Cointime reports: The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened 0.14% lower, with Weidao, Xianfeng, Aohong, Lianrui and Jingce-2 convertibles leading declines at 3.10%, 2.92%, 2.90%, 2.84% and 2.82% respectively. Tianyuan, Jincheng, Jinlang-02, Fengmao and Fuxin convertibles led gains at 2.77%, 2.65%, 2.00%, 1.93% and 1.12%.
Cointime reports: China’s treasury bond futures opened higher on the session, with the 30-year main contract up 0.10%, the 10-year main contract up 0.05%, and the 5-year main contract up 0.01%. The 2-year main contract was flat at 0.00%. No further details were disclosed.
Cointime reports: South Korea’s KOSPI index fell more than 5% intraday, with chipmaker SK Hynix dropping over 7% and Samsung Electronics down more than 5%. The sharp decline marks a broad selloff in Korean equities, with technology and semiconductor shares leading the losses.
Cointime reports: The US dollar briefly rebounded to 158.0 against the Japanese yen, trading at 157.972, down 0.2% over the past 24 hours. The move reflects short-term currency market fluctuations in the USD/JPY pair.
Cointime update: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission will introduce a cornerstone investor system for initial public offerings to curb post-listing selloffs, the regulator said Tuesday after the government approved the plan. Institutional investors committing to lock up shares for at least six months will receive early allocation under the rules, which take effect November 13 alongside amendments to the Capital Markets Act. The FSC said pre-pricing stable, long-horizon institutional buyers should bolster IPO confidence and ease the so-called IPO pricing problem.
Cointime reports: Gold (XAUUSD) climbed above $4,100 per ounce, trading at $4,104.00, a 24-hour gain of 4.3%. The move marks a fresh push higher for the metal, which has extended its rally past the $4,100 level.
Cointime reports: Spot gold rose above the $4,100-per-ounce mark on November 5, trading at $4,103.36, up 1.06% on the day. The move put bullion through a round-number threshold that had held until the session’s advance.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin briefly broke above $81,000 late on November 4 and was trading at $80,600, up 4.64% in 24 hours. Democrats have won 51 Senate seats in the 2026 US midterms, reaching the majority threshold, while in the House they hold 211 seats, seven short of the 218 needed. Binance said it has replenished about 98% of stolen assets from its own funds.
Cointime reports: A whale holding a $148 million crude oil long began cutting losses after a $15.08 million drawdown, closing $44.04 million in CL long positions in the past 10 minutes for a realized loss of $4.9 million, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored. The position was built up over half a month before crude prices plunged 14% this week. The trader still holds $94.79 million in BRENTOIL longs with an unrealized loss of $8.35 million.
Cointime update: JPMorgan Asset Management has included bitcoin in its 2027 long-term capital market assumptions, projecting a 10% baseline compound annual return and 55% annualized volatility over the next decade. Grayscale research head Zach Pandl noted the 10% expected return tops all other asset classes, while bitcoin’s estimated 33% correlation with US large-cap stocks is lower than that of international equities, corporate bonds and hedge funds. JPMorgan remains cautious on unstable correlations and did not add bitcoin to its main covariance matrix.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin rose 3.5% to $80,500 and ether jumped 6% after Democrats won Congress, with crypto asset manager Bitwise stating that the Binance hack had limited market impact. The gains came as markets absorbed both the midterm election results and the exchange security breach.
Cointime reports: The official Trump token and World Liberty Financial token were the two biggest losers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies on Wednesday, even as Bitcoin and Ether rallied, following a Democratic sweep in the US midterms. No further figures or price levels were provided.
Cointime reports: Voters in at least 29 US communities backed measures to curb data centers, creating new obstacles for the infrastructure powering AI. The votes centered on concerns over electricity bills, water supplies and public oversight, the issues dominating local debates over data center development.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin slid to about $75,600 as midterm election results came in, then climbed past $81,000 on Wednesday, forcing out hundreds of millions of dollars in bets against crypto. The move squeezed short sellers who had positioned for further declines during the midterm dip.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin climbed toward $80,500 as risk assets rallied following Democrats’ gains in the US midterm elections, with oil prices falling in tandem. The move came as US stocks advanced on the election outcome. The material did not specify a date for the price level or the margin of the equity rally.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin climbed back above $79,000 after rebounding 5% from its election-night low, with ether and Solana joining the recovery. The S&P 500 and gold futures each gained about 3% over a matched overnight window.
Cointime reports: A Polymarket trader topped the prediction market’s leaderboard with $917,000 in winnings after Democrats swept the US midterms. The payout remains contingent on Alaska, which could still flip and alter the final outcome. The trader’s position capitalized on the Democratic wave across the midterm elections.
Cointime reports: Democrats won control of Congress in the 2026 US midterms. The outcome covers key races that included crypto-backed candidates, and attention now turns to the outlook for crypto regulation under the new congressional majority.
Cointime reports: US equities enter November at their most event-heavy stretch of the year, with S&P 500 forward P/E at 18.7x and an earnings yield of about 5.35% versus a 5.00% 10-year Treasury yield, leaving only a 35-basis-point equity premium as of Oct. 23. CME FedWatch put the odds of a 25-basis-point December rate hike at about 86%. BIT Securities, which launched US stock trading in February 2026 and Hong Kong stocks in October, is running a limited earnings-season campaign letting users trade US stocks, HK stocks and crypto from one account.
Cointime update: Democrats have won control of the US House in the midterm elections, securing a share of Congress, with the party set to take control of House committees in January 2027. The committee gavels will give Democrats the power to investigate President Donald Trump’s administration.