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The SEC's Division of Corporate Finance (the US securities market regulator) announced on November 3 that it will not seek penalties for the issuance of the CC token of the Canton Network: in its assessment, it is a digital commodity, not a security. The token gained 4%.
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 issuer of the USDC stablecoin (a coin with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar) laid off about 5% of its employees and spent $9.1 million on it, even though net profit for the quarter grew. The reduction is mentioned in a footnote to the third-quarter report.
The euro gained more than 0.6% against the dollar on Wednesday and approached four-week highs. Two reasons came together at once: price growth in the eurozone accelerated to a three-year peak, and the Democrats won the US midterm congressional elections.
The pair rose to 1.3500 - its best level since mid-September, and was trading at 1.3473 at the time of publication. The DXY dollar index (the dollar's exchange rate against a basket of major currencies) was down 0.47% and fell to 101.40. The trigger came from the US: Democrats took both chambers of Congress.
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.
The bank became one of the first users of the new tokenization service from DTCC, the clearing center through which US securities transactions pass. US stocks and Treasury bonds have been converted into tokenized form.
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.
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.
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.
The final eurozone data for October came in weaker than September's: the composite business activity index dropped to 51.7 versus 53.1 a month earlier. The release took place on November 4 at around 12:01 Moscow time.
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 October, the comparison site PropFirmMatch admitted that clicks on company profiles and promo codes opened their websites through its affiliate links. Three prop firms terminated the partnership, and the head of Topstep revealed the price of a listing - $10,000 a month.
On November 4, the Chinese MFA reported that China is discussing with Tehran and Riyadh the opening of the Strait of Hormuz - the narrow outlet from the Persian Gulf through which seaborne oil exports from the region's largest producers pass.
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.
Reuters reports: NVIDIA's customers in China will receive about 1% of the ordered RTX-series graphics chips, while the total order volume is estimated at $70 billion. In monetary terms, that is roughly $700 million in shipments against seventy billion in demand.
Prop firm Goat Funded Trader has allowed traders to change some of the risk parameters on $100,000 accounts themselves. In exchange for a tighter limit, the cost of the evaluation drops by $96-100. The change was announced on November 4.
Oracle (one of the largest US cloud providers, ticker ORCL) has terminated a computing capacity lease contract with Chinese holding Tencent (TCEHY as American depositary receipts). The reason is pressure from the Trump administration. The report came out on the morning of November 4, 10:16 Moscow time.
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.
Block (Jack Dorsey's payment company, founded by the Twitter co-founder, owns the Cash App with Bitcoin purchases) has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice to pay $764M and close the case over weak anti-money laundering controls. This is more than the company's entire quarterly profit of $566M.
AMD (the second-largest maker of processors and accelerators for artificial intelligence after Nvidia) reported better-than-expected third-quarter results and ended the additional session on November 3 at $508.20, up 5% from the main close. Data center revenue nearly doubled and for the first time accounted for 64% of all sales versus 47% a year earlier.
At night, while votes were being counted in the US congressional elections, BTC dropped below $76,000 with a low of $75,700. By 09:16 Moscow time on November 4, it was trading around $77,918 (+1.6% over the day) — the entire dip was bought back within a few hours.
