Tencent Holdings released a foundation model Wednesday, saying it joins the top tier of Chinese open-weight AI systems for the first time, according to Bloomberg.

Ethereum risk and assurance tracking platform L2BEAT has changed its name to ETHBEAT. According to ChainCatcher, the team said its work has expanded beyond Layer 2, though it will continue monitoring Layer 2 systems as one of several areas of focus. ETHBEAT will assess whether systems built on Ethereum deliver Ethereum’s guarantees to users, including by reviewing deployed smart contracts and tracking ecosystem data. L2BEAT launched more than five years ago to document the fast-growing Ethereum Layer 2 landscape, initially tracking total value locked before shifting to total value secured and adding activity metrics. ETHBEAT plans to apply its transparency and review methods across more of the Ethereum ecosystem, covering privacy, upcoming liquid staking, cross-chain interoperability, tokens, zero-knowledge proofs, native rollups and changes to the base layer. The team also introduced the CROPS guide, which lists projects aligned with censorship resistance, open-source development, privacy and security. Its stated mission is to help users understand and reduce reliance on intermediaries, including what those parties can do and whether users can exit if other participants leave.

Salesforce has become one of the most aggressive buyers in a broader deal boom, acquiring companies every week or two. According to Sina Finance, Dealogic data show announced transactions totaled $2.6 trillion year to date, up 66% from the same period last year. Salesforce’s recent purchases include AI call-center software maker Cresta for $2.7 billion and customer engagement platform Braze for $5.7 billion. It also completed its acquisition of Listen Labs, announced in September with no price disclosed, and bought customer AI agent company Fin for $3.6 billion. Over the past 12 months, Salesforce has spent or committed at least $25 billion across eight acquisitions, nearly all valued above $1 billion. The company has mostly paid cash for its recent deals. Its free cash flow as a share of revenue reached 35% in fiscal 2026, up from 20% in fiscal 2023. Other deals cited include Marvell and Lumentum, DoorDash and Instacart, Fox’s acquisition of Roku, and the Skydance Media–Warner Bros. Discovery transaction. The article links the deal pace to a currently lenient U.S. antitrust environment, which it says could change after a two-year window. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the company has become better at making acquisitions that add to earnings without diluting shareholders. The article also highlights election-related risks to data center construction. More than 20 gubernatorial candidates support pausing development, and candidates backing pauses could win in as many as 15 states. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa has proposed a stricter pause than Greg Abbott until lawmakers establish permanent rules. Georgia candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms has called for a pause and an impact review. In Florida, Byron Donalds has received support from political action committees linked to Anthropic and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, while David Jolly supports a pause. Alaska candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has also proposed a pause and AI regulations.

The euro area's preliminary, unadjusted annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) inflation rate was 4% in October, up from 3.8% previously. According to ChainCatcher, the 4% reading matched expectations.

According to Jin10, the eurozone's preliminary month-over-month CPI reading for October was 0.4%, matching the 0.4% forecast, compared with a previous reading of 0.60%.

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH signed a licensing deal potentially worth more than $7 billion with China’s Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited and its subsidiaries for experimental cancer treatments, according to Bloomberg.

According to Jin10, the Eurozone's annual CPI rate flash estimate for October was 4%, compared with an expected 4% and a previous reading of 3.80%.

トロンの創設者であるジャスティン・サン氏は、ワールド・リバティ・フィナンシャルとの法廷闘争を激化させており、トランプ一家が支援するこの仮想通貨ベンチャーに対し、UAEの所有権関係の開示が遅れたことが、自身の訴訟に対する裁判所の管轄権を損なう可能性があるとして、カリフォルニア州連邦裁判所に制裁措置を求めている。

民主党が上下両院で圧勝した結果、仮想通貨業界への6300万ドルの政治献金が無駄になった。AIとデータセンターに対する規制強化により、市場は一時的に下落基調から反転し、上昇に転じた。

BitMartは2026年11月2日にハッキング被害に遭ったことを認め、取引所に紐づけられたウォレットから約39万1000ドルが盗まれ、Mercado Bitcoinへの攻撃でも使用されたアドレスに送金されたと報じられている。Mercado Bitcoinも同日に数千万ドルの損失を被っており、BitMartの創設者は両方の攻撃の背後には同じグループがいると考えている。

民主党が上下両院の支配権を取り戻したことで、ロシアに対する制裁緩和策2件が公聴会と議会審査にかけられることになるが、法的枠組みは概ね変更されない見込みだ。

半導体株や業界最大手の一部企業が急激な市場下落に見舞われる中でも、AI企業は事業拡大資金を調達するために記録的な額の資金を借り入れている。

週末にかけて、EUの金融機関から1億3300万ドル以上の仮想通貨が盗まれ、そのほとんどはKraken、Crypto.com、OKXのアカウントを通じて引き出され、その後交換されて別の場所に送金された。ZachXBTは、被害者はフランスの銀行Credit Mutuel Arkeaであると述べており、Krakenはアカウントを制限し、資金回収のために法執行機関と協力していると述べている。

民主党候補者は新規建設の中止を求める傾向が強い一方、電気料金や送電網コストの規制については超党派の支持を得ている。

バイナンスから63億6000万ドルが盗まれた事件の鍵は、秘密鍵の漏洩ではなく、署名システムにおける50件のEIP-7702委任承認の署名にあった。

民主党が上院の支配権を取り戻したことで、AIデータセンター、暗号資産、連邦準備制度の独立性、クリーンエネルギーといった分野における政策の見通しが変化しつつある。

ビットコインの4年ごとの半減期サイクルだけが時間軸ではありません。75ヶ月という期間は、市場の転換点を検証するための長期的な基準として利用できますが、価格構造によって裏付けられる必要があります。