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On the evening of November 4, the oil decline deepened from 6% to -10% for the session. During the day the market was already falling after Chuck Schumer's words about ending the war with Iran, and a new downward impulse was given by the statement of the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.
After the US midterm elections, risk assets were bought back at once: BTC added more than 4% and recovered from its plunge below $76,000, WTI oil fell below $93, and S&P 500 futures returned to the month's highs.
US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the evening of November 4 that the war against Iran must end and that some Republicans have joined the Democrats on this issue. On that headline, oil fell by about 6%.
After the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections, Nasdaq-100 futures (contracts on the index of the 100 largest technology companies) fell 2.4% overnight. By 16:11 Moscow time the decline had been fully recovered, and by 17:44 Moscow time the Nasdaq was recording growth of about 2%.
While the US was counting votes in the congressional elections, BTC fell to a seven-week low and by Wednesday evening had recovered almost the entire decline.
In the US midterm elections, Democrats won both the Senate and the House of Representatives. US index futures fell overnight but by the European session on November 4 had bought back the dip and turned positive.
As of 12:31 Moscow time on November 4, silver (XAG/USD) is trading at $52.01 per troy ounce versus $49.67 at Tuesday's close. That is +4.71% in one session, according to FXStreet.
In the midterm elections on November 3, 2026, the Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The key crypto market structure bill - the CLARITY Act - loses its chances of being passed in its previous form.
The Eurozone consumer price report is due on November 4 - forecast at 4.0% year-on-year versus 3.8% a month earlier. The US session adds ADP employment data and the ISM services business activity index, while in the US Democrats have taken both the House and the Senate.
In the midterm elections on November 3, Democrats won a majority in the Senate - 54 seats according to Associated Press counts, with 51 needed for control. Republicans, who entered the elections holding both chambers of Congress, are losing the Senate and risk losing the House of Representatives.
According to the Associated Press, Democrats and the independents aligned with them won 51 seats in the US Senate, as well as a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans are losing control of Congress, and Trump's crypto agenda is left without an automatic majority of votes.
On Tuesday, November 3, the US holds midterm elections - the re-election of Congress in the middle of the presidential term. Democrats need to win back just three seats in the House of Representatives to take it over and stall Donald Trump's agenda in the final two years of his term.
On October 29, hackers breached Binance's hot wallets (the exchange's network-connected storage) and withdrew $6.3 billion in assets. Two days later, the story became political: Donald Trump said the administration was dealing with the incident, and letters demanding federal oversight of exchanges began arriving in Congress.
Reuters reported on October 28 that Bloomberg, Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading have subscribed to the Truth API — a paid data feed from Trump Media that delivers Donald Trump's posts roughly 50 milliseconds faster than the social network's regular notifications. The subscription costs between $60,000 and $100,000 a month.
Four new refusals have been added to the OKXICE project - a joint venture between the OKX crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange (the owner of the New York Stock Exchange). Now 26 issuers from the original list of 62 companies have spoken out against trading tokenized versions of their shares.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the regulator of national banks) has granted Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. Now the $2.5 billion in RLUSD stablecoin reserves will be managed under federal oversight.
