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Polish energy company Orlen SA has terminated one of the two long-term liquefied natural gas contracts signed with Qatar Energy due to ongoing conflicts that have prevented the other party from fulfilling its delivery obligations. This is the first time a customer of Qatar Energy has terminated a contract.Orlen stated that due to the ongoing "force majeure," the company decided to terminate this contract, which was originally set to last until 2034, but still retains the other contract.

Initia posted on platform X to disclose the progress of the security incident investigation, stating that on November 9, attackers exploited leaked GCP keys (used to configure private nodes) to illegally access Initia's infrastructure through a command injection attack, thereby obtaining its GitHub, GCP accounts, and more credentials, and gaining access to the Rollup hosting platform Anvil, which was used to forge 5 IBC withdrawals for Rollup validation, unlocking assets in Initia's L1 IBC hosting account.Approximately $3.27 million in assets was transferred to the attackers' address, while another $2.16 million in stolen funds remains on the suspended L1 and cannot be transferred. After selling the stolen assets on Initia DEX, the attackers withdrew 13,400 TIA, 8,000 USDC.inj, and 597,000 Noble USDC, without transferring any INIT. Initia stated that it plans to fully restore the affected assets and will rebuild the infrastructure in an isolated environment, with the expected restart time being longer than a regular network restart; asset recovery efforts are still ongoing with the assistance of law enforcement and security partners. Previously, it was reported that Initia L1 had suspended operations on November 10 at 14:18.

Cosmos Labs has donated the cross-chain communication protocol IBC to the decentralized trust project under the Linux Foundation (Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust).The initial technical committee established after the transfer of IBC consists of seven members, with Cosmos Labs occupying five seats, and the remaining maintainers coming from Datachain and OpenZeppelin.

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.

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela was arrested by Secret Service personnel near the White House on Thursday evening. The Secret Service approached the individual after noticing suspicious behavior in a vehicle on Constitution Avenue in Washington, and the suspect claimed that voices in his head instructed him to go to Washington to assassinate President Trump, admitting that he had weapons in the car.The Department of Homeland Security stated that the vehicle had previously been reported stolen. After a search, three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition were found, including an AR-15 style rifle and two handguns. The suspect, named Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, entered the U.S. through Texas in March 2024 and had previously been arrested by U.S. Border Patrol but was released into the country during the Biden administration.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has submitted a detention request to the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the suspect currently in custody. Charges include carrying a rifle outside of a residence or business, illegal transportation of firearms, possession of unregistered firearms and ammunition, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, theft, and possession of stolen property. Secret Service Director Sean Curran stated that the personnel relied on their training to defuse a situation that posed an imminent threat to their protectee and other citizens.

Market news indicates that Microsoft is gradually terminating its transactions with Oracle related to renting artificial intelligence cloud computing power.

According to Cointelegraph, citing The Wall Street Journal, long-time critic of the cryptocurrency industry, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is expected to lead the Senate Banking Committee, a change that could pose challenges for Wall Street and the cryptocurrency industry.

The cryptocurrency derivatives trading tool platform SignalPlus announced that it was attacked in the early hours of November 4, originating from a third-party Telegram account that was hacked, affecting a small number of accounts that had not enabled IP whitelisting.The team stated that they quickly identified and controlled the intrusion. As a precautionary measure, they have revoked all associated API keys with their centralized trading platform partners and temporarily suspended terminal services. The official statement indicated that the total loss was less than $82,000, and affected users will receive full compensation. They expect to fully restore services in the coming days, with subsequent updates and operational guidelines to be released through official channels.This evening, Binance also issued a statement indicating that it has taken precautionary measures regarding the potential security issues reported by the third-party platform SignalPlus, actively revoking all API keys associated with SignalPlus.Binance emphasized that its own system was not affected and that user funds are secure. Binance reminded SignalPlus users to log directly into their Binance accounts to check their positions and open orders, and not to rebind API keys until the issues with SignalPlus are completely resolved. They also advised to always enable IP whitelisting.

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.

Bitwise analyst Camran Khosravi posted on the X platform, stating that as the results of the U.S. midterm elections are being confirmed, the number of senators supporting cryptocurrency is currently 51, down from 52 before the elections (including two candidates from Alaska who both support cryptocurrency).In this election, the Democratic Party successfully secured 7 Senate seats previously controlled by the Republican Party, with 4 of the winners receiving an A rating from the cryptocurrency advocacy organization Stand With Crypto. Khosravi believes that cryptocurrency is becoming a bipartisan issue.

trade.xyz posted on platform X that GitBook has confirmed that the incident affecting its documentation originated from a security breach of its infrastructure.An internal investigation by trade.xyz found no evidence of a breach in its infrastructure, and security controls are functioning as expected, preventing the GitBook incident from affecting its infrastructure. trade.xyz will migrate away from the GitBook platform in the coming days.

