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OpenAI announced the Grid Protectors program on Monday, which proposes that future AI facilities reduce their electricity consumption during emergencies and periods of peak demand. A planned facility in Georgia could temporarily reduce its consumption by up to 1,000 megawatts under a 25-year agreement with Georgia Power. The approved agreement requires OpenAI to cover all infrastructure costs necessary to power the facility. Axios reported that OpenAI is preparing a political communications and public relations campaign after the midterm elections to rebrand data centers as “AI compute campuses.” OpenAI has not announced binding demand-reduction commitments for the other facilities in the national program.

As of the close on November 2, XRP’s apparent discount on Coinbase fell from about 0.168% to 0.006% after converting Binance’s USDT-denominated price into dollars. CryptoQuant user Arab Chain reported a Coinbase XRP premium index of about -0.16%, interpreting the eight-month low as a sign of relatively weaker demand on Coinbase. However, Arab Chain clarified that the index could not conclusively establish whether downward pressure would persist. A separate 60-minute comparison showed a small median premium after conversion. It has not been established that there are more comparable trades initiated by sellers, and the price comparison does not demonstrate that an executable arbitrage opportunity exists.

A poll conducted in April at CoinDesk's request found that 533 of the 849 respondents to a question about cryptocurrencies had a less favorable opinion of the sector. The other 316 respondents expressed a more favorable opinion. The survey involved 1,000 randomly selected registered voters across the United States. Respondents who leaned Republican were almost evenly split, while those who leaned Democratic were significantly more negative. Supportive respondents cited investment gains and perceived security, while skeptical respondents pointed to investment risks, insufficient regulation, fraud, and other concerns.

Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long believes the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance gives cryptocurrency hacks a geopolitical dimension and could change stablecoin regulations. The FBI attributed the October 29 attack to TraderTraitor, a hacking unit linked to the North Korean state. Nearly half of the stolen funds have now been frozen, mainly by stablecoin issuers. Caitlin Long expects U.S. authorities to require compliance controls to be built into stablecoin smart contracts. Binance says it has covered 95% of the stolen tokens.

Americans voted Tuesday in the 2026 midterm elections to fill all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 Senate seats. Republicans control both chambers, while Democrats need to gain four net Senate seats and three House seats to take control. According to Reuters, cryptocurrency industry spending has reached about $176 million across more than 100 elections this year. The outcome could affect cryptocurrency legislation, including the stalled CLARITY Act. Democratic control of either chamber could also lead to greater scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s activities in the cryptocurrency sector. Reuters reported last week that Democratic lawmakers were preparing new investigations into possible conflicts of interest involving Trump family businesses.

Jim Cramer voiced his support for CrowdStrike after the company launched a tool that can stop AI agents behaving inappropriately. CrowdStrike shares have fallen nearly 10% over the past week. CrowdStrike says administrators can stop an agent, prevent it from restarting, and disconnect it from the network. For now, the tool stops agents at a traffic gateway; the ability to stop them on employees’ computers is planned for later. Jeff Pollard, an analyst at Forrester, warned that current AI agents could bypass such controls.

Kim Yo Jong denied the FBI's accusation that North Korea had stolen more than $6 billion in crypto assets from Binance. She also rejected any dialogue with Washington in a statement broadcast Wednesday by the official KCNA news agency. Kim Yo Jong said the United States must abandon its hostile policy toward North Korea before the issues can be resolved. The rejection comes amid speculation about a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month.

The theft of around $6.3 billion from Binance last week highlights the infrastructure risks that tokenized securities may share with cryptocurrencies. U.S. authorities and blockchain analytics firms have attributed the attack to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit. Holders of tokenized securities may have broader recovery rights than those associated with cryptocurrencies, but protection depends on the securities’ structure and the power to intervene. Adam Popat, CEO of SettleMint, said issuers could freeze, invalidate and replace stolen tokens under certain structures. Anthony DeMartino, CEO of Sentora, said market makers had withdrawn from trades during the Binance hack, highlighting the risk that tokenized assets may not find buyers during periods of market stress.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company held around 150,000 bitcoins, worth approximately $11.5 billion at current prices. That total is about 50,000 bitcoins more than the roughly 100,060 BTC implied by Tether's third-quarter reserves attestation. Ardoino did not specify where the additional bitcoins were held or when they had been acquired, so his statement does not establish that a new purchase of this size took place. Tether says the company's bitcoin investments are separate from the reserves backing USDT.

