CEX NEWS reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says humanity should not hand control of the future over to superintelligence, even if doing so limits AI progress.
CEX NEWS reports that James Wynn opened a 40x BTC short position 5 days after being liquidated. The position is 1.256 BTC (approximately $96,000), with a liquidation price of $78,227.92.
CEX NEWS reports that Anthropic has launched FlashProve, a zkSNARK system built with Claude that enables AI providers to cryptographically prove which model generated each response.
CEX NEWS: Expectations of a Democratic “sweep” rose to a record high of 91% as polling stations began closing in the United States. U.S. stock futures fell to a new intraday low, down nearly 1% since the polls closed. Markets are pricing in an almost certain shift in the U.S. political landscape.
CEX NEWS: Canton Network's Canton Coin receives an SEC no-action letter and is deemed a digital commodity that does not need to be registered as a security.
CEX NEWS: The probability of Democrats sweeping the U.S. midterm elections has risen to 88%. The original also puts the odds of Democrats winning both chambers of Congress at around 73%. A Republican victory could help pass the CLARITY Act and trigger a crypto market rally, while a Democratic victory could further delay the bill.
CEX NEWS reports that the CFTC has been sued in federal court in New York over its approval of single-stock perpetual futures. Citadel Securities and Cboe are backing the lawsuit, arguing that the contracts are swaps rather than futures and seeking to block them. On the day the lawsuit was filed, the CFTC approved single-stock perpetual futures on a U.S. exchange for the first time. The CEO of the American Securities Association said the CFTC had circumvented the SEC’s jurisdiction and Congress’s ban on retail trading.
CEX NEWS reports that U.S. SEC staff have updated their crypto FAQ, clarifying that independent token holders participating in decentralized governance generally do not constitute a “centralized party.” The guidance provides regulatory clarity for DeFi governance but is not legally binding.
CEX NEWS reports that BitGo has launched Bitcoin staking through Stacks, allowing eligible institutional custody clients to earn BTC rewards with custody by BitGo Bank & Trust.
CEX NEWS: The U.S. Treasury announced that it will buy back up to $6 billion in 10- to 20-year Treasury bonds on November 4 to support market liquidity.
CEX NEWS reports that U.S. federal debt rose by $422 billion in October to a record $40.6 trillion. Since July 1, it has increased by $1.2 trillion, averaging $300 billion per month and about $10 billion per day. The public debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 123%, its highest level since the pandemic peak in 2020. Last week, the Treasury borrowed a record $839 billion through auctions of Treasury bills and notes, surpassing the previous high of $834 billion for the same period in 2025.
CEX NEWS: Bhutan’s king grants the Gelephu Financial Services Office central bank powers, including the authority to invest in digital assets and cryptocurrencies, and a path to issuing a local currency.
CEX NEWS reports that AMD shares rose more than 6% in after-hours trading as AI demand drove earnings above expectations, adding $50 billion to its market capitalization.
CEX NEWS reports that Vitalik Buterin said artificial intelligence has created “new, more powerful monsters that we have to deal with,” calling it a crazy game that everyone is forced to play.