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U.S. real estate investor Grant Cardone has offered Jason Calacanis a $1 million bet that Bitcoin will break above its all-time high of $126,210.50 within two years. Calacanis, a well-known Silicon Valley angel investor in the U.S., recently argued that BTC should be sold immediately because it creates no value and predicted a decline. Cardone said Calacanis had claimed BTC would never surpass its previous peak again, adding that the wager could be arranged through a third party if needed. Calacanis has since posted a reply asking whether there is a platform that could lock in the bet.

Bitcoin early backer and creator Davinci Jeremie said in an interview with The Bitcoin Historian that conditions are now better for buying BTC than they were in 2013. Jeremie said he bought BTC at around $1 in 2011 and later became widely known in 2013 for a video urging viewers to buy just $1 worth of BTC. He added that the market now offers a range of tools that make it easier for institutional investors to buy BTC, while most people still enter the asset only when prices rise and retail participation remains limited.

Canadian lender APX Lending plans to launch Bitcoin-backed mortgages in the first quarter of 2027, CoinDesk reported. The product would allow borrowers to finance the full purchase price of a home using BTC as collateral without selling the asset, although interest rates and lending terms were not disclosed.

German banking group DekaBank disclosed the purchase of 104,921 shares of Strategy (MSTR) worth $15.2 million, according to BitcoinTreasuries. The holding can be interpreted as indirect exposure to Bitcoin.

Digital asset regulation is expanding beyond traditional cryptocurrencies into areas such as tokenization, according to a report from the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group. The report said digital assets are affecting money transfers, financial market functions and countries’ monetary sovereignty, and added that tokenization and digital money, including stablecoins and programmable payment instruments, could have a bigger impact than Bitcoin on how governments establish legal frameworks. It said cryptocurrencies such as BTC, ETH and SOL still dominate the market, with a combined market capitalization of about $3 trillion. While that remains substantial, the report said digital money and tokenization technology could have a greater long-term impact. It also identified legal clarity, custody asset protection, financial crime prevention, monetary sovereignty, capital flows, sanctions compliance and financial system competitiveness as key policy tasks, while stressing that countries need to adjust existing regulations to keep pace with technological change.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two Russian nationals accused of supporting North Korean IT workers who converted cryptocurrency stolen through fraud targeting U.S. companies into cash. According to Chainalysis, one of the two is known to have supported a group linked to DeFi developers.

About 22% of U.S. adults said they have owned or used cryptocurrency, up from 18% in 2025, Decrypt reported, citing an Ipsos survey. The survey found 13% had used cryptocurrency over the past 12 months, unchanged from a year earlier, while 17% said they were likely to own or use crypto in the future, similar to 16% last year. It also pointed to unease with the existing financial system, with only 19% of respondents saying the system is safe and 63% saying it should be improved to address threats such as cybercrime and AI. Still, that favorable view did not translate into trust in crypto. Just 4% said they had high trust in cryptocurrency exchanges, while 5% said the same of decentralized platforms. By comparison, 42% said they had high trust in large national banks. The survey was conducted among 1,545 Americans on behalf of the DeFi Education Fund.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig said the convergence of SI, or superintelligence, AI, cryptocurrency and modern financial infrastructure could transform markets. Speaking at a forum hosted by the CFTC’s innovation task force, Selig described the technology as being as tangible as the printing press, the steam engine and the internet. He also warned that if SI agents engage in malicious activity, it could be difficult to identify who is behind a trade. As a result, Selig said regulators need to think carefully about how to regulate wisely in the age of superintelligence, adding that the CFTC is well positioned because it has already faced similar issues in the crypto market.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher today. - S&P 500: +0.28% - Nasdaq: +0.27% - Dow Jones: +0.19%

Royales, a layer-1 blockchain focused on RWA for institutions, said it has extended the vesting period for RLS allocated to investors and the team. The token unlock schedule, which had originally been planned for December 2026, was changed so releases will begin in May 2027 and continue monthly over four years. Royales said that, combined with Parfin’s lockup extension announced in August and this latest change, RLS circulating supply through 2027 will be about 1.2 billion RLS, or around 25%, lower than originally planned. More than 500 million RLS is set to remain locked in December 2026.

