Data from the prediction market platform Predict.fun shows that the probability of the Democrats winning both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections has risen to 92%, the probability of the Republicans retaining the Senate while the Democrats win the House is 9%, the probability of the Republicans retaining both houses is 1%, and the probability of the Democrats winning the Senate while the Republicans retain the House is 1%. As of 7 p.m. Eastern Time on November 3, voting in the US midterm elections continued. Polling stations in Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Indiana had closed. Voting had ended in some House districts in Florida, and voting in the rest of the state would close at 8 p.m. Eastern Time that day.

Leveraged Bitcoin buyers face a $450 million liquidation risk if the price falls to $76,200. (Bitcoin Archive)

[Matthew Sigel: Total Stablecoin Supply Decreased by $11.5 Billion in the Past 30 Days] On November 4th, Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, stated that the total supply of stablecoins decreased by $11.5 billion in the past 30 days, falling to $291.2 billion, 7% lower than its 52-week high. Tether saw a decrease of $5.7 billion, and Circle a decrease of $3.2 billion, together accounting for approximately three-quarters of the decline. Among the 37 stablecoins with a supply exceeding $100 million, the median 30-day supply change decreased by 1%, a 23% drop from the median of their respective 52-week highs.

Morgan Stanley has become one of the first banks to adopt DTCC's Tokenization Service (DTS), tokenizing its U.S. stocks and U.S. Treasuries. Launched on October 28, DTS enables the creation of tokenized representations backed by securities custodied by DTC to improