November 9th, according to The Wall Street Journal, Visa and Mastercard are set to settle with U.S. merchants, ending a two-decade-long legal dispute. Under the settlement agreement, the credit card interchange fees charged to merchants will be reduced, and merchants will be granted more flexibility in choosing credit card services. Previously, both networks required merchants to accept all credit card payments within the network if they wanted to accept any particular credit card.The legal battle between the two parties began in 2005 when U.S. merchants accused Visa, Mastercard, and major banks of monopolistic behavior regarding fees and credit card acceptance rules. The two parties reached a settlement agreement in March 2024, proposing a 0.07% reduction in fees over five years and granti...

November 9th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), after seven months, CZ's public donation address once again burned approximately $490,000 worth of Meme tokens, including:quq: $305,000;SIREN: $142,000;BNBCARD: $43,000....

November 9th. Goldman Sachs believes that the recent 5% pullback in the US stock market is a typical year-end seasonal fluctuation in the AI ​​cycle, rather than an abnormal signal indicating the end of the uptrend. Goldman Sachs traders pointed out that despite the market experiencing a pullback, there is still upside potential before the end of the year. Due to the combined effects of seasonal factors, the early stage of the AI ​​investment cycle, and relatively light institutional positions, the index still has the potential to move higher.Goldman Sachs Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities trader Shreeti Kapa stated that a 5% decline at this time of year is a normal occurrence in this cycle, and although the market has experienced a strong rebound since the April low, overall,...

November 9th, according to LookIntoChain monitoring, in the early morning today, a whale who opened a long position with 20,800 ZEC at $509.5 (worth about $12.12 million) has closed the position, making a profit of $1.25 million.In addition, a new ZEC long position whale address "0x089f" has appeared again, depositing 3.54 million USDC into Hyperliquid and setting a limit long position at $508.5, with a value of $3.5 million, currently waiting to be filled.According to HTX market data, ZEC is currently trading at $585, with a 24-hour increase of 6.2%....

November 9, Binance Alpha will list MetaArena (TIMI) on Alpha, and trading will start today at 21:00 (UTC+8).Users holding at least 231 Alpha points can claim a token airdrop. Claim 960 TIMI airdropped tokens on the Alpha Event page. If the event is not over, the score threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every five minutes....

November 9th, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, CEX has seen a net outflow of 15,500 Ether (ETH), with the top three outflowing CEX as follows:· Binance, outflow of 13,800 ETH;· Bybit, outflow of 4,923.17 ETH;· Bitstamp, outflow of 3,847.72 ETH.In addition, Coinbase Pro recorded an inflow of 7,813.37 ETH, ranking first in the inflow list....

November 9th, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, CEX has seen a net outflow of 15,500 Ether (ETH), with the top three outflowing CEX as follows:· Binance, outflow of 13,800 ETH;· Bybit, outflow of 4,923.17 ETH;· Bitstamp, outflow of 3,847.72 ETH.In addition, Coinbase Pro recorded an inflow of 7,813.37 ETH, ranking first in the inflow list....

November 9th, according to HTX market data, Bitcoin rebounded to surpass $102,000, with a 0.23% decrease in the past 24 hours....

November 9th, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, CEX has seen a total net outflow of 927.70 BTC, continuing the accumulation trend. The top three CEXs by outflow volume are as follows:· Coinbase Pro, outflow of 816.81 BTC;· KuCoin, outflow of 577.51 BTC;· OKX, outflow of 461.17 BTC.In addition, Binance saw an inflow of 1,684.69 BTC, ranking first in the inflow list....

November 9th, Binance Alpha will become the first platform to list the following projects: November 10th Janction (JCT) AirdropNovember 11th Allora (ALLO) AirdropEligible users can visit the Alpha Activity page after Alpha trading opens, and use Binance Alpha points to claim the airdrops. More details will be announced separately....

November 9th, according to Hong Kong media reports, the police are investigating the cryptocurrency exchange JPEX for an alleged fraud case. As of now, 16 people have been prosecuted, with one person having been arraigned earlier. The remaining 15 people are charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, money laundering, obstructing justice, and the offense of "fraudulently inducing others to invest in virtual assets" under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. Yesterday afternoon, multiple cases were brought before the Eastern District Court, and the 15 defendants were temporarily excused from entering a plea.The prosecution applied to transfer the cases of the first group of 8 defendants to the High Court for trial and postponed the hearing to December ...

