Cointime update: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said crypto exchanges’ top priority over the next two years should be survival rather than competing for market advantage, warning that frequent industry hacks could prompt regulators to intervene and impose stricter operational and security obligations. He also acknowledged the continued growth of India’s developer ecosystem.
Cointime update: Blockaid has flagged a bug in reth that can cause the client to produce incorrect state proofs, warning users to upgrade. The security firm listed patched builds for reth, op-reth and Base, while Gauntlet curtailed deposits and allocations in response. The warning covers the Ethereum execution client and its OP Stack derivatives, including Coinbase’s Base network.
Cointime reports: Netting offsets obligations and collateral backs performance, but neither is the same as completing payment and delivery. The distinction matters because a cleared trade is not a settled one: obligations can be netted and margined while the underlying cash and assets have yet to change hands. The piece separates the two steps that market participants often conflate.
Cointime update: Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has launched a tokenized share class of an equity index fund on Ethereum, offering blockchain-based exposure to an index tracking 600 companies across European markets. The move marks a significant step by a major traditional asset manager into on-chain fund distribution.
Cointime update: France’s National Assembly rejected the revenue section of the 2027 budget in a first reading on November 5 by 458 votes to 0, with 2 abstentions. Crypto-related amendments previously passed were therefore left out of the government’s original budget text sent to the Senate. The affected proposals include taxing gains from converting crypto assets into stablecoins and requiring taxpayers to declare self-custodied crypto assets worth at least €100,000. The measures could still be reintroduced in the Senate and must clear further legislative steps to become law.
Cointime reports: Trader James Wynn holds a roughly 0.24 BTC short position at 40x leverage worth about $19,300, Arkham data shows, with an entry price of $80,429 and a liquidation price of $81,373. The position showed about $26 in unrealized profit at the time of the screenshot, and Arkham said his account holds about $500. Wynn’s earlier short of about 1.256 BTC was already liquidated.
Cointime update: Gauntlet has restricted deposits into its V1 vaults following a reported vulnerability in op-reth, the risk curator said. The firm is also pausing allocations and reducing exposure to LayerZero-bridged assets. Gauntlet said no exploit has been reported to its knowledge.
Cointime update: Bitcoin treasury company DDC Enterprise (DDC) has launched an initial public offering of preferred stock under the ticker SAVOR, priced at $20 per share with an annualized dividend of 13.5% paid daily. The offering is expected to raise $24 million, with proceeds earmarked for repaying convertible notes, funding a dividend reserve account and adding to its BTC holdings.
Cointime reports: US cloud computing stocks declined in pre-market trading, with CoreWeave down 1.6%, Nebius down 2.8% and IREN down 1%. The moves came ahead of the market open as investors weighed the sector’s recent run.
Cointime update: Vitalik Buterin said on Nov. 5 that Ethereum will use frontier technologies, including GPUs, in the coming years to process multiple tasks in parallel while preserving decentralization. The Ethereum Foundation will focus on its strengths, supporting developers on technical capability, security, privacy and openness, while areas beyond its expertise will be left to users and the community to explore.
Cointime reports: Major Hollywood studios have quietly barred employees from betting on prediction markets, prohibiting wagers on casting news, release dates and box-office earnings. The internal rules target staff trading on information tied to their own industry, but experts say such policies will be difficult to enforce, given the anonymity and accessibility of prediction platforms.
Cointime update: Floki has taken its trading bot offline while it investigates an exploit, the project’s team said. The team plans to move affected users to new wallets and warned users against making further deposits into bot wallets. No loss figure or cause of the exploit was disclosed.
Cointime update: Aave has scheduled a governance vote on adding Babylon native Bitcoin as collateral for its V4 protocol, with LlamaRisk proposing a 300 BTC collateral cap. Even if the cap is approved, activating the market would still require a separate onchain governance vote. The proposal marks a step toward integrating native Bitcoin into Aave’s lending markets.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin fell below $77,000 and ether dropped 7% as the total crypto market value declined 6.8% over 24 hours. The selloff erased much of bitcoin’s rebound on Wednesday following the U.S. election. The move came as digital assets broadly gave back gains from the midweek rally.
Cointime update: Leap, built by the team behind Dialect, launched a beta iPhone app for trading tokenized stocks, ETFs, metals, currencies and crypto on Solana. The app is pitched at traders looking beyond meme coins. The beta is available on iPhone.
Cointime update: SoFi said a crypto vendor issue is delaying customer deposits and withdrawals. Incoming transfers are awaiting review while outgoing transfers will be processed after review, the bank said, adding that customer funds remain secure. The company did not name the vendor or say when service would return to normal.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin fell 6% to a seven-week low at the Wall Street open, as US stocks sold off sharply and reversed their post-election gains. The sudden downside in bitcoin coincided with the equity snap sell-off, with the crypto asset tracking the broader risk-asset retreat.
Cointime reports: Democrats plan to advance a broader crypto market structure bill following the US midterm elections, with analysts saying the Clarity Act’s path has become tougher. Advocacy group Stand With Crypto has so far endorsed 27 winning candidates. The push signals a renewed legislative effort on digital asset rules after the midterms.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin dropped nearly 5% as AI stocks plunged, erasing its post-election rally. Forced liquidations wiped out $428 million in crypto long positions, undoing a Wednesday rally that had been partly driven by short covering. Democratic midterm wins also raised fresh policy questions for digital assets.
Cointime reports: Robinhood Chain’s total value locked surpassed $1.07 billion as of November 3, 2026, with cumulative DEX volume reaching $120.46 billion. The chain crossed $100 billion in Uniswap volume in just 125 days of mainnet operation. Top TVL protocols are Morpho at $582 million, Uniswap at $280 million and Lighter at $112 million. Robinhood and Arbitrum also opened a $1.8 million developer grant pool, with applications due December 6, 2026.