators have drawn the same causal chain from public sector money management to crypto asset beta, arguing that the current drawdown is first a liquidity story and second a sentiment story, and that its reversal depends on the structure of the US Treasury General Account (TGA), the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet policy, and the timing of Washington’s reopening of the economy. Cryptocurrency market awaits US government shutdown resolution X’s macro analyst @plur_daddy summed up the current…

Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure Senator Cynthia Lummis took to XPost (Europe) early on November 5th to support the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and praise the administration’s stance. “I truly believe that the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is the only solution to offsetting the national debt,” she wrote, adding, “I applaud the President and his administration for embracing the SBR and look forward to seeing it become a reality.” Where is the strategic Bitcoin reserve? In the Nov. 4 Bloomberg Crypto segment, Lummis addressed how the reserves will be built, specifically whether it will…