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According to the official website of Discount Bank, the bank will allow individual customers to buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum directly in the bank's app starting from November 26, without the need to open a separate digital wallet or overseas exchange account. This is the first time in the Israeli banking industry.The service is only available to Israeli residents who have opened a securities account and are at least 18 years old. The transaction fee is 2% of the transaction amount, and there will be no custody fees for the first six months after the launch, followed by a quarterly fee of 0.25%. The assets are custodied by Fireblocks.

According to The Block, JPYC Inc., the issuer of the yen stablecoin, CEO Noritaka Okabe stated that as more banks face service disruptions, the demand for JPYC stablecoin will rise. Shortly before Okabe made the above remarks, Japan's GMO Aozora Net Bank suspended part of its bank API services after detecting unauthorized communications.Its parent company, GMO Internet Group, experienced a significant cybersecurity incident last month, involving ransom demands following unauthorized access to servers. JPYC is a regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, and the company registered as a money transfer service provider with Japanese authorities in October 2025.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market Polymarket for the event "Israel and Iran ceasefire continues," the sub-market "November 20" saw the probability of the "yes" option fluctuate dramatically, soaring from 49.5% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 41%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

SRTD Biotech, a German mRNA therapy company, has completed an oversubscribed seed round financing of 31.5 million euros, led by Mérieux Equity Partners, with NRW.BANK and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund co-leading.The funds will be used to advance the seRNA platform that expresses only in diseased cells and LNP delivery.

This week, the AI sector faced a sell-off. Retail investors at Serenity compiled statements from executives of several tech giants and infrastructure suppliers, pointing out a significant disconnect between market sentiment and actual fundamentals. The CEO of Lumentum stated that there is a huge misalignment between demand orders and market performance; the CEO of AMD emphasized that the industry is in the very early stages of an adoption cycle, with demand far exceeding supply.The CEO of Arm warned that if the U.S. hesitates on data center construction, other countries are ready to take over at any time, and China has not slowed down. The CEO of Qualcomm pointed out that the current bottleneck is not demand, but rather limited supply, with shortages in wafers, substrates, assembly, and more. These statements indicate an extremely optimistic outlook for accelerator, networking, and semiconductor companies.Regarding political risks and construction obstacles, Serenity noted that politicians who previously threatened to restrict data centers showed a cooperative attitude after winning the election. Executives at Meta revealed that local politicians are actively seeking dialogue to preserve investment and jobs, but building new data centers is becoming more challenging. Data center developers reported strong pricing and demand, while also paying attention to financing costs and execution risks. Serenity concluded that there is a distinction between demand disappearing and demand delays caused by insufficient construction speed, and currently, there is no evidence that AI demand has been significantly damaged.

HSBC Holdings stated that attacks on tankers or infrastructure leading to a daily disruption of 2 to 3 million barrels of oil supply will return the market to a state of shortage and put upward pressure on oil prices.

In the U.S. midterm elections, the Democratic Party won control of both houses of Congress, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to face fierce criticism from domestic political opponents. The opposition accused him of long publicly supporting the Republican Party, undermining Israel's traditional bipartisan support in the U.S., and using the election results to push for the formation of a new government without Netanyahu.Yair Golan, leader of Israel's center-left opposition party, stated that the election results reflect Netanyahu's negative impact within both the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. Centrist leader Yair Lapid warned that Netanyahu's continued rule would jeopardize Israel's security and international standing.U.S.-Israel relations may also face new pressures. With the Democratic Party controlling Congress, there may be pressure on Israel through hearings, oversight investigations, and budget measures. Previously, there had been a shift within the Democratic Party regarding support for Israel's military actions and U.S. aid, a trend exacerbated by the military actions jointly launched by Trump and Netanyahu against Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli President Isaac Herzog plans to meet with representatives from various parties on Wednesday and Thursday to initiate the process of forming a new government. Netanyahu currently remains in office as caretaker Prime Minister.

According to a report by The New York Times, Israel shared intelligence indicating that Iran is considering the use of chemical weapons.U.S. officials have mixed opinions on this report, with some comparing it to the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2002; some U.S. and Gulf officials suspect that Netanyahu is trying to pressure Trump into re-engaging in the war.

