Bitcoin miners are oversold following 35% October rout, VanEck says
Investors dumped AI infrastructure providers across the board in October, treating companies in very different sectors as one monolithic trade.
Trump-linked American Bitcoin swings to $126 million profit but misses revenue estimates
Revenue fell to $63.4 million in the third quarter and missed analysts’ forecasts as bitcoin production declined and higher summer electricity prices pushed mining costs up.
Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
Discord is finally giving up on Electron, the cross-platform framework that lets developers build desktop apps using web technologies. Electron web apps are notoriously heavy on system resources, and Discord is now moving its desktop app fully to Rust – a modern programming language designed for speed and memory safety. “We’ve been early adopters of … Read more
Thailand to block Bitget in December over unlicensed crypto trading
Thailand’s SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget’s operator, with access to its website and app set to be blocked from Dec. 5.
Bitcoin holds above $80,000 after Wednesday’s jump as injective rallies on staked ETF listing
Bitcoin slipped 0.2% to around $80,250 since midnight UTC, holding above $80,000 after Wednesday’s jump, as spot ETFs ended a three-day outflow streak.
Playstation and Spider-Man performance see Sony profits surge
Sony is enjoying a sharp profit spike in its latest quarterly financials, largely driven by its PlayStation business and the blockbuster success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to the company’s September earnings, Sony’s net profits climbed to 449.60 billion yen (about $2.84 billion) for the three months ended September – a 44 percent increase … Read more
Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime
Amazon has made Uber Eats as its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States.
Amazon is getting back into restaurant delivery with Uber Eats team-up
Amazon and Uber are teaming up to make Uber Eats the official restaurant delivery partner for Prime subscribers in the US. The news comes as Uber faces a drastically reshaped competitive landscape with the merging of rivals DoorDash and Instacart. Under the new partnership, Amazon Prime subscribers will get $0 delivery fees on restaurant orders … Read more
Live updates: Bitcoin steady around $80,000 as markets rally after Democratic sweep
Ether jumped 4% and crypto ETFs drew fresh money after Wall Street turned higher and Brent crude fell nearly 9%.
Big Tech’s big AI buildout will not end until someone stops it
After four of the biggest competitors in the AI race held quarterly earnings calls late last month, two things are clear: Big Tech is not done spending record amounts on the AI data center buildout, and the AI data center buildout is not any closer to yielding its promised returns. A third thing is also … Read more
Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds
The same attacker took about $391,000, mostly from wallets Bitquery ties to BitMart, whose founder confirmed a Nov. 2 hack and suspects a link.
Arkansas Sues Kalshi, Joining a Growing List of States Targeting Prediction Markets
Attorney General Tim Griffin said betting on “whether the Razorbacks win or lose” is gambling, and wants restitution, penalties and taxes.
Bitcoin win rate vs. S&P 500 recovers as post-midterm history favors stocks
Bitcoin outperformed the S&P 500 in half of the past 90 US trading sessions, while historical midterm data highlights gains for stocks.
South Korea seeks 4th crypto tax delay, targets 2029 start
South Korea is seeking a fourth delay to its 22% crypto tax, months after reaffirming plans to begin taxing digital asset gains in January 2027.
Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base
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France budget rejection sidelines stablecoin tax, wallet reporting
Three adopted amendments, including stablecoin taxation and self-custody reporting, fall away but could be reintroduced in the Senate.
Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities
Crypto firms must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, with Hong Kong sharing the information with overseas tax authorities from 2028.
OpenAI says its AI can break into Linux at scale. Here’s what it means for crypto
OpenAI says its AI found 948 Linux flaws and wrote a working attack for each one. Crypto security voices say decentralization leaves the industry better placed than most to cope.
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs draw $128M as crypto rebounds after midterms
Fidelity led Bitcoin ETF inflows, while BlackRock’s IBIT shed another $201 million, extending its outflow streak to four trading sessions.
Black Hat MEA 2026 Returns to Riyadh This December
The global cybersecurity community will gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 1–3, 2026, as Black Hat Middle East and Africa (Black Hat MEA) returns for another edition of one of the region’s major cybersecurity events. Bringing together security professionals, ethical hackers, technology companies, enterprise leaders, and innovators, the three-day event will offer a platform … Read more
FlutterFlow Launches AI-Native App Builder for iOS and Android
Mountain View, CA, United States, November 4th, 2026/TechnologyWire/–FlutterFlow today introduced a new AI-native app builder that lets users create, refine, and deploy native iOS and Android applications through conversations. Builders describe what they want to create, then work with an AI agent to develop the application, connect its backend, and prepare it for deployment to … Read more
Binance’s Post-Mortem Is Out. The $6.3 Billion Hack Started With a Job Offer.
In September, a software engineer at Binance got a message on a legitimate job-hunting site. The sender called himself a project director. The engineer’s profile mentioned his work at Binance. Round one was a live video interview with an “HR representative,” who shared a social media account full of personal photos and videos to build … Read more
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa resumes operations after attack, assesses losses
The bank said customer funds were unaffected after attackers accessed its systems through a service provider’s platform.
Guido van Rossum: The Rise and Fall of Python’s Benevolent Dictator
He wrote Python over a 1989 Christmas break. By 2018 it ran AI and the web, and a fight over the walrus operator (PEP 572) drove him to resign as BDFL. I. The Cold Room Guido van Rossum was tired. It wasn’t the kind of tired a nap fixes. It was the kind that settles … Read more
Star Wars and the Revenge of Midterms
The big and beautiful Blue Wave did its thing, as expected. Texas is (not) to be neglected. Should Trump pack his bags? Not necessarily, but he should reflect on his legacy like never before. What could it be? I can think of one word in particular. Triple R: Retards, Rockets, and Racists Thanks to Trump, … Read more
Binance, Polymarket seek Polygon hard fork to recover $6.8M in stolen crypto
Polygon block producers have already frozen the stolen tokens, but a proposed hard fork would allow the funds to be recovered and returned to their owners.
Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
About 12,200 ZEC remains in Sprout, the privacy pool Zcash launched in 2016. Roughly 10,000 coins have left over the past week, but only about 40 moved out Wednesday.
The pile of lawsuits against Kalshi just grew by one
Arkansas has accused the prediction market of running illegal gambling, joining Utah and several other U.S. states that have filed criminal or civil charges.