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INTEL: Iran prepares for war to resume, eyeing new targets and a shift in military tactics

Iraq's foreign minister tells Al Jazeera that renewed war in the region is possible

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INTEL: US offers reward for information on Iran's nuclear program despite Trump's claims it was obliterated

Trump has also confirmed a "minor" strike

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INTEL: US Treasury sanctions 8 Canadian money services businesses over Iran-linked crypto transactions

Bessent says Canada cannot be a haven for illicit financial facilitators helping Iran's regime evade sanctions

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INTEL: Paraguay's Santiago Peña placed under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust | Per AP

Paraguay's prosecutor's office had issued an arrest warrant for Peña earlier, and a second one for a former central bank chief

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INTEL: JD Vance proposes direct talks with Iran in behind-the-scenes push for a new ceasefire | Per Axios

Vance has held near-daily talks with Qatari and Pakistani mediators while U.S. forces remain ready for renewed strikes

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INTEL: Airstrike reportedly hits Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz

Explosions and missile launches were also reported after Iranian forces reportedly fired at a drone over the strait overnight

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INTEL: Taiwan launches NT$500 billion stock rescue fund after Taiex's worst week since 2001

Short selling curbs start Nov 9. Arthur Hayes reacts: "Let the AI bailouts begin!"

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INTEL: MEXC Global cut off from the US financial system by FinCEN over sanctions evasion by Iran, North Korea and Russia | Per Reuters

The US Treasury says the FinCEN order targets transactions linked to sanctions evasion by the three countries

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INTEL: US sanctions 45 more targets tied to alleged Prince Group crypto scam empire | Per OFAC

OFAC says offshore companies and associates helped Prince Group executives hide assets and dodge earlier sanctions

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INTEL: OpenAI CFO confirms fundraising talks at almost a 50% higher valuation than the March round | Per CNBC

Sarah Friar says the demand for AI is real

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INTEL: Senator Lummis says Democrats voted against keeping repeat offenders out of crypto

Lummis says the Clarity Act already includes Democrats' request to ban bad actors from other securities offerings from crypto offerings too

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INTEL: Gnosis Pay data breach exposes users' home addresses, card and wallet details

Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas says his own address was leaked. The notice says enterprise programs were unaffected and the number of affected accounts is still unconfirmed

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INTEL: Final rule letting 401(k) plans hold crypto sent to White House for review | Per Bloomberg Law

The Labor Department rule would give fiduciaries a legal safe harbor to add private equity, real estate and crypto to retirement plan options

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INTEL: Semiconductor index soars 5.4% at the US open

SanDisk leads with a 10.4% jump as the Dow slips 1%

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INTEL: US economy adds 165K jobs in October vs 65K expected

Before the report, CME FedWatch priced a 72.8% chance of a Fed rate hike in December

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INTEL: US and Iran move closer to a potential agreement to end the war | Per Bloomberg

Tehran is reportedly willing to discuss nuclear issues that were previously off-limits, a possible shift in the negotiations

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INTEL: North Korea-linked hackers may have had access to Binance systems 8 weeks before the hack, SEAL says

Binance said the attack began with a fake job interview that infected an employee's device and exposed wallet infrastructure credentials. North Korea denies any involvement

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INTEL: Hyperliquid Strategy $PURR now holds 16% of all HYPE in circulation

The Nasdaq-listed firm added about $790 million of HYPE last quarter, funded by issuing new shares

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INTEL: China's central bank stops Solana's Shanghai event before it starts

The PBOC says promoting Solana breaks February's crypto ban and will investigate the companies and people involved. The ad on Citigroup Tower in Lujiazui is part of the probe

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INTEL: ECB's Lane warns energy inflation will feed into wage talks and prices across the economy

He also says fiscal policy has been more expansive than expected, with tightening expected next year and after

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