Day: November 4, 2025

MARA Holdings Posts $252M Q3 Revenue, Shifts to AI Infrastructure

Key Notes MARA deployed its first ten AI inference racks at Granbury and agreed to acquire a 64% stake in AI specialist Exaion. The company’s energized hashrate reached 60.4 EH/s, up 64% year-over-year, while Bitcoin holdings grew 98% to 52,850 BTC. MARA will discontinue monthly production reports and transition to quarterly disclosures starting with Q4 2025 results. MARA Holdings announced third-quarter 2025 financial results on Nov. 4, reporting revenues of $252.4 million and net income of $123.1 million. The Bitcoin miner also unveiled plans to expand into artificial intelligence infrastructure…

Stream Finance Freezes Withdrawals After $93M Loss Amid Fraud Concerns

Key Notes Stream’s xUSD vault grew to $400M with suspicious flat 15% yields, suggesting manually set returns rather than organic market performance. Outstanding loans worth $285M across Euler, Silo, and Morpho protocols are backed by Stream’s collateral tokens xUSD, xBTC, and xETH. Elixir Network faces severe exposure with $68M USDC lent to Stream, representing 65% of its deUSD stablecoin backing and raising depeg risks. DeFi platform Stream Finance suspended all withdrawals and deposits on Nov. 3 after an external fund manager disclosed a loss of approximately $93 million in company…

Cleaning Up Crypto ATMs Isn’t Anti-Crypto

When Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed lawsuits against CoinFlip and Bitcoin Depot earlier this year, a few astroturfed voices cried that this consumer protection push was “anti-crypto.” They’re wrong. Crypto ATMs – physical kiosks that let users buy crypto – have become a vehicle for fraud, and they need reform. Law enforcement, regulators, and consumer advocates have all raised concerns about these machines for years. DC AG Brian Schwalb sued Athena Bitcoin in September. Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday has warned that BATMs are a “magnet for scammers.” Arizona AG Kris…

$25B Market Cap Milestone Sparks Bullish Hopes for Monero

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Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, such as Monero, are roaring back, with the total market capitalization of these coins surpassing the $62 billion mark for the first time since 2021. Related Reading Leading the charge are Dash (DASH) and Zcash (ZEC), which have soared 75% and 21%, respectively, in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Their weekly gains of over 200% for Dash and 45% for Zcash reflect the sector’s renewed momentum even as Bitcoin slipped below $105,000. Data from Artemis reveals that privacy coins have outperformed the broader crypto market, delivering…

We mined BITCOIN in Minecraft!

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io First computational redstone project! This machine can mine bitcoin from within Minecraft. The video will show how it works and just how profitable it is… Built by: Soundtomb & Armadillo28 Video by: Armadillo28 & Soundtomb Music by: Soundtomb @soundtomb Thanks to @mattbatwings the hex-binary converter & binary counter Thanks to @bennyscube for the carry-save-adder Pipelining paper: Yiqiu Sun (孙逸秋), Yufeng Gu (顾钰峰),Haichao Yang, Wentao Zhang SHA256 interactive breakdown by Domingo Martin: Songs in order of appearance: blocky · moody · light mist…

YouTube’s ‘direct attack’ on Web3 gaming, riskiest crypto game tease: Web3 Gamer

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YouTube’s ‘nail in the coffin’ for Web3 gaming content YouTube’s latest content rules announcement hasn’t gone down well with Web3 gaming creators, who say the platform is unfairly targeting them. “YouTube’s new policy is a direct attack on Web3 gaming and CS skins,” Gamer Leevai said in an X post. Fellow gamer Predz added, “Know any Web3 creators? They need to see this.” The update, which is expected to roll out on Nov. 17, expands YouTube’s definition of prohibited online gaming content to cover digital goods with monetary value, including…

Why Is the Crypto Market Down? Analysis and Best Crypto to Buy Now: PEPENODE

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What to Know: The crypto market fell sharply in early November after long-term holders sold $44B in Bitcoin, while ETFs absorbed just $4B in inflows. From Samourai Wallet’s alleged xpub logging to Iran’s mining raids and Stream Finance’s $93M loss, causing its stablecoin depegging, fear is widespread. Despite bearish momentum and weak sentiment, Bitcoin remains above $100K, and November has historically delivered the strongest monthly returns (+42.11% on average) Presales like $PEPENODE stand out as stable entry points amid volatility, offering incremental price stages, high staking yields, and a gamified…

Bitcoin Remains ‘Fully Bearish’ Until This Price Level Is Reclaimed

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Bitcoin’s technical structure remains decisively negative and will stay that way “until” a key resistance level is reclaimed, according to veteran analyst Josh Olszewicz in his latest video published today. Pointing to the Ichimoku Cloud and a stack of trend signals, Olszewicz said, “Below the cloud we’re bearish, above we’re bullish. We are currently below… [and] fully bearish on price and the expectation is lower lows.” The fulcrum, in his view, is a reclaim of roughly $115,000. “I don’t really have anything bullish to say here at all until we’re…

Chainlink at Make-or-Break Point: Will LINK Explode Next?

Key Notes LINK down 6% daily, 32% monthly, trading near $15.14. Whale wallets add over 147,000 LINK (~$2.3M total). LINK debuted the ACE partner ecosystem with TRM Labs and more as partners. Despite crashing almost 6% in the past 24 hours, LINK $14.80 24h volatility: 8.3% Market cap: $10.32 B Vol. 24h: $1.48 B continues to attract significant on-chain accumulation while testing a major support level. The token trades around $15.14, down a massive 32% over the last month. Two fresh wallets, including one that withdrew 98,000 LINK worth roughly…

Swiss Bank Executes First Tokenized Fund on Ethereum

Key Notes The workflow automates order taking, execution, settlement, and data synchronization across blockchain systems. The uMINT fund operates on Ethereum distributed ledger technology as part of the UBS Tokenize initiative. UBS manages $6.9 trillion in assets and previously tested blockchain through Singapore’s Project Guardian. UBS announced on Nov. 4 the completion of the world’s first live, in-production tokenized fund transaction. The Swiss banking giant executed an end-to-end workflow involving subscription and redemption requests for a tokenized money market fund. The transaction marks a milestone in the institutional adoption of…