November 5, 2026
Bitcoin

Is Something Huge Brewing for NEAR Protocol? Grok AI Predicts a Big Move

Something potentially significant could happen for NEAR Protocol by January 1, 2027, as Elon Musk’s Grok AI predicts an extreme, speculative scenario based on a hypothetical, albeit highly unlikely, landmark catalyst that would see it soar to new highs. The concept revolves around a coordinated initiative in which a consortium of major technology companies and

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Crypto

Hyperliquid outlines Payward’s regulated US HIP-3 market plan

Hyperliquid has outlined Payward’s plan to become its first CFTC-regulated HIP-3* market deployer, with Kraken’s parent seeking to offer onchain perpetual futures to US clients through Bitnomial, subject to regulatory approval. Summary Payward plans regulated US perpetual futures on Hyperliquid through Bitnomial, subject to regulatory approval. NinjaTrader Clearing would carry client accounts, with trading restricted

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Crypto

Best crypto presales in 2026: how to vet them

Finding the best crypto presales in 2026 requires looking beyond token prices and marketing claims. This guide compares five projects based on audits, tokenomics, transparency, and product development. Summary MemeToro ($MT): open code under an MIT license, a token contract audited by Coinsult, SolidProof, and BlockSAFU, 71% of the supply to the public sale and

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Bitcoin

Bitmine buys more ETH, repurchases $46 million in shares as Tom Lee sees crypto holding up

The comparison follows weeks of pressure on AI-related stocks amid concerns about spending on data centers and the returns those investments might bring. Lee pointed to crypto’s smaller decline as a sign of strength, though it doesn’t rule out further losses. Bitmine keeps buying ETH, but slowing Alongside the share buybacks, Bitmine picked up another

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Crypto

CFTC advances voluntary crypto exchange registration as Congress stalls

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has advanced a voluntary federal registration pathway for crypto exchanges, Chairman Mike Selig has said, as Congress has yet to enact a crypto market-structure law. Summary Federal registration would offer a pathway for exchanges providing leveraged, margined, or financed retail crypto trading. Financing offers could bring some fully paid

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Bitcoin

Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buys, Spends $205M On STRC

Strategy reported no bitcoin purchases or sales during the week of October 19 through 25. The company continues to hold 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average price of $75,446 per bitcoin.  Its cash went toward repurchasing $204.9 million of STRC preferred stock, and the firm kept a $4.83 billion cash reserve, according

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Crypto

Bitmine adds 10,452 ETH as share buybacks approach $400M

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has purchased another 10,452 Ethereum over the past week, bringing its total holdings to 6.05 million ETH. Summary Bitmine purchased another 10,452 ETH over the past week, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to 6.05 million tokens worth approximately $14.26 billion. The company now controls 4.95% of Ethereum’s total supply and is approaching

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Bitcoin

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 6.05 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash & Marketable Securities Holdings of $15 Billion

Bitmine repurchased 2.04 million shares in the past week Bitmine has repurchased a cumulative 22.9 million shares so far in 2026, the largest ever crypto treasury company equity buyback executed Bitmine owns 4.95% of the total ETH coin supply of 122.2 million Bitmine is 99% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just

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Crypto

An old CoinDCX wallet kept receiving deposits. Then $16M went missing

The wallets were supposed to belong to CoinDCX’s past. After a July 2025 security breach, the Indian exchange had replaced the compromised infrastructure and told customers to use new deposit addresses. Some customers kept sending money to the old ones, however, and the company kept crediting their accounts while a separate service moved the coins

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Bitcoin

Arc Stablecoin Supply Jumps 33.51% While Totals Slip

Arc stablecoin supply rose 33.51% over the past week to about $830.34 million. That figure comes from DefiLlama’s Arc tracker. The global stablecoin float slipped in the same window. Almost all of that Arc balance is Circle’s USDC. The chain is growing dollar inventory as the wider market sheds it. That is the plain read.

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