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According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, U.S. negotiators Wittekov and Kushner have arrived at the Kremlin to meet with Russian President Putin.

According to The Block, the High Court of Scotland sentenced Robert Barr to eight years in prison for remotely orchestrating a theft of approximately £2 million (about $2.7 million) in cryptocurrency while serving his sentence in Edinburgh prison. Two accomplices, Iain Doyle and Sean Favier, received sentences of five years and four years, respectively; all three had previously pleaded guilty to involvement in organized serious crime.The court revealed the method of operation: Barr had his accomplices enter the victim's home and asked the homeowner to download the remote control software AnyDesk, which he then used from prison to control the couple's computer, inputting a receiving address he controlled to transfer funds from the victim's wallet. On the evening of April 17, 2024, around 11:30 PM, Favier and Doyle arrived at the couple's residence but were captured on the doorbell camera; the homeowner refused to open the door, and the two were unable to enter, resulting in a failed plan.Judge Lord Cubie described this as "a crime that combines 21st-century computer technology with old-fashioned burglary." On June 25, 2024, police seized Barr's mobile phone and discovered detailed messages directing his two accomplices; the judge noted that Barr had previously served 21 months for cryptocurrency-related fraud but organized crime again while in prison, which constituted "significant aggravating circumstances." If convicted at trial, he should have received a sentence of eight years and ten months. Barr is scheduled to attend a serious crime prevention order hearing on November 17.

The Scottish High Court sentenced 29-year-old Robert Barr to 8 years in prison for allegedly planning to steal cryptocurrency while in prison, with the amount involved reaching up to £2 million (approximately $2.7 million). Co-defendants Sean Favier (26) and Iain Doyle (37) both admitted to participating in serious organized crime, receiving sentences of 4 years and 5 years, respectively. Judge Lord Cubie stated that this case combines 21st-century computer technology with old-fashioned burglary.According to court disclosures, Barr's plan was to have Favier and Doyle enter a residence near Midlothian, Edinburgh, and force the victim to install remote control software AnyDesk on their computer, allowing Barr, who was serving a 21-month fraud sentence at HMP Edinburgh at the time, to remotely control the computer and transfer cryptocurrency into a wallet under his control. Around 11:30 PM on April 17, 2024, the two arrived at the residence, but the homeowner couple discovered them through the doorbell camera and refused to open the door, causing the plan to fail.Investigators recovered months of preparations from Barr's phone, which was seized in June 2024, including identifying the victim, collecting photos of the house, and conducting reconnaissance. The phone messages explicitly mentioned threats or violence. The victim is a co-founder of a cryptocurrency startup, whose accomplices had previously stolen a cryptocurrency wallet in January 2024 but were unable to access the funds due to a lack of a PIN code. Prosecutors described Barr as a "seasoned cybercriminal." The judge will consider issuing a serious crime prevention order against him on November 17, and Barr is currently detained due to potential extradition matters. According to a report by Chainalysis, the amount stolen in such "ransom attacks" exceeded $30 million in the first half of 2026.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that since October, Bitcoin has undergone a chip distribution phase, resulting in a correction of about 15%. Currently, losses dominate after the profit-taking phase of short-term holders (STH).In the past 24 hours, short-term holders have sent 48,500 BTC to exchanges, of which 47,300 were sent at a loss, making it one of the strongest STH capitulation behaviors in recent months.

According to CNN, a San Francisco court sentenced tech consultant Nima Momeni to 16 years to life in prison on Tuesday after being convicted of stabbing to death Cash App founder Bob Lee. In December 2024, the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, rejecting the claim of self-defense.Momeni has been held since his arrest following the incident in 2023, and the judge denied his request for a retrial before sentencing; his lawyer plans to appeal. Prosecutors stated that Momeni was angry because Lee introduced his sister to a drug dealer and stabbed Lee three times with a knife, one of which pierced the heart. Lee subsequently died in the hospital at the age of 43. Lee had founded Cash App and was serving as the Chief Product Officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin at the time of his death. Bob Lee was fatally stabbed in San Francisco in April 2023.

According to a Dutch prosecution announcement, the prosecution is seeking a 6-month prison sentence for a former investigator of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar), accusing him of illegally accessing police systems using his official authority to steal cryptocurrency worth over 6,000 euros from a traveler.

According to ABC News, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are considering issuing a subpoena to Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is sending a large number of Notice 6174 to cryptocurrency taxpayers, reminding recipients to review their past filings. Clinton Donnelly, CEO of Cryptotaxaudit, stated that dozens of individuals have contacted the company recently, including its clients; he noted that receiving the notice itself does not imply any wrongdoing.Donnelly previously estimated that the IRS sends about 10,000 such notices each month. Notice 6174 is a voluntary compliance reminder, informing taxpayers that the IRS has information about their cryptocurrency transactions and asking them to verify whether they have fulfilled their tax filing obligations. Donnelly mentioned that the notice does not specify any particular filing issues and typically does not require a direct response. He advised recipients to carefully read the notice and understand their situation before hastily amending their filings or submitting information to the IRS.

