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By 21:48 Moscow time on November 5, according to CoinGlass, leveraged positions worth more than $1 billion were forcibly closed over 24 hours, and these were mostly bets on growth. There has not been a larger wave since October 28-29, when BTC fell from almost $82,000 to $76,000.
BitMart founder Sheldon Xia confirmed the November 2 attack and admitted that the platform's security team is "severely understaffed." The exchange itself has been heading toward closure since July and still has not settled with clients.
Beth Hammack, head of the Cleveland Fed, on Thursday called gradual rate increases the best path for US monetary policy. Inflation, she said, is too high and moving in the wrong direction, so policy must become restrictive.
The Capital Markets Alliance, backed by the Cboe exchange, market maker Citadel Securities and the Healthy Markets Association, has filed a lawsuit in the federal court for the Southern District of New York. It demands the annulment of the CFTC decision that on November 3 opened trading in perpetual futures on individual stocks in the US for the first time.
Starting November 5, Samsung Wallet allows users to buy, store, send and receive USDC (Circle's stablecoin pegged to the dollar) on the Solana network. According to the company, the feature covers about 82 million compatible Galaxy smartphones in the US.
On November 5, Binance deleted all access keys associated with SignalPlus, a Hong Kong-based platform for trading crypto options and derivatives. The service itself reported a "potential security issue," and the exchange called the key revocation an immediate precautionary measure.
Financial Commission is an independent organization that handles disputes between traders and brokers when the parties have not reached an agreement directly. Now it is launching a separate certification for prop firms and is recruiting the first wave of participants with the status of founding companies.
The crypto market priced in the US midterm election results with gains: BTC rose to $80,500, ETH added almost 6% to $2,433. $469 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hours.
Consensus is 4.00% versus current 3.75% and a shift in the Committee vote from 3-0-6 to 7-0-2. GBP/USD approaches the decision at a seven-week high of 1.3485.
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.
Coinbase has connected clients of its institutional Prime division to the Deribit platform: crypto options and perpetual futures, which were previously traded mainly outside US regulation, have become available to US funds and companies. The announcement was made on November 4.
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%.
One of the largest public miners in the US parted with 20,264 BTC over the nine months of 2026 and raised about $1.5 billion. The money did not go into reserves but into data center construction.
According to vote counts in the US midterm elections, Democrats are taking both chambers of Congress. Index futures fell overnight, then reversed by the morning of November 4: Nasdaq +2.2%, S&P 500 +1.8%.
On Tuesday, November 4, silver rose by approximately 5% to the levels of the previous close. For the metal, this is one of the sharpest intraday moves — on calm days silver moves within one percent.
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.
The ADP employment report for October was released on November 4 at 16:15 MSK: +86K private sector jobs versus the expected +69K and +90K the month before.
The DXY dollar index fell to 101.40 (-0.44% for the day) after the Democrats took both chambers of Congress. Yet the yen failed to capitalize on this: USD/JPY holds near 158.32, having lost just 0.24%.
The relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada supported bill No. 10225-d on regulating the crypto market - the document was prepared over three years. A second reading is ahead in November, with entry into force planned for July 1, 2027.
On November 4, Cyprus-based Spotware, the developer of the cTrader trading platform, launched the cAntifraud service. If one broker or one prop firm marks a trader as a threat, all connected companies receive a warning. Subscription - $999 per month.
Eurostat published a preliminary estimate of consumer inflation for October: 4% year-on-year versus 3.8% in September. The figure came in exactly in line with consensus, but the overall price level in the bloc remains twice the ECB's 2% benchmark.
Today ADP Research Institute publishes its report on private sector employment in the US for October. The consensus is +69 thousand jobs after +90 thousand in September. This is the first labor market figure this week, followed by NFP on Friday.