Pump.fun announced the launch of Arbitrum support on its app. Users can directly trade all Arbitrum tokens using their USDC balances without separate bridging.

Federal Reserve Chair Waller said the Fed will not be involved in legal proceedings concerning Fed Governor Cook, as far as Waller knows.

According to CME FedWatch, the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 25 basis points in December stands at 86.0%, while the odds of rates remaining unchanged are 13.6%. The probability of a 50-basis-point hike is 0.5%.

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said he is also watching South Korea’s economy, adding that developments there could offer clues about what may happen next in the United States. Warsh also said much of the information on technology and the economy comes from South Korea and Japan.

Layer-1 blockchain Flare (FLR) said it has been added to the XRP Ledger Foundation’s recommended validator list. Servers that follow the list will now count Flare’s votes on new ledgers and amendments. Flare described the move as an operational responsibility tied to the reliability and development of XRPL, as well as a sign of its long-term commitment to the XRP ecosystem.

Kevin Warsh, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said political factors had no effect at all on interest-rate decisions when asked whether the midterm elections influenced the process.

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said interest rates have turned lower and he is watching the rise in oil futures. He added, "유가 선물이 상승한 점에 주목하고 있다" and said rates affect almost everything, with their impact on the technology sector evident since early September, while interest rates also play an important role in the tech investment boom.

The Block said a week before the U.S. midterm elections that the congressional approach to crypto policy could shift from legislative support to tighter oversight depending on the outcome. The outlet said the next Congress may step up oversight of the crypto industry while reviving the Clarity Act in a scaled-down form. The Block said the Republican-led Congress over the past two years passed the stablecoin bill GENIUS Act and pushed to enact the Clarity Act, but the measure ultimately failed to clear the Senate. The outlet added that disputes between the banking sector and the crypto industry over stablecoin interest payments, along with conflict-of-interest concerns surrounding President Donald Trump’s crypto businesses, were key obstacles. It also said opposition within the Democratic Party grew as the value of Trump-linked assets tied to World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the TRUMP memecoin reached hundreds of millions of dollars.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh declined to comment when asked about President Donald Trump’s remarks on the Fed board and his criticism of the central bank. Warsh said he would not comment on statements by public officials. Earlier, Trump said his confidence in Warsh remained unchanged, while adding that the Fed chair was dealing with a hostile board that was difficult to manage. Trump also said interest rates were too high and stressed that the U.S. should have some of the lowest rates in the world. He had also said he hoped Warsh’s independence would be maintained.

The Cardano Foundation said it voted against a proposal to use Cardano treasury funds to buy copper in its role as a delegated representative, or DRep. While the foundation acknowledged the potential of real-world asset tokenization, it said the proposal was too risky for the treasury, citing a structure in which a single entity controls 22 million ADA, high fees and safeguards that are still under development.

Evernorth, a company pursuing a strategic XRP accumulation plan, attended the Ripple Swell conference, where CEO Ashish Birla said tokenization was barely understood as a concept just 18 months ago and has now grown into a $400 billion market, CoinDesk reported.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said at a press conference that the Fed plans to overhaul the Federal Open Market Committee’s schedule next fall, keeping eight meetings a year while holding one without a policy rate vote and dedicating another to monetary policy strategy discussions.

Capital B plans to increase its BTC holdings 12-fold to 42,000 BTC by the end of 2029 using digital credit, according to Bitcoin Treasuries. Alexandre Laizet, a director at the French Bitcoin asset manager, said the goal is to replicate what Strive achieved through "SATA" and "SATS." Laizet added Capital B has a unique position to deliver in Europe the growth and business expansion potential shown by Strive and Strategy in the U.S.

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said at a press conference that inflation remains elevated and the Fed’s mandate is to bring it down to 2%. Warsh added that the Fed’s discussions were mainly focused on its price stability goal.

Global publicly listed companies hold 1.3 million BTC, up 31% over the past 14 months, according to CryptoQuant. CryptoQuant said the increase in corporate Bitcoin holdings may appear strong, but was less broad-based in practice. Strategy accounted for 71% of the total increase, while other companies showed weaker buying and larger sales, the firm said. CryptoQuant added that the number of companies newly joining the list of Bitcoin-buying and Bitcoin-holding firms has barely increased.