According to Decrypt, the Israeli National Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday that it has extradited Alexander Block, who holds dual citizenship in Israel and Russia (formerly known as Alexander Gurevich), to the United States. He is accused of stealing approximately $2.8 million in assets from the cross-chain bridge Nomad in 2022.Block was handed over to the U.S. authorities early that morning after failing multiple appeals in Israel. He was arrested at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport in May 2025 while preparing to fly to Russia, shortly after changing his surname and obtaining a passport under his new name.According to the U.S. extradition request disclosed in the Israeli Supreme Court ruling, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of California had indicted Block in August 2023 on four counts of computer fraud, one count of transporting stolen property, and three counts of money laundering. The U.S. formally submitted the extradition request in December 2024.Prosecutors stated that a vulnerability was left in the Nomad smart contract after a software update in June 2022, allowing users to obtain tokens on one chain without locking equivalent assets on another chain. Block, using the username "Bitlik," first conducted six test transfers and then completed four major transfers around August 1, 2022, acquiring tokens worth over $2.8 million, which he transferred through multiple wallets and exchanged for other cryptocurrencies to conceal the source of the funds.The U.S. allegations claim that his actions exposed the vulnerability, leading other users to withdraw nearly all of the over $186 million in user funds controlled by Nomad's wallet. Days later, Block returned some tokens and contacted Nomad executives via Telegram, proposing to return the remaining assets in exchange for a bounty for the vulnerability, but then cut off communication, prompting Nomad to report to U.S. law enforcement. Block argued that the transactions utilized features provided by Nomad's automated system and that on-chain transfers are publicly visible, thus not constituting money laundering.The Israeli Supreme Court rejected both claims, ruling that even if the software technically allowed the operation, exploiting a programming vulnerability could still constitute illegal intrusion into a computer system, and publicly visible transactions do not necessarily identify the actual controller behind the wallets.In December 2025, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposed a settlement regarding Nomad's operator Illusory Systems, stating that the cross-chain bridge lost $186 million due to insufficiently tested software updates, and the settlement required it to return recovered funds to users who had not yet been compensated; Nomad recovered approximately $22 million within days after the attack.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Wu Qing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, presided over a Party Committee (expanded) meeting on October 30, conveying and studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party, and researching and deploying measures for implementation. The meeting emphasized that deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the plenary session is a major political task for the current and future period. The CSRC system must seriously organize and carry out interpretation and training comprehensively and categorically.The meeting proposed to continue to focus on solving prominent problems and to promote a rapid surge in learning, publicity, and implementation. At the same time, it is necessary to fully leverage the political leadership and political guarantee role of strict governance of the Party, firmly establish a sense of overall situation and systematic thinking, make every effort to stabilize the market and expectations, deepen comprehensive reforms in investment and financing, improve the full-chain regulatory system, continuously enhance the resilience and confidence of the capital market, and ensure the successful completion of all tasks in the capital market in the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Reserve tweeted that the RSR stolen in the Binance hot wallet security incident has been sold, and its contract was not affected, so RSR holders do not need to take any action.The attacker stole 3.38 billion RSR from Binance and exchanged all of it for 1,856 ETH (approximately 4.1 million USD) on Uniswap v3 between 20:53 and 21:08 (ET) on October 29. Reserve stated that, on-chain, the attacker no longer holds RSR.Since RSR is a non-fungible token and has no admin key, no one can freeze the token. Reserve has currently found no reason to suspend any products, and all products continue to operate normally.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO stated that the shutdown of the Israeli factory will affect the shipment of 10-nanometer servers in the fourth quarter.

According to Bloomberg, the prediction market platform Polymarket is investigating a series of timely and profitable trades that emerged during this week's Israeli elections. According to Bloomberg's analysis, shortly before the voting ended on Tuesday, hundreds of new accounts concentrated their predictions, believing that Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party would perform better than their competitors.After some exit polls indicated that Netanyahu's camp won more seats than earlier reports suggested, these trades quickly turned profitable, with some accounts cashing out over $100,000. This is the latest case in the prediction market that has raised concerns about insider trading, as Polymarket has previously faced extensive scrutiny from regulators and public opinion for its accurate predictions related to sports, the U.S. elections, and geopolitical events.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Next Prime Minister of Israel" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Gadi Eizenkot" has experienced severe fluctuations, plummeting from 37.45% an hour ago to the current 21.1% (a fluctuation of 16.35%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market Polymarket for the event "Israeli Elections: Likud Party Seat Count," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "20-24" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 32.5% an hour ago to the current 13.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Israeli Legislative Election Winner" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Likud" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 31.5% an hour ago to the current 80.5% (a fluctuation of 49%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket. A large whale invested $67,636.84 in the event "Next Prime Minister of Israel," specifically targeting "Benjamin Netanyahu." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding probability for this subject is 81.35%.

According to a report by Reuters, the American AI hardware startup Unconventional AI announced the acquisition of the Israeli AI chip company NeuReality through a combination of cash and stock, with the transaction amount not yet disclosed.Unconventional AI completed a $475 million financing round last December, at which time the company's valuation reached $4.5 billion. The company is dedicated to developing energy-efficient AI chips inspired by biological systems and is using AI tools to accelerate the research and development process. It has completed its first test chip, and the second one is also nearing completion.

US licensed brokerage and tokenized stock infrastructure service provider Alpaca tweeted that its entity Alpaca Clearing & Custody ME Ltd (Alpaca Middle East) has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for its financial services license application.After obtaining the financial services license, Alpaca Middle East plans to provide brokerage services and virtual asset custody services within the scope of the final approval from the FSRA. Alpaca stated that in-principle approval is not equivalent to a financial services license, and Alpaca Middle East is not permitted to conduct regulated activities within or from the ADGM until the relevant license is obtained.

According to a report by Reuters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced criticism from economists and political opponents for suggesting the use of cryptocurrency to help the Israeli economy cope with potential international sanctions.Netanyahu stated in an interview with Israeli Channel 10 last Friday that he is preparing for a scenario in which Israel may face broader sanctions.