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Morning edition · 06:00
Top story · Bitcoin
Bitcoin fell below $76,000 on Thursday, with a low near $75,500, as a selloff in US chip and tech stocks spread to the market. About $1.05 billion in leveraged positions was liquidated, almost nine in ten of them longs, according to figures cited by Crypto Economy.
- Long positions were 88% of the roughly $1.05B liquidated; about 203,000 traders were closed out.
- The total market lost about $140B in four hours; the 30-day Bitcoin-Nasdaq 100 correlation is about 0.68 (Bitfinex Alpha).
- Friday's US jobs report is the next test; spot ETFs had just taken in $74.6M on Wednesday after three outflow days.
Crypto Economy · 6 Nov 2026
BitcoinBTC dropped from about $80,800 to $75,500 within a day as tech stocks sold off.
Crypto Economy · 6 Nov 2026 ↗BitcoinFarside data via CoinDesk; bitcoin fell about 6% the following day.
CoinDesk · 5 Nov 2026 ↗
BusinessCoinbase says it was not affected; Binance says it has replenished about 98% of the affected assets.
The Block · 4 Nov 2026 ↗
Privacy/PolicyThe weekly linkdump on financial surveillance traces the $6B+ Binance attack to North Korea.
The Rage · 1 Nov 2026 ↗PoliticsCoinDesk says the new Congress puts the market-structure bill in doubt; stablecoin and tokenization rules may fare better.
CoinDesk · 4 Nov 2026 ↗Top news · AI, Bitcoin & tech
AIRead-only access via Plaid, up to two years of history; US beta for Pro, Max and Ultra.
TechCrunch · 5 Nov 2026 ↗
AIFive planned projects of 1 GW or more; its Muse agent has 10 million users.
TechCrunch · 5 Nov 2026 ↗
AIEnterprise is now the majority of OpenAI's revenue; he called the first half of 2026 "pretty rough".
TechCrunch · 5 Nov 2026 ↗
AIPhone sales are down ~20% vs 2025; Qualcomm forecasts $5B in data center revenue by end of 2027.
The Verge · 4 Nov 2026 ↗
AIRecord $13.4 billion in quarterly revenue, with a forecast of $17 billion next quarter, said CEO Lisa Su.
The Verge · 3 Nov 2026 ↗Top news · World: El Salvador, Europe & U.S.
Latin AmericaThe central bank took over Ueno on 3 Nov after its capital fell below half the legal minimum; the guarantee covers about $38,000 per account and roughly $380 million of pension money is exposed.
AP via ABC News · 5 Nov 2026 ↗
El SalvadorHis own post on X is the only source so far: no independent confirmation yet, and the four missing Salvadoran technicians are still unaccounted for.
Bukele on X · 4 Nov 2026 ↗
U.S. politicsAP projections give Democrats at least 51 seats after flips in North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa; the House is still being counted.
Al Jazeera · 4 Nov 2026 ↗
EuropeÓscar Puente also withdraws from the next election; a high-speed train kept running above 160 km/h after its safety system failed.
Euronews · 3 Nov 2026 ↗
EuropeInternet-connected refrigeration was hit and stores threw food away; Romania's cyber chief calls it "semi-amateurish" and sees no state actor. Nobody has claimed it.
Euronews · 3 Nov 2026 ↗