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The adjustment at block 975,744 lowered difficulty from about 148.4 trillion to 134.8 trillion, according to blockchain data. An early estimate points to another cut at the next adjustment, about two weeks away.
The federal complaint asks a court to declare Louisiana's gambling laws preempted for contracts on CFTC-regulated exchanges and to bar the state from enforcing a November 12 order against 32 entities. The CFTC says Louisiana is the 12th state it has sued.
Committee staff received nearly 1,700 pages of documents and five briefings from prediction market platforms. The memo says the markets first detected most reported insider-trading incidents, and suggests a ban or narrower limits for government personnel.
Goods prices rose 10.2% from a year earlier. The monthly gain was a little below forecasts, but the annual rate rose to its highest in almost four years ahead of the Fed's December meeting.
The Chicago Fed president told CNBC that inflation is "going the wrong way" and pointed to demand from the AI data center buildout. He did not say directly whether the Fed should move more aggressively, CNBC reported.
Project Meridian FX APAC tested a way to tie the two payments in a foreign exchange trade together across different settlement systems. The Bank of England plans a live interface in 2028.
The federal complaint asks a court to declare Arkansas law preempted for contracts on CFTC-regulated exchanges and to bar the state from investigating them.
Microsoft's status page still showed service degradation on Friday morning. The stock was about 2.8% below Thursday's close in premarket trading at 10:57 UTC.
CoinGecko's hourly data shows a slide of about 6.9% in 24 hours. A sentiment index fell to its lowest reading since July, Cointelegraph reported.
A state judge granted a temporary restraining order against the platforms the same day, WBRZ reported. Robinhood and Coinbase say their event contracts are regulated by the CFTC.
CoinGecko's hourly data shows the first reading under $72,000 in 12 weeks. Outflows from US spot Bitcoin funds picked up again on Wednesday, Cointelegraph reported, citing Farside Investors.
The company at the center of US securities settlement plans to connect its two-week-old tokenization service to a public blockchain. The tokens keep the same investor protections, DTCC says.
The board accepted Huang's resignation on November 11 and named a chair for the first time, the company's filing and press release show. The shares fell as much as 14.3% on Thursday and closed 4.3% lower.
Tether says the audited statements show 520,089 ounces of gold, worth $2.246 billion, behind the XAU₮ token at the end of 2025. The token's backing has grown since, and the newer figures are unaudited.
USDPT is the first stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank that Visa's partners can use to settle with the card network, the crypto bank says.
US spot Bitcoin funds had net outflows of $95 million on November 10, the smallest daily outflow in four sessions. BlackRock's fund has had eight sessions of outflows in a row, Cointelegraph reported.
ZIG Finance's zEMS Vault offers institutional investors exposure to Saudi small-business loans, with subscriptions and redemptions in stablecoins. The $100 million is a target.
The ruling lets New York require the prediction market to get a gambling license or stop offering sports contracts in the state, The Block reported.
The oracle network now distributes NYSE BQT, a feed of quotes and trades from NYSE Group's five equity exchanges. Customers still need a license from the exchange.
The privacy coin dropped as low as $962.85, Cointelegraph reported, a day after Grayscale pledged $1 million to its ecosystem and less than a week after a network upgrade took effect.
The project, known as Faro, aims to issue a dollar stablecoin in the first half of 2027, Decrypt and Cointelegraph reported. The figure comes from unnamed people and is not confirmed.
The report, which we read as relayed by Cointelegraph, cites one unnamed person. Kalshi calls the matter a procedural error involving a handful of contracts. The CFTC has announced nothing.
The service is for institutional and corporate clients in Europe, not retail customers, the bank said in September. We found no release about the launch on its news page.
Speaking after the October CPI, the Fed's vice chair for supervision estimated core PCE inflation rose to 3.3% and stopped short of backing a December hike.
Speaking hours before the October CPI, the Fed governor said a 50 basis point increase should be considered if core inflation came in around 0.3% or higher. Core prices rose 0.3%.