Investor Serenity (@aleabitoreddit) posted that the current market deleveraging has become quite severe, with investors indiscriminately selling stocks related to the AI industry chain. Some companies' stock prices have even fallen back to levels before significant orders and performance expectations were realized.Serenity cited the storage chip company ESMT as an example, noting that the company has a market capitalization of about $2 billion, achieving a gross profit of $526.2 million and a net profit of $330 million in the third quarter, with net assets of approximately $937 million, of which net cash is about $740 million. Based on current performance annualized, its price-to-earnings ratio is only about 1.6 times. Despite ongoing market concerns about the cycle peaking, unsustainable profits, and lack of competitive barriers, the trend of DDR2 and DDR3 production lines exiting is tightening supply, and ESMT expects to hedge against declining consumer demand in the fourth quarter by raising product average prices.Serenity also pointed out that manufacturers like Samsung and Micron are gradually exiting DDR2 and DDR3 production lines, and Nanya Technology has also stopped related production lines, while ESMT's revenue mainly comes from these two types of storage products. It believes that the market underestimates the price support brought by the contraction of traditional storage supply and ignores the situation where Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, and SanDisk are locking in profitability through long-term supply agreements and price floors. Serenity criticized that the market is selling off AI and storage industry chain companies that actually generate substantial cash flow while shifting funds to companies like Walmart, which has a price-to-earnings ratio of about 47 times, and CrowdStrike, which has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 180 times. The current focus is not on the actual free cash flow generated by companies but rather on indiscriminate selling.

David Chalian, the head and political director of CNN's Washington bureau, interprets that there has been a significant change in the power structure in the United States. The Democratic Party has taken control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the last two years of Trump's term will be completely different from the first two years. Voters have sent a strong rejection of Trump in the elections, with presidential approval ratings underwater even in key Senate states and deep red states.The Democratic Party has secured seats in Texas, Ohio, Iowa, South Carolina, and other states, where Trump won by double digits just two years ago and had victories in all three of his presidential campaigns. Factors contributing to this shift include the alienation of independent voters, the return of Latino and young voters to the Democratic Party, Trump's failed economic governance, and public concerns about the cost of living, all of which have become important reasons for the Republican Party's midterm election losses.

According to RootData's popular asset dashboard, the top five tokenized stocks by daily trading volume are CRCL, SNDK, GOOGL, SOXL, and SPCX. The top three exchanges by 24h trading volume are Binance, OKX, and Bitget. Among them, the ranking for SNDK, GOOGL, SOXL, and SPCX is Binance, OKX, and Bitget, while CRCL ranks as OKX, Binance, and Bitget.

According to CNN data, the Democratic Party flipped the Senate seat in Iowa during the Senate elections, securing a total of 51 seats, while the Republican Party only has 39 seats. The Democratic Party has achieved a net gain of 6 seats and successfully gained control of the Senate.

The election forecasting agency Decision Desk Headquarters (DDHQ) predicts that Democrat Adam Hamilton successfully flipped a federal Senate seat in Kansas. He capitalized on voter dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump's tariff policies and public discontent caused by rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, becoming the first Democrat elected to the federal Senate from this American Great Plains state since 1932.According to preliminary vote counts, with 84% of ballots reported, Hamilton leads Republican Senator Roger Marshall with a vote percentage of 53% to 44%. DDHQ has declared Hamilton the winner, but other television media have yet to predict a winner.According to predictions from DDHQ and several television media outlets, Democrats have currently flipped five seats in the federal Senate elections, coming from North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina. The Democrats originally needed to gain a net of four seats to control the Senate, provided that the party did not lose existing seats in other states.

According to the election forecasting agency Decision Desk Headquarters (DDHQ), Democrat James Talarico is predicted to win the federal Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton. This marks the first significant victory for the Democrats in Texas since 1988.This result brings the Democrats closer to regaining a majority in the Senate. The Democrats need a net gain of 4 seats to retake the Senate majority, and according to U.S. media predictions, the Democrats have flipped and won in the Senate elections in North Carolina and South Carolina.

According to Jinshi News, the Democratic Party unexpectedly won the federal Senate election in South Carolina, with pediatrician Annie Andrews defeating the Republican candidate Darlene Graham, who was personally supported by President Donald Trump, becoming the first Democrat to win a Senate election in the state in 28 years.Two years ago, President Donald Trump led his opponent by more than 17 percentage points in South Carolina.

According to the Decision Desk HQ page, as of now, in the confirmed seats for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, the Democratic Party is leading in both chambers.In the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party has secured 147 seats, while the Republican Party has 92 seats, with the majority threshold being 218 seats. In the Senate, the Democratic Party has secured 47 seats, while the Republican Party has 38 seats, with the majority threshold being 51 seats.