Plan a Crypto Mine Near a U.S. Military Base? Expect a Bigger Hassle Now. Foreign real estate deals near sensitive U.S. military bases will get more government scrutiny under a new rule from the U.S. Department of the Treasury that has emerged after President Joe Biden ordered a China-tied crypto mining operation beside a Wyoming nuclear missile base shut down earlier this year.

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Trial Delayed Until April Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s upcoming criminal trial has been pushed to April instead of a previously scheduled December start date, a New York judge ruled Friday.

Crypto Reverses Early Gains, Bitcoin Dives Back to $69K Prices had rallied early in U.S. trading on Friday alongside a soft economic data and a rebound in stocks.

Bitcoin Mining Bans Can Backfire on Climate Conscious Governments, a New Research Finds The intensive energy usage of the Bitcoin network could tempt governments to ban mining due to environmental concerns. A new research paper indicates that could be a mistake, depending on the jurisdiction.

With Decentralized AI and Tokenized Ownership, We Can Fight ‘The Six’ Orthodox venture capital will never provide the resources for decentralized AI to take on Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, et al. The only way is to supplant equity financing with user-owned, token-based systems, says Michael J. Casey, Chairman of The Decentralized AI Society.

Jeff Bezos Just Made The Media’s Trust Problem Worse But Web3 can fix it, says Zack Guzman, the founder of Trustless Media.

Bitcoin at 16: Getting Its Driver’s License and Entering a New Era Bitcoin has evolved beyond “digital gold.” Today, it’s a foundational piece of global financial infrastructure, says Trust Machines’ Rena Shah.

Bitcoin Mining Revenue, Profit Fell in October for a Fourth Consecutive Month: JPMorgan The network’s monthly average hashrate surged to a record high, the report said.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Pares Losses Following Thursday’s Slump The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 1, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

U.S. Added Just 12K Jobs in October, Far Short of 113K Expected The October employment numbers are among the last pieces of economic data the Fed will see prior to its policy setting meeting next week.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Gains 5% as Index Rises from Thursday Render joined Uniswap as a top performer, gaining 2.6%.

Harris Odds Rise on Polymarket as ‘Election Fraud’ Allegations Ramp Up Trump Hedge Bets At current prices, a $10,000 punt on Harris could equal a $25,000 payout if she wins the U.S. presidential election.

Bitcoin’s Drop on Thursday Spurred Panic Sales Among Short-Term Holders: Van Straten Over $2 billion worth of bitcoin was sent to exchanges at a loss on Thursday, the most since August’s yen carry trade unwind, as bitcoin fell below $70,000.

MicroStrategy Remains One of the Best Ways to Gain Exposure to Bitcoin Given Its Intelligent Leverage Strategy: Canaccord The broker raised its price target for the software company to $300 from $173 while maintaining its buy rating.

Stripe’s $1.1B Acquisition Target, Bridge, Buys Web3 Wallet Platform Triangle Bridge acquired Triangle for an undisclosed amount.

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis ‘Would Not Be Shocked’ to See State’s $800M Crypto Portfolio Grow Under a Trump Presidency: CNBC Patronis hit out at crypto skeptics during a CNBC interview on Thursday, saying that those not paying attention to crypto were making a “mistake” and suggesting that Miami could become the “crypto capital of the world”.

SEC Goes After Another Crypto Firm, Slaps Immutable With Wells Notice Web3 gaming firm Immutable has been issued a Wells notice by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said in a statement on Friday.

Bitcoin Price Drop Leads to $250M Bullish Liquidations; Crypto Sentiment Indicator Signals Top A tracker for market sentiment reached “extreme greed” levels on Thursday, which has historically preceded market corrections.

DeFi to Have ‘Walled Garden’ Moment as Internet of Money Matures: dYdX’s D’Haussy The CEO of the dYdX Foundation sees parallels between the internet of the 1990s and where Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is today.

Justin Sun Wants More TradFi on Tron, Dogs Over Cats for Memecoins CoinDesk had 20 minutes in person with the Tron founder on the sidelines of Chainlink’s Smartcon at Hong Kong Fintech Week. We covered a lot.