Aave stated that Sentora became the first curator on Aave to exceed a deposit scale of 100 million dollars in less than three weeks.

Analyst qinbafrank published an interpretation of the impact if anti-crypto Senator Elizabeth Warren were to become the chair of the Senate Banking Committee. Warren has consistently advocated for embedding anti-money laundering obligations deeply into wallets, miners, and validators, preventing banks from bringing crypto risks into the traditional lending and borrowing system, and opposing the use of tokenization to circumvent securities laws. Warren is likely to push for a stricter legislative agenda, but she will face significant resistance in actual implementation.The comprehensive tightening of crypto regulation bills will still be limited by the 60-vote filibuster threshold, and even if both chambers pass them, Trump can still exercise veto power. Therefore, hardline proposals lacking significant compromise are unlikely to directly become law. However, Warren could escalate Trump's scrutiny of crypto businesses into ongoing investigations and initiate intensive hearings targeting the SEC, CFTC, and crypto companies. While this does not equate to criminal convictions, it would significantly impact market sentiment.At the administrative regulatory level, for the next two years, the chairs of the SEC and CFTC will still be held by Republicans, who can continue to advance crypto policies within their existing statutory authority (such as the September tokenized stock trading exemption and the recent derivatives framework request for comments). Warren's oversight cannot automatically invalidate these policies, but it may slow down the process or narrow the scope of exemptions. At the same time, she can use her committee powers to obstruct Trump's nominations for regulatory agency commissioners. Analysts conclude that although hearings and investigations will bring greater pressure, the crypto regulatory environment in the next two years is unlikely to be stricter than during the period of full Democratic control from 2023 to 2024.

On Friday, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced a Ukrainian man to 5 years in prison, including 2 years of actual imprisonment and 3 years of probation. The man was accused of illegally generating and stealing 1 billion Holograph (HLG) tokens, valued at approximately 14 million dollars at the time of the incident, by exploiting a security loophole in the company he previously worked for between May and August 2024.The court found that the man illegally issued 1 billion HLG tokens by tampering with the token generation conditions on the platform and transferred the tokens to a personal wallet. He then, along with two accomplices, dispersed the funds to multiple cryptocurrency exchange platform accounts. His two accomplices were sentenced to 2 years in prison (with 14 months probation) and fined 80,000 euros, as well as 2 years of probationary imprisonment and fined 40,000 euros.In addition, the court rejected the Holograph Foundation's request for compensation for the losses due to the token price crash, stating that the price of HLG had already fluctuated and dropped significantly before the incident, making it impossible to establish a direct causal relationship between the subsequent depreciation and the fraudulent act. After the incident, the price of HLG fell from nearly 0.03 dollars in May 2024 to 0.001 dollars by the end of December of the same year.

Cryptocurrency analyst Murphy stated that on November 5, there was a noticeable panic in the market, with the spot active trading volume differential (SVD) on trading platforms severely skewed towards sellers. The selling pressure reached the highest level since the start of this round of market trends in August, even surpassing the active selling pressure triggered by the Binance security incident on October 30.Murphy pointed out that the continuously increasing active selling pressure has driven prices further down, but it is still not possible to determine whether the buying capacity has strengthened. Only when the next occurrence of a similar scale of active selling pressure does not lead to a significant price drop can it be indicated that the depth of buyer orders may have improved. He believes that the Binance black swan event and the sharp decline in U.S. stocks have consecutively impacted the market in the short term, significantly undermining bullish confidence. It may take several weeks or even a month or two for the market to digest the panic sentiment, and the probability of a direct V-shaped rebound in the short term is low. Moving forward, attention should be focused on investor behavior, market sentiment, and changes in chip structure.

According to a report by Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule aimed at facilitating the inclusion of alternative assets such as private equity, real estate, and cryptocurrencies in retirement plans has been submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review on Thursday. This submission indicates that the rule is nearing completion and public release, but is still in the review stage.The Department of Labor announced the relevant proposal on March 30. According to the previous proposal, trustees can obtain legal safe harbor protection when including private assets in 401(k) plan investment options, provided they meet six criteria. These six criteria are investment performance, fees, liquidity, valuation, performance benchmarks, and complexity.

According to the election results page on the Stand With Crypto official website, in the U.S. midterm elections, 397 out of 435 House of Representatives seats have been determined, with 226 candidates from the pro-crypto side and 106 from the opposition.In the Senate, 33 out of 35 contested seats have been determined, with 19 candidates from the pro-crypto side and 8 from the opposition.

According to PR Newswire, AI intelligence data security company Sentra announced the completion of a $150 million Series C financing round, led by Capital One Ventures, with participation from existing shareholders including Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, Munich Re Ventures, and Key1 Capital. Capital One will send a representative to join the board.Sentra stated that it has experienced over 300% year-on-year growth in the past year, and the new funds will be used to expand AI intelligence data access control and static data protection capabilities, as well as to explore new markets. Sentra's total financing has exceeded $250 million.