OptimumBank Targets $48 Million to $50 Million Pretax Pre-Provision Earnings Run Rate
CEO Moishe Gubin called third-quarter net income of about $7.2 million a record. The bank is also pursuing a HUD license targeted for 2027.
[Satoshi Index] Top Crypto Traders on Hyperliquid, Lighter, dYdX and Pacifica Lift 24-Hour Long Share to 11%, With Hyperliquid (HYPE) Long Notional Up Fourfold
As of 7:37 a.m. KST on Nov. 14, the 24-hour top group on Hyperliquid, Lighter, dYdX and Pacifica holds 10.8% of notional in longs, up from 5.8% yesterday evening, while HYPE long notional is more than four times higher.
U.S. Official Says Nvidia Turmoil Should Not Affect Trump’s Asia Trip
Trump plans to attend the APEC leaders’ summit in Shenzhen on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 18-19, and is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Coinbase Institutional: Fed Rate Expectations, Not Binance Hack, Drive Bitcoin’s Recent Decline
Coinbase Institutional said in its weekly report that Bitcoin’s recent decline was driven primarily ...
Coinbase Institutional Ties Bitcoin’s Drop to Fed Bets, Not Binance Hack
October nonfarm payrolls and consumer prices exceeded forecasts. Separately, markets had fully priced in a 25-basis-point December rate increase.
USDC Treasury Mints 500 Million USDC on Solana in Two Transactions
The two batches were recorded at 5:38 p.m. and 6:14 p.m. ET (22:38 and 23:14 UTC), 36 minutes apart.
SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 15 in First Two-Stage Recovery Attempt
The rocket lifted off at 5:47 p.m. ET (22:47 UTC), with a planned deployment of 26 Starlink v3 satellites.
Bitcoin miners pay Paraguay $350 million a year, but AI is pushing them out
Contracts that sell power to a 4% slice of the world’s bitcoin mining at $44 a megawatt-hour expire on Dec. 31, 2027. Paraguay’s state utility calls the date final, and it has just signed a 15-year deal to power a Founders Fund-backed AI campus.
Grayscale Finds Bitcoin Explained About Half of Crypto Sector Return Variation
Six of the 10 largest non-stablecoin assets led quarterly performance at least once over two years; Bitcoin led none of those quarters.
TSMC Confirms Employee Data Leak as Hackers Try to Sell 46,000 Records for Bitcoin
Hackers are reportedly demanding 3 Bitcoin for thousands of TSMC employee records, threatening to publish the data if nobody buys.