Galaxy Digital stock rose more than 12.4% on Tuesday, following a recovery in digital assets and broader equity markets. Galaxy Digital had lost more than 7% on Monday amid weakness and selling pressure in the digital asset sector. Benzinga Pro data showed Galaxy Digital up 11.14% at $16.21 at the time of publication. Despite Tuesday’s rebound, GLXY remained 31.6% below its 200-day simple moving average, leaving the long-term trend pointed downward.

Binance revealed that hackers had exploited an internal artificial intelligence tool in an attack that resulted in the theft of $6.34 billion in cryptocurrency. Binance’s investigation could not establish that an AI model had planned or carried out the theft autonomously. Binance said that approximately $2.85 billion of the affected assets had been frozen or intercepted. Binance stated that 98% of the affected token assets had been recovered by October 31. Binance commissioned an independent cybersecurity audit and is seeking partnerships with leading AI companies to improve security.

In its Q3 shareholder letter, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Block reported gross profit of $3.24 billion, up 22% from the same period a year earlier. Block raised its full-year 2026 gross profit forecast to $12.63 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22%. Bitcoin-related gross profit fell 50% year over year to $52 million. Block attributed the decline primarily to lower fees on certain Bitcoin transactions in Cash App. Block shares rose about 8% after hours.

Coinbase Assets has added CARD, the Collector Crypt token, to the platform’s listing roadmap. Collector Crypt operates a physical card trading platform within the Solana ecosystem. Coinbase said that trading depends on the availability of market maker support and technical infrastructure, and that the launch time would be announced separately once these conditions are met.

Capital Markets Alliance said Tuesday that it had sued the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to block the agency’s authorization of perpetual futures contracts on individual stocks. The complaint argues that these products are securities-based swaps and fall under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It also alleges that the CFTC violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to explain its policy and its reversal of a previous position. The CFTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the complaint.

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance considers Canton Coin (CC) a digital commodity and, subject to certain conditions, will not recommend enforcement action against its programmatic issuance. Published Tuesday, the no-action letter concerns the creation of tokens by Super Validators, Validators, and application providers without registration under certain provisions of securities laws. The letter sets out the staff’s position on enforcement action, based on information submitted by Canton, and is not a legal conclusion on whether CC is a security. Miles Jennings, a partner at a16z, welcomed the position and argued that the SEC’s guidance on tokens offers a broader path for network tokens to avoid securities laws.

BeInCrypto's State of AI Agent Payments 2026 report concluded that none of the 19 AI products and financial processes examined allowed agents to choose their own goals. According to the report, 14 could operate only within spending limits approved in advance by a person. Coinbase's x402 agent payment protocol has processed around 200 million transactions since its launch, but the report says that 90.8% of payments were worth less than one cent. A 35-day sample covering x402 recorded 6.4 million transactions worth just $120,000. Security incidents have also highlighted the risks: Bankrbot sent $175,000 in tokens after interpreting a chatbot response as an instruction, although around 80% of the tokens were subsequently returned.

Stellar has activated the Bell upgrade on the testnet, and a mainnet vote will follow. Wallets and indexers must update their software to support the network changes. The upgrade adds optional post-quantum signature verification for smart contracts.

Anthropic’s spending on computing and infrastructure increased by about 77% last quarter, outpacing the 47% growth in its revenue. The amended filing Anthropic submitted to the SEC indicates that lower model prices and contractual discounts offset about $600 million in third-quarter revenue growth generated by increased usage. Anthropic went from an operating profit of $974 million in the second quarter to an operating loss of $567 million in the third. Short-term computing costs and a non-cash charge make the results harder to interpret. Anthropic is preparing for an IPO, with cumulative lease and purchase commitments of about $895.4 billion, almost entirely tied to computing and infrastructure.

SpaceX is among 56 companies opposing plans to list tokenized stocks on OKXICE, according to a public notice from the platform dated November 2. The SEC’s five-year Innovation Exemption gives issuers 30 days to object, effectively preventing the affected tokens from being traded on the platform. Tokens representing SpaceX shares are already traded outside the United States; in June, Backpack and Kraken recorded on-chain trading volumes of $1.08 billion and $852 million, respectively. OKXICE would allow U.S. investors to trade tokenized stocks. OKXICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo said on October 30 that more companies would participate as the benefits of tokenization became apparent.

Binance said on Tuesday that hackers had used malware and a fake job interview as part of a campaign behind a $6.3 billion hack. On Thursday, hackers transferred billions of dollars in cryptocurrency from Binance wallets, prompting companies in the sector to freeze around $3 billion in assets. The FBI and two blockchain analytics firms attributed the attack to North Korea, which denied any involvement on Tuesday. Binance pledged to cover all losses related to the hack and said on Tuesday that the platform had replenished 98% of the affected assets.