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🇺🇸 UPDATE: Texas leads the U.S. with 60+ GW of planned data-center capacity, with first-time developers driving a large share of the pipeline.

⚡ JUST IN: Binance CFO Kaiser Ng is leaving after 5+ years. Former Airwallex finance VP Justin Yek will replace him; Binance says the transition was planned six months ago.

Visa: “Couch economy” spending is rising as streaming, food delivery and digital commerce expand; U.S. online/in-app payments rose from 48% to 58% since 2019.

📊 UPDATE: Grayscale says Ethereum leads smart-contract networks in stablecoins, tokenized assets, apps, developers and investment products, with nearly $140B in stablecoins.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong backs tokenizing $COIN stock to attract more shareholders and broaden ownership.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 JUST IN: U.S. forms task force to restrict Iran’s movement of advanced weapons and sanctioned goods across land borders and the Caspian Sea.

⚡ JUST IN: Bitcoin’s eCash hard fork is live, crediting eligible $BTC holders 1:1 with ECX. The new chain activates BIP300/301 drivechains.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: 69.5% of 2026 midterm winners are pro-crypto, up from 2024, according to Stand With Crypto.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Average U.S. unemployment duration hit 27.1 weeks in October, highest outside the pandemic since 2016. About 2M Americans were jobless 27+ weeks.

🇺🇸🇨🇦 BREAKING: U.S. sanctions 8 Canadian money-service firms over alleged crypto transactions helping Iran evade sanctions.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Lawmakers are pushing tougher Nvidia $NVDA chip export rules after the election and questioning its China sales.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 UPDATE: U.S. reportedly approved Nvidia $NVDA chip sales to Chinese firms with empty offices and suspicious ties.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: A Polymarket trader bet nearly $200,000 on Sen. Pete Ricketts’ reelection before a NYT/Siena poll, winning over $77,000 and raising insider-trading concerns.

🚨 BREAKING: Keplr Wallet reports unauthorized transactions on some Google- and Apple-login accounts, suspending social logins while investigating a Web3Auth security issue.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Kalshi’s 2028 nomination odds favor J.D. Vance at 33%, Marco Rubio at 20% and Ron DeSantis at 17%; Jon Ossoff leads Democrats at 25%.

📈 MARKET: Tokenized stocks on X Layer added $79.6M in market cap over 7 days, ahead of Arbitrum (+$14.3M) and Robinhood Chain (+$7.1M).

🇸🇬 JUST IN: MAS reiterates crypto trading is unsuitable for the general public after Binance’s reported $6.3B hack.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump confirms U.S. strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, saying forces destroyed an anti-aircraft system in a “minor” attack.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 UPDATE: House Republicans asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to brief Congress privately on Nov. 18 over reported ties to an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Intel is the S&P 500’s worst Q4 performer, down 56.5%. Tech stocks make up 35 of the index’s 50 biggest losers through Nov. 5.