Cointime reports: The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) stood at 3.94% on Nov. 4, the prior trading day, down from 3.97% a day earlier. The effective federal funds rate was 3.88% on the same day, unchanged from the previous day. The reading came as midterm election results showed Democrats sweeping both the Senate and the House.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin mining company MARA ($MARA) transferred 1,650 BTC, valued at approximately $133 million, to Galaxy Digital and Copper on November 5. The movement of the bitcoin to the two institutional crypto firms marks one of the larger single transfers by a public mining company in recent weeks.
Cointime reports: Global gold ETFs recorded a net inflow of $2.7 billion in October, with European funds contributing the most. Holdings rose by 19 tonnes to 4,275 tonnes. However, assets under management fell 6% to $542 billion as gold prices declined during the month.
Cointime reports: Zai Lab reported third-quarter total revenue of $108.2 million, with product revenue at $107.6 million, down 7% year over year but up 2% quarter over quarter. The sequential improvement came mainly from broader coverage and market penetration of core products and incremental sales from the launch of xanomeline trospium chloride, partly offset by lower tumor treating fields revenue.
Cointime update: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng conducted a research visit to Beijing from Nov. 4 to 5, calling for faster progress in high-level technological self-reliance and a deeper integration of technological and industrial innovation. He said the efforts are aimed at driving the economy to continue developing toward new, better and more positive directions.
Cointime update: Soneium said Japanese IP Moriusa has launched on its network as the first tokenized IP on the platform. On Nov 12, Soneium Portal will sell 50 Moriusa Soneium Edition NFTs drawn from existing collections with no new minting, priced at 0.25 ETH each, with two rare editions allocated randomly and one purchase per wallet. A whitelist phase runs from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC before the public sale.
Cointime update: Lido has launched a Swap feature allowing users to trade tokens across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base directly from its interface, powered by CoW Swap. For larger trades, the Lido Swap widget automatically adds an extra layer of price protection and integrates Chainlink price oracles to help users avoid abnormally unfavorable exchange rates.
Cointime reports: China’s public mutual fund net asset value totaled 39.32 trillion yuan as of the end of September 2026, down 0.79% from August. Total fund shares rose to 33.98 trillion, the industry body said.
Cointime reports: US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of 208 BTC on the day, while ether ETFs drew a net 16,825 ETH. Over the trailing seven days, bitcoin ETFs posted a net outflow of 14,117 BTC and ether ETFs a net outflow of 177,044 ETH.
Cointime reports: 21shares reported that bitcoin’s annualized volatility over the 12 months to Sept. 30, 2026 was 44%, below Tesla’s 46% and Palantir’s 59%. From October 2023 to September 2026, bitcoin’s three-year correlation with US equities, real estate and gold stood at 38%, 11% and 4% respectively, the firm said. Backtests showed allocating 2% to 5% of digital assets in a traditional 60/40 portfolio improved risk-adjusted returns.
Cointime update: VeChain CEO Sunny Lu said blockchain is the “perfect solution” for establishing trust in AI agents, arguing the technology provides the identity and reputation systems autonomous agents require. Lu made the case while promoting VeWorld.ai, the company’s agent-building platform. He did not announce a specific product launch or partnership in the remarks.
Cointime update: The Korea Exchange activated a sidecar mechanism on the KOSDAQ market on November 5, suspending program-trading sell orders. The circuit breaker-style halt is designed to curb sharp declines by pausing automated selling. No further details on the duration of the suspension or the scale of the market move were provided.
Cointime update: China’s basic medical insurance enrollment reached 1.328 billion by September 2026, including 391 million employee-insured and 937 million resident-insured, Zhang Chenguang, deputy director of the National Healthcare Security Administration’s planning and finance department, said at a briefing on the medical insurance wallet 2.0. Enrollment exceeded full-year 2024 levels and by end-October matched full-year 2025, making a second consecutive year of growth certain.
Cointime update: The Bank of England raised interest rates by 25 basis points and forecast inflation will rise to 5% next year. Governor Andrew Bailey warned that rate increases will not stop until the Iran conflict ends. The decision came as global markets sold off, with AI hardware stocks tumbling, optical communications names falling in pre-market US trading and Qualcomm down 12%.
Cointime update: Douyin has been removing more than 10,000 pieces of staged or fake video content per day on average this year, the platform said, as it steps up enforcement against scripted clips that impersonate vulnerable groups, stage conflicts or incite division. Depending on the content and severity, Douyin applies labels, restricts distribution or takes posts down, and it has penalized more than 6,000 violating accounts in total.
Cointime reports: Qualcomm shares extended their premarket decline to 12% on Wednesday, deepening the chipmaker’s losses ahead of the U.S. market open. No further details on the cause of the move were immediately available in the material.
Cointime reports: US nonfarm unit labor costs fell 0.7% in the third quarter on a preliminary basis, against expectations of a 0.4% rise and a prior reading of 1.2%. The unexpected decline marks a sharp deceleration in labor cost growth from the second quarter.
Cointime reports: US initial jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 31 came in at 189,000, below the 196,000 expected by economists and down from the prior week’s 194,000 reading. The lower-than-forecast figure indicates fewer layoffs than anticipated for the period.
Cointime reports: US continuing jobless claims for the week ended October 24 came in at 1.718 million, above the expected 1.71 million and up from the prior week’s 1.701 million. The reading points to a modest increase in the number of people receiving unemployment benefits.
Cointime reports: Decentralized AI networks are pitching everyday smartphones as an alternative to centralized computing infrastructure, as the industry looks for distributed ways to meet growing AI compute demand. The approach faces skepticism over whether phones can deliver the performance and reliability required for AI workloads. No specific network, timeline or performance data was disclosed.