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Meta advances in the field of prediction markets, already heavily frequented by crypto players. Mark Zuckerberg's company is testing an application called Takes, which allows betting virtual points on future events. Unlike Polymarket and Kalshi, no real money is involved. The project remains reserved for Meta employees, with no announced public launch date.

Trezor has confirmed the presence of spy devices in three Safe 5 crypto wallets sold by CryptoBilis, a former authorized distributor in Southeast Asia. In its report dated November 12, 2026, the manufacturer announces having reduced its reseller network by about 80%. A security update now blocks the identified implants. None of the three affected owners reported any loss of funds.

Deutsche Bank takes action in the digital asset market. The leading German bank launched on Wednesday its crypto custody service aimed at companies and institutional investors in Europe. The offer supports five assets, including bitcoin, ether and three stablecoins. For now, it focuses on custody and transfer: so there is no need to look for a button to buy or sell cryptos.

Pavel Durov sees big things for Gram. The founder of Telegram believes that the crypto linked to his messaging app will end up among the top three globally by market capitalization. On November 10, 2026, he welcomed an 8% rise in the token while the crypto market was falling. Adoption is also progressing: GRAM Explorer shows 207,412 funded Telegram wallets, while Durov announces more than one million activations in 48 hours.

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Keplr suspended Google and Apple connections on Saturday after unauthorized transactions on accounts created that way. The flaw comes from Web3Auth, the provider that generates private keys on behalf of the user. About 44,700 keys were exposed.

Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, pleaded guilty Thursday to electronic fraud and money laundering before the Alexandria federal court. The former counterintelligence agent diverted $2,474,380.66 in cryptos from FBI systems, using credentials seized in 35 investigations.

Solana developers are considering a major change to prevent disagreements between the software programs securing its crypto network. On October 30, 2026, Anza CEO Brennan Watt proposed creating a single official specification covering the blockchain's operating rules. The draft already contains 18 technical sections, including transactions, consensus and validator rewards. The proposal aims to reduce the risk of conflicting interpretations that could disrupt the network.

Binance is seeing deposits return after several days of heavy withdrawals. According to DefiLlama data reported by Cointelegraph on November 3, 2026, the crypto exchange recorded $2.3 billion in net inflows over 24 hours. The previous day's reading showed more than $7 billion in net outflows. The reversal comes five days after a $6.3 billion hack forced Binance to suspend withdrawals temporarily.

Bitget published its Q3 2026 transparency report on November 2, claiming $1.86 trillion in combined volume and growth in every market it serves. The same document reveals a protection fund smaller than the one the exchange held before September's $387.5 million breach.

Coinbase returns to profitability in the third quarter of 2026. The American exchange announces a net result of $719 million, of which $715 million come from valuation gains on its crypto investments. A performance that hides a less favorable commercial activity. Transaction revenues fell by 44% year-on-year, while the adjusted net profit reached only $78 million.

Ethereum ended October 2026 with a decline of 16.06%, while US spot ETH crypto ETFs recorded $1.61 billion in net outflows. A monthly record since their launch in July 2024. The market's second largest cryptocurrency thus closes three consecutive months of gains, with a price back around $2,250. BlackRock accounts for most of the withdrawals.

Ethereum faces a threat after the Binance hack. North Korean hackers are said to hold more than 420,000 ETH, nearly one billion dollars at prices observed at the end of October. These funds could be resold on the crypto market while liquidity remains fragile. Binance has however replenished 95% of the affected assets, and several technical indicators hint at a possible rebound.

Tokenized stocks are nearing 4 billion dollars on the crypto market. Their value reached 3.84 billion dollars in a report published on October 28, before settling around 3.74 billion on RWA.xyz. The sector now includes 4.51 million holder addresses. Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia are also represented on the blockchain, with tokens now able to serve as collateral to borrow stablecoins.