November 9th, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday that former U.S. President Biden criticized his successor Trump, saying that the current president not only demolished the East Wing of the White House but also destroyed the American "democratic" system. CNN quoted Biden's speech at a Nebraska Democratic Party event in Omaha on the 7th, stating: "I knew Trump would bring a wrecking ball to our country, but I have to admit, I didn't know there would be an actual wrecking ball."The 82-year-old former Democratic president was referring to Trump's demolition of part of the White House and his plans to transform it into a banquet hall. Trump previously stated that his banquet hall plan "will not impact the existing building." The report stated that ...

November 9th, the Ministry of Technology of Sierra Leone officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sign, jointly launching a new chapter in the country's blockchain infrastructure development. The initial phase of the collaboration will focus on establishing a digital identity system and a local stablecoin payment system, aiming to provide secure, transparent, and inclusive digital services to all citizens at a very low cost, and to drive the country towards leapfrog development.During this visit, the Sign team also met with the Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone, the Governor of the Central Bank, the CEO of eGov App, and a representative from the Christex Foundation to reach consensus on the technical roadmap, policy coordination, and implementation plan.This collaboration...

November 9th, according to Polymarket platform data, today's League of Legends World Championship "T1 vs KT" prediction market volume has surpassed $5.4 million, reaching $5.45 million; currently T1 has a 64% win rate, while KT has a 36% win rate....

November 9th, according to Coinglass data, if Ethereum falls below $3300, the cumulative long liquidation intensity of mainstream CEXs will reach $595 million.Conversely, if Ethereum surpasses $3500, the cumulative short liquidation intensity of mainstream CEXs will reach $980 million.BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not display the precise number of contracts awaiting liquidation or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually indicate the relative importance of each liquidation cluster to adjacent liquidation clusters, i.e., intensity.Therefore, the liquidation chart shows the extent to which the price of the underlying asset will be affected when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that the pri...

November 9th, convicted Russian crypto scammer Roman Novak and his wife Anna were kidnapped and murdered in the UAE. This incident, related to a ransom and a conspiracy involving digital assets, ultimately ended in tragedy.Roman Novak was well-known in St. Petersburg for his involvement in multiple cryptocurrency projects that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. In 2020, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison for large-scale fraud. After serving his sentence, he moved to Dubai, where he founded the crypto app Fintopio and reportedly raised hundreds of millions of dollars again from new investors.In early October, Roman and his wife traveled to what seemed to be a promising investor meeting near the UAE-Oman border in Hatta. However, they mysteriously disappeared after changing vehicl...

November 9th, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the recent on-chain activities of active contract whales are as follows:· The largest ZEC long position address on Hyperliquid reduced its ZEC holdings to 39,500 coins early this morning, with its unrealized gains shrinking from a peak of $12 million to $200,000;· The "BTC OG Whale" address, after liquidating BTC yesterday and losing $1.3 million, has also broken its undefeated record; the address currently holds 40,000 ETH (about $135 million) with unrealized losses exceeding $2 million, entry price $3,445.58, liquidation price $2,533.69;· Bitcoin whale Owen Gunden has once again deposited 600 BTC into Kraken, worth about $61.17 million. Currently, Owen still holds 6,050 BTC, worth about $618.78 million;· The "Bankrupt ...

November 9th, founder of crypto quant fund Capriole Investments, Charles Edwards, posted a message saying, "OG Bitcoin Whales Are Selling Off:The attached image intuitively shows how many super whales are cashing out Bitcoin. Each line in the graph represents long-term holders of OG Bitcoin who entered the market before 2018 and have held for over 7 years, showing on-chain transactions.· Orange = Sell-off amount at the $100 million level of OG.· Red = Sell-off amount at the $500 million level of OG.The color scheme for the 2025 chart is unusually rich — indicating OG whales are exiting in a large-scale cash-out."...

November 9th, according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin rebounds above $104,000, the cumulative short liquidation intensity of mainstream CEXs will reach $8.64 billion.On the other hand, if Bitcoin falls below $100,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity of mainstream CEXs will reach $8.92 billion.BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not show the exact number of contracts to be liquidated or the exact value of the liquidated contracts. The bars on the liquidation chart actually represent the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to neighboring clusters, that is, intensity.Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the price of the underlying asset will be affected when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that the price,...

November 9th, Cryptocurrency analyst Matthew Hyland recently shared his view, stating, "The reason you should be confident in the price trend of altcoins is that the Bitcoin dominance chart looks very weak, and has been weak for several weeks." Hyland pointed out: "The downtrend is still favorable for continuation, so this rebound is just a 'dead cat bounce' in the downward trend."Hyland also stated that the recent sharp price fluctuations in Bitcoin may have been carefully orchestrated by traditional financial giants. "In the past month, my view has remained basically the same—I believe these fluctuations are actually manipulative actions, with Wall Street just setting themselves up." Bitcoin's dominance has fallen 5% since May.Just on Novembe...