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Announcing the inaugural Capitol Crypto Forum, hosted by @TheBlockCo and @thehill on November 19.

Lawmakers, regulators, and industry, together for the first time after the midterms.

Sign up to attend in person or virtually ↓ https://t.co/stoTx89pI0

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A mystery bitcoin whale?

Who bought $17 billion in bitcoin near $58K? Not Strategy, not the ETFs, says @RichardByworth of @BYZPartners. He thinks a huge whale is still out there accumulating.

🎥 The Future of Capital Markets, Lugano, with @bfxsecurities

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THE BLOCK: Sen. Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from Tether following a report from The Wall Street Journal that found the company paid millions of dollars to a consulting firm co-founded by former White House digital asset advisor Bo Hines. Hines is now the CEO of Tether U.S.

"Tether’s alleged multimillion-dollar payment to a firm controlled by the White House official primarily responsible for cryptocurrency policy implicates federal ethics, anticorruption, and lobbying laws," Blumenthal said.

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NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has requested a plan to explore blockchain as one way to help Israel counter possible economic sanctions, including banking restrictions, during an interview with Channel 10.

Netanyahu did not provide details on how the proposed system would work. He also said U.S. military aid to Israel would eventually end, without giving a timeline.

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ft @RobinhoodApp @gazza_jenks @imyoungsparks @JohannKerbrat

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The Starting Block live from Singapore at Digital Asset Summit Asia https://t.co/gcVGwZ0vZ4

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ICYMI: Over 70% of Robinhood's stock-token volume trades outside US exchange hours, per Robinhood SVP and GM of International & Crypto @JohannKerbrat.

"The world doesn't stop turning on Friday night."

Although still in their infancy, tokenized equities could prove orders of magnitude faster than traditional markets.

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@stokr_io’s thesis, per co-founder @Arnab_Naskarr: gold is a store of value but never had a settlement layer. Bitcoin is a store of value and could be a settlement layer for money and securities.

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THE BLOCK: Initia has halted its Layer 1 and rollups following a security incident.

Early reports claim an attacker minted tokens without limit, while onchain data shows a 1,135 ETH transfer worth roughly $2.7 million. Initia said it is still investigating the full impact.

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How did Capital B handle the bear market? @_ALCPB’s @AlexandreLaizet says bitcoin holdings, bitcoin per share, and cash reserves all went up.

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Our new research with The Block goes deeper on this new always-on economy: https://t.co/BcMXOLLeDH

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Incredibly bullish on stablecoins.

~$5T of global commerce could be driven by agents by 2030.

Stablecoins are the best payment method for agentic finance (AiFi) because agents need instant, global, real time settlement, including for small amounts.

We've built the infrastructure to support this at: https://t.co/PL8EVZpeK4

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Junocash: Private Digital Cash
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“The income market is broken in the traditional world.”

@_ALCPB’s @AlexandreLaizet says bitcoin-backed products like SATA, STRC, and SATS have grown from a few hundred million to tens of billions, offering double-digit yields and a stronger credit profile for investors.

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ft. @usithetalk, @MEXC, @token2049 and @imyoungsparks

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THE WHITE PAPERS:

@MEXC CEO @usithetalk predicts AI agents will transform global trading:

"By 2030, at least 40 percent of all trades in the world will be initiated by AI."

MEXC is already allowing users to connect AI agents to its platform — is this the future of trading?