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Russia now has 270,000 accounts in digital rubles, less than two months after the national launch of its central bank digital currency (CBDC). Elvira Nabiullina revealed this figure on October 23, specifying that demand exceeded expectations. Moscow is already preparing new services, including recurring payments from November and offline transactions in 2027. However, the number of actually active users remains unknown.

The Argentine judiciary has just cleared Javier Milei in the LIBRA crypto scandal. On October 23, federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi pronounced a dismissal in favor of the president, his sister Karina, and nine other people. After 20 months of investigation, the magistrate considers that no criminal fraud was established. An unexpected decision in a case marked by a 95% token crash and nearly 100 million dollars withdrawn by a few wallets.

Aave has just changed the borrowing conditions of USDT on its Ethereum V3 Core crypto market. Since October 21, rates increase faster as soon as 92% of liquidity is borrowed, compared to 94% previously. At a utilization level of 94%, the theoretical rate thus goes from 4.5% to 7%. The decentralized finance protocol aims to preserve more funds available for withdrawals.

China sets 2030 as the deadline for its national blockchain network. Its 15th informatization plan specifies priority regions and targeted uses, from finance to logistics. However, Beijing does not question its ban on crypto-related activities.

Donald Trump and World Liberty Financial face a new lawsuit concerning their crypto activities. J. Benjamin Greenberg, a shareholder of Circle, claims that two operations linked to the United Arab Emirates allowed the president and his companies to illegally benefit from foreign payments. The two transactions represent 2.5 billion dollars: 500 million for 49% of World Liberty and 2 billion invested in Binance via the stablecoin USD1.

Bitget is taking its real-world asset (RWA) strategy a step further. Instead of limiting users to tokenized stocks and ETFs, the exchange now lets eligible securities move from external brokerage accounts into its ecosystem. It also plans to improve liquidity through a dedicated trading engine. However, the figures suggest the business still has room to grow.

BitMine is approaching the end of one of the largest crypto accumulation campaigns conducted by a company. Tom Lee states that the company will stop buying Ethereum when it reaches 5% of the ETH supply. BitMine already holds 6,041,481 ETH, or about 4.9% of the 122.1 million ETH used as reference. At a constant supply, about 63,500 ETH still separate it from its cap.

Mastercard adds a layer of security to payments in stablecoins. Its new tool, Stablecoin Security, will assign a risk score to transactions even before funds are moved on-chain. Fraud, scams, sanctions, and other financial crime risks will be analyzed using payment and blockchain data. Borderless.xyz and Keyrails are the first partners. Global commercial launch is planned for 2027.

Charles Hoskinson believes that Cardano will be complete after the deployment of Leios. For the network founder, this upgrade must bring the processing capacity that the blockchain still lacks. But between technical ambitions and field reality, several steps remain to be taken.

Bitget has rolled out a series of limited-time promotions across Cash Plus, Simple Earn, BGSOL and BTC. The campaigns offer additional returns on assets users already hold, combining boosted interest rates, balance-based bonuses and incentives linked to futures trading. Some offers promise annual percentage rates (APR) of up to 15%, although eligibility rules and deposit limits apply.

American XRP ETFs continue to attract capital. After thirteen consecutive weeks of positive inflows, these funds are approaching $1.8 billion in cumulative net inflows. Meanwhile, Ripple is multiplying initiatives with two new agreements in international brokerage and South Korea. However, the XRP price remains under pressure.

The US dollar is returning to levels it hasn't seen in 18 months. The DXY hovers around 102.2 after starting from about 98.8 in early September. For crypto, the timing is bad: the United States will release their September CPI on October 14, just two weeks before the Fed's next decision. Bitcoin had resisted the dollar's rise in September. It must now do so again.

The ranking of the top ten largest cryptos, excluding stablecoins, is evolving. Zcash, Monero and Hyperliquid are now entering the list, while Cardano and Chainlink are falling back. This reshuffle reflects a capital rotation towards more volatile assets, as several major cryptos go through a difficult period.