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Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    U.S. Democratic sweep could be the final nail in the ‘Clarity Act’s coffin’
  2. CoinDesk
    Wall Street cuts Bitcoin miner price targets as newly blue Texas threatens data center boom

    BTC

  3. Bitcoinist
    Bitcoin Defies Selling Pressure as $75K Holds the Line

    BTC

  4. Bitcoin Magazine
    TD Cowen: Democratic Sweep Makes a Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act ‘Impossible’

    BTC

  5. CryptoSlate
    Evernorth’s XRP funding plan could raise $18 million less at lower share price

    XRP

  6. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin hits $80.5K as US stocks rally on midterm election results

    BTC

  7. CoinDesk
    Crypto Long & Short: ICE is betting on retail’s appetite for quick outcomes
  8. Bitcoin Magazine
    Riot (RIOT) and Hut 8 (HUT) Sell Thousands of Bitcoin to Fund AI Ventures, Share Buybacks

    BTC

  9. CryptoSlateMajor
    Polkadot lost $1.38 million after hacker exploited security flaw fixed four months earlier

    DOT

  10. Bitcoinist
    Bitcoin Bounces Back as Markets Digest Midterms

    BTC

  11. NewsBTC
    Bitbase launches ORIGIN, distributing 1M points every week
  12. CoinDesk
    The election changes Washington. The work on crypto continues
  13. Bitcoin MagazineNotable
    Bitcoin Trades Above $78,000 After Democratic Sweep of Congress

    BTC

  14. CoinDesk
    Live updates: Bitcoin and stocks reverse overnight plunge following Blue Wave landslide

    BTC

  15. Cointelegraph
    France backs reporting for self-custodied crypto worth 100K euros or more
  16. CryptoSlate
    Why rising XRP whale counts are a fake bullish signal

    XRP

  17. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: CFTC Clears Stock Perps, Gets Sued the Same Day
  18. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Shrugs Off Midterms as Experts Say Democratic Sweep Was 'Priced In'

    BTC

  19. CoinDesk
    Global asset manager Schroders brings emerging market bond fund to Solana

    SOL

  20. CoinDeskNotable
    THORChain's RUNE jumps 10% as North Korean hackers resume laundering Binance loot

    RUNEBTCETHTRX

  21. Decrypt
    USDC Issuer Circle Quietly Cuts 5% of Staff in Profitable Quarter

    USDC

  22. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Circle beats earnings and revenue estimates on soaring USDC transaction volume

    USDCBTC

  23. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin rebounds after Democratic sweep despite three days of ETF outflows

    BTC

  24. Decrypt
    Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K for One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn’t Flip
  25. Bitcoinist
    Bitcoin Price Outlook: Falling Oil Fuels Recovery Hopes

    BTC

  26. CointelegraphNotable
    Binance hack may be ‘temporary setback’ for crypto, Grayscale’s Pandl says
  27. CryptoSlateNotable
    Binance reports $11 billion withdrawn in 46 hours as Zhao says few funds went to rivals
  28. The Block
    DeFi Explained
  29. Bitcoinist
    Crypto Regulation After the $176M US Midterms
  30. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin rebounds from midterm dip as DeFi leads gains

    BTC

  31. Decrypt
    Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Canadian Killer

    BTC

  32. NewsBTC
    MEXC Expands Stock Futures Coverage to Six Global Markets in Q3 as 0808 Stock Season Trading Volume Tops $50B
  33. CryptoSlate
    SEC ruling lifts Canton Coin 6% as a16z sees pathway out of securities laws
  34. Bitcoinist
    Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Reach $80K?

    BTC

  35. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs lose $1.16B as Bitwise calls selling ‘short-term’

    BTC

  36. Bitcoinist
    US Midterm Elections Shake Markets: Could Bitcoin Be Ready for a Comeback?

    BTC

  37. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Morgan Stanley says it is among the first banks to tokenize real world assets
  38. CointelegraphNotable
    Binance hackers move 81% of stolen Solana, route funds via THORChain

    RUNESOL

  39. CryptoSlateNotable
    South Korea orders massive crypto wallet lockdown following the Binance hack
  40. CoinDesk
    Zcash grants committee drops plan to redirect 98,000 ZEC to future mining rewards

    ZEC

  41. NewsBTC
    Solana Microscope Offers Open-Source Monitoring for Complex On-Chain Operations

    SOL

  42. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin bounces from 7-week low under $76K as Democrats sweep Congress

    BTC

  43. NewsBTC
    SEC Updates Crypto-Asset FAQs as Firms Seek Clarity on Federal Securities Rules
  44. CryptoSlate
    Liquid restores 1:1 Bitcoin backing, but wallet refills remain manual

    BTC

  45. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin knocks on $78,000 in V-shaped comeback as midterm election uncertainty fades

    BTC

  46. CoinDeskNotable
    Jack Dorsey's Block faces $764 million DOJ settlement as bitcoin profit plunges 50%

    BTC

  47. NewsBTC
    ECB Links Europe’s T+1 Securities Transition to a Broader Settlement Overhaul
  48. Cointelegraph
    Ethereum dev targets 2028 for quantum resistance, a year early

    ETH

  49. CoinDesk
    U.S.-sanctioned Moscow Exchange to list bitcoin and Tether’s USDT in December

    BTCUSDT

  50. NewsBTC
    Chainalysis Discloses Separate October 30 Security Incident Involving User Data
  51. CoinDesk
    Democrats surge toward Senate, House majorities, with crypto braced for new direction
  52. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin briefly sinks to $75,700 as bets on a Democratic sweep rattle markets

    BTC

  53. Cointelegraph
    Democrats claim control of the US Senate
  54. The Block
    Former Sen. Sherrod Brown defeats Jon Husted, dealing a blow to crypto PAC Fairshake
  55. NewsBTC
    Chainalysis Describes Recovery Efforts After Mercado Bitcoin Security Incident

    BTC

  56. Cointelegraph+3 desks
    ZachXBT identifies French bank as alleged victim of $133M crypto theft
  57. NewsBTC
    Coinbase Explains Multi-User Architecture as Crypto Accounts Become More Complex
  58. The Block+1 desk
    South Korea’s ruling party formally proposes deferral of crypto income tax
  59. CryptoSlate
    Binance stopped 57 North Korean cyber threats but fell for a fake job interview
  60. NewsBTC
    NYSE Adds Four Transfer Agents to Planned Tokenized Securities Venue