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Crypto News South Korea will let crypto exchanges freeze deposits and withdrawals when a hack is only suspected, not just confirmed. Exchanges must also run 24/7 monitoring, keep most user funds in cold wallets and boost insurance and reserves. #SouthKorea #Crypto #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Nvidia's board met Wednesday night on whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang after reports of two affairs, one with an alleged Chinese spy. No decision yet. NVDA fell ~9% after hours, weighing on risk appetite, crypto included. #Nvidia #NVDA #usacryptogroup

Crypto News The SEC approved Nasdaq ISE rules letting it list options on ETFs holding qualifying crypto beyond Bitcoin and Ether, without new SEC sign-off for each fund. Funds must pass liquidity tests; no contracts announced yet. #CryptoETF #SEC #Nasdaq #usacryptogroup

Fresh Breaking News MSCI will drop Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, from its global indexes under new rules for non-operating companies. Metaplanet is also cut. Effective Nov 30, so index funds must sell. #Bitcoin #MSTR #Metaplanet #usacryptogroup

Crypto News The CFTC is probing whether Kalshi properly filed notices for new event contracts and has reportedly warned of possible charges. Kalshi calls it a procedural error on a handful of contracts, many never live. No charges yet. #Kalshi #CFTC #usacryptogroup

Top 10 daily stories on the blockchain 1. BTC holds ~$74K after hot CPI; Dec Fed hike odds ~90% 2. $725M in crypto liquidations in 24h, mostly longs 3. Spot BTC ETFs log a 4th straight day of outflows, ~$1.6B out in Nov 4. Zcash drops below $1,000, down ~15% in a day 5. Deutsche Bank's crypto custody goes live for BTC, ETH and stablecoins 6. Bitmine posts $6.3B annual loss, holds ~5% of all ETH 7. Barclays lifts its IBIT stake 48% in Q3 8. Initia says ~$3.27M taken via a leaked cloud key 9. Across Protocol regains hijacked site, vows to repay users 10. MSCI decision on Strategy's index status due today #Bitcoin #Crypto #Blockchain #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Zcash (ZEC) fell below $1,000 for the first time since Sept 5, now ~$966, down ~15% in 24 hours and ~25% in a week. It led altcoin liquidations as hot US inflation pushed odds of a December Fed hike to ~90%. #Zcash #ZEC #Crypto #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Initia now says ~$3.27M was taken, not ~$605K, via a leaked Google Cloud key used to forge withdrawals from 5 rollups. ~$2.16M is frozen on the halted chain. It's Initia's 2nd exploit in 3 weeks; it plans full restoration. #Initia #CryptoHack #usacryptogroup

Crypto News The SEC approved Nasdaq ISE rules to list options on qualifying crypto ETPs, like funds holding BTC, ETH, SOL or XRP, without a new SEC filing for each product. Each coin needs $700M+ in average daily value. #SEC #CryptoETF #Bitcoin #Options #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Arcus, a DEX on Robinhood Chain, lost ~$2.23M in USDG to an exploit of a subaccount accounting bug. Bridge limits blocked another $3M. Arcus patched it, reopened withdrawals and covered the loss from its treasury. #Arcus #RobinhoodChain #DeFi #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Visa added Monad to its stablecoin settlement program, so card issuers and acquirers can settle with Visa in stablecoins on the chain, even on weekends. Visa's stablecoin settlement pace now tops $25B a year. #Visa #Monad #Stablecoins #usacryptogroup

Top 10 daily stories on the blockchain 1. Hot October CPI (+0.4%) knocks Bitcoin to ~$73K, its weakest since August 2. US spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed ~$1.5B since Nov 2; IBIT down 7 straight days 3. MARA sold 13,597 BTC (~$1.1B) and plans to sell more 4. NYSE picks Avalanche to settle its planned 24/7 tokenized securities platform 5. Binance halts transfers with MEXC after FinCEN money laundering designation 6. Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken back the CFTC in stock perps lawsuit 7. North Korean hackers laundered ~$430K of Binance hack funds via NEAR memecoins 8. Initia pauses its L1 after ~$605K USDC exploit 9. Mercado Bitcoin reopens after hack, withdrawals still frozen 10. Hyperliquid (HYPE) lists on South Korea's Upbit #Bitcoin #Crypto #CPI #ETF #usacryptogroup

Crypto News US inflation ran hotter than expected in October: prices rose 0.4% (0.3% expected), core 0.3% (0.2% expected). A December Fed rate hike now looks locked in. Bitcoin slipped to ~$73.6K as ~$200M in long bets were wiped out. #Bitcoin #CPI #Fed #usacryptogroup

Fresh Breaking News: UPDATE Binance stopped processing transfers with MEXC after the US Treasury flagged it as a primary money laundering concern. Sends to MEXC are declined; deposits from it are held for review. The US cutoff starts Dec 10. #Binance #MEXC #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Initia paused its layer-1 blockchain after attackers used leaked rollup keys to forge cross-chain transfers, draining ~$605K in USDC and ~$10K in other tokens. Most remaining funds are still on the halted chain. #Initia #CryptoHack #DeFi #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Bitcoin miner MARA posted Q3 net income of $632.1M, up from $123.1M, mostly from BTC price gains. Revenue fell 35% to $164.2M. After the quarter it sold 13,597 BTC for ~$1.1B and fully repaid $750M in BTC-backed loans. #Bitcoin #MARA #BTC #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Ether treasury firm Sharplink posted Q3 net income of $751.4M, up from $104.3M a year ago. About $676.7M came from unrealized gains as ETH rose 72% in the quarter. It held 895,117 ETH as of Nov 2. #Ethereum #ETH #SBET #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Strategy bought 1,036 more Bitcoin last week for $81.9M, about $79,012 each. It now holds 850,364 BTC, over 4% of Bitcoin's 21M supply cap, at an average cost of $75,456. #Bitcoin #Strategy #MSTR #usacryptogroup

Top 10 daily stories on the blockchain 1. Bitcoin dipped to ~$73.8K, lowest since August, then bounced back above $75K 2. Over $1B in leveraged crypto bets liquidated, mostly longs 3. Ether briefly fell below $2,100; ETH and XRP down ~4% 4. US Treasury cuts MEXC off from the US financial system over $16B in alleged illicit flows 5. Coinbase wins a full national trust charter from the OCC 6. NYSE picks Avalanche to settle trades on its upcoming tokenized stock platform, pending approval 7. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.28B in weekly outflows, the most since June 8. EU seeks an industry group to write standards for tokenized securities 9. Binance to close French accounts on Dec 31 10. Solana devs propose retiring durable nonces, the feature used in the Drift hack #Bitcoin #Crypto #Ethereum #Blockchain #usacryptogroup

Crypto News Avalanche will be the core ledger for clearing and settling trades on NYSE's upcoming tokenized stock platform, built for 24/7 trading. It still needs regulatory approval. AVAX jumped about 5% on the news. #Avalanche #AVAX #Tokenization #usacryptogroup