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Bitcoin has been declared dead 482 times and is still trading. A fall to zero is possible in theory but would take a cascade of failures across the whole network. For most people the bigger danger is losing access to coins that are still worth something.
Russia's central bank has cleared domestic exchanges to begin trading Bitcoin, Ether and Tether's USDT from November 22, once it approves each venue's rules. Retail buyers face a 300,000 ruble yearly cap per broker and must pass a test first.
Louisiana's attorney general sued Kalshi, Coinbase, Gemini and seven other platforms on November 12, and a state judge ordered them to stop offering event contracts within hours. The 10-day block lands inside a wider fight over who regulates these markets.
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Nakamoto pushed its nearest Kraken repayment to 2027, but the 165 million USDT loan still tops the company's stock market value, and its bitcoin sits far below the price it paid.
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Russia now has a regulated, central-bank-supervised market where ordinary people can legally buy and trade Bitcoin on a domestic exchange.
Our read: The rules, dates and investor caps are real and documented by the Bank of Russia and reported independently. But no exchange has confirmed the central bank approved its trading rules, retail access is capped at 300,000 rubles a year and gated by a test, Moscow Exchange's December 1 launch is only a pilot, and paying for goods in crypto at home stays banned.
Louisiana says it has shut down illegal gambling by 10 prediction market platforms, including Coinbase and Gemini, and restored the rule of law in the state.
Our read: A judge did grant a 10-day restraining order on the filing date, which is real and unusually fast. But it is temporary and was issued without the companies present, the core question of whether event contracts are state gambling or federally regulated swaps is unresolved, and Kalshi has its own federal suit pending.
Nakamoto says the amendment extends its runway and makes its collateral position more resilient.
Our read: It does push all principal out to 2027 and adds derivatives to the collateral pool. But the 165 million USDT debt still tops the company's stock market value, the bitcoin was bought at an average of $118,171 against a price near $68,500, and the filing names no level that would trigger a margin call or forced sale.
Brazil's new licensing rules are forcing out the exchanges that cannot meet bank-grade capital and audit standards, with roughly a third of applicants set to fail.
Our read: The regime, its 270-day deadline and the 10.8 million to 37.2 million real capital range are confirmed in the central bank's own resolutions. The 30% figure rests on one official's remarks at a conference, first reported by Livecoins, with no published firm-by-firm list and no final decisions yet.
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Bitcoin has been declared dead 482 times and is still trading. A fall to zero is possible in theory but would take a cascade of failures across the whole network. For most people the bigger danger is losing access to coins that are still worth something.
LNbits shipped an emergency update, version 1.7.0, on 10 November 2026 after users reported stolen Bitcoin from Lightning wallets. The creator says the team suffered losses too. A patch alone does not undo a breach, and a full exploit report is still to come.
Bitcoin Core published three security advisories on November 10, 2026. The high-severity flaw could stop mining nodes from building blocks after a chain reorganization. All three were patched in October 2025, and no funds were at risk.
Nakamoto pushed its nearest Kraken repayment to 2027, but the 165 million USDT loan still tops the company's stock market value, and its bitcoin sits far below the price it paid.
Gemini's third-quarter revenue fell 19% to $40.9 million as trading volume dropped about 73%, while cost cuts narrowed its net loss to $58.6 million.
Figure Technology Solutions reported third-quarter net revenue of $287 million, up 84% from a year earlier, as loan marketplace volume jumped 135% to $5.8 billion. Net income stayed flat, and a large share of the growth came from its Kiavi acquisition.
Across Protocol said attackers seized its across.to domain through a social engineering attack on registrar Namecheap, redirecting users to a phishing site. The team restored the domain a day later and promised to repay affected users.
A draft proposal would strip durable nonces out of Solana, a feature that lets a signed transaction sit unspent for weeks. Attackers used it to drain at least $270 million from the Drift trading platform in April. Custodians that sign offline would have to rebuild how they move funds.
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Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 on Friday for the first time since August, as a stronger dollar and rising Fed rate-hike bets drove more than $1.3 billion in liquidations across crypto.
The OKX and Intercontinental Exchange joint venture will start trading tokenized US stocks on November 23 under a temporary SEC exemption. Sixty-seven companies, including Apple and Tesla, have told the venue to keep their shares off it.
One route hands you a fund share in a brokerage account. The other hands you the coin itself, and the job of keeping it safe. The gap between a Bitcoin ETF and owning bitcoin comes down to control, cost, and what happens if something goes wrong.