Geopolitics

According to Bitcoin News, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck signed a royal decree granting Gelephu's new financial regulator full central bank functions, including monetary policy and reserve management. The authority is permitted to include digital assets alongside traditional

Crypto commentator Ki Young Ju stated that Bitcoin's outlook appears clearer following the midterm elections. He emphasized that short-term investors dislike uncertainty and the midterms represented the last major event of the year. The statement reflects how political events

According to Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Levin, the U.S. dollar outperformed gold and bitcoin as safe-haven assets in October. The article cited ongoing geopolitical and political risks, including turmoil in France amid fiscal deterioration, potential major political shifts in the U.S. and

The US midterm election on November 3 presents three major political risks for crypto markets: President Donald Trump's proposed $5,000 stimulus dividend, the stalled Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, and escalating tensions with Iran following US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. Republicans are f

Senator Cynthia Lummis, a prominent Republican cryptocurrency advocate, will not seek re-election, prompting a succession race in Wyoming. On November 3, President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Representative Harriet Hageman via X, stating she will never let voters down. Lummis announced her

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Nov. 3 as a rout in US technology stocks and caution ahead of midterm elections weighed on risk assets. The cryptocurrency dropped about 2% in morning trading in Asia, slipping beneath the roughly $77,600 level reached on Nov. 1 and giving back all of the previous day's

Abstract: Crypto commentator Scott Melker notes that Ripple is a major donor to Fairshake, which is spending heavily to defeat Senator Sherrod Brown. Meanwhile, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen personally donates $4 million to Brown's campaign; Larsen's total political giving exceeds $22.5 million, mostly to Democrats, indicating a split with Ripple on politics beyond crypto policy. The crypto industry's midterm contributions exceed $200 million, with Fairshake accounting for about $154 million. Melker argues that Larsen's personal funding extends beyond crypto issues and that markets have largely priced in the election outcome; these are his personal assessments. 加密評論員Melker指出，Ripple是Fairshake的主要捐款者，協助擊敗SherrodBrown；同時聯合創始人ChrisLarsen個人捐出400萬美元支持Brown，個人總捐款約2250萬美元傾向民主黨。整個加密產業在中期選舉捐款超過2億美元，Fairshake約1.54億美元。Melker認為Larsen的立場超越單一議題，市場已先行消化結果。

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement through the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 3, denying North Korea’s involvement in the approximately $6.3 billion Binance hack and describing the FBI’s allegations as “utterly absurd” and a political provocation aimed at damaging North Korea’s international standing; Kim Yo Jong also denied North Korea’s responsibility for the approximately $1.5 billion Bybit hack in February 2025. Kim Yo Jong: FBI’s attribution o

Bitcoin continued its weak decline, trading at around $77,290 as of November 3. Morgan Stanley downgraded Coinbase, slashing its price target by 53% to $120 and expressing pessimism about the company’s recovery prospects. Another 12 companies, including NVIDIA, Costco, Nike, and Micron, joined the opposition to OKXICE’s tokenized U.S. stocks, bringing the total number of companies that have spoken out to 50. Macro Events & Crypto Hot Topics Following Microsoft and McDonald’s, another 12 companie

Key economic and cryptocurrency events are scheduled for Nov. 3 (Tuesday). The U.S. midterm elections begin at 9 a.m. Korea Standard Time, followed by the U.S. September JOLTS job openings and labor turnover report at 12 a.m. Korea Standard Time on Nov. 4. Japanese markets will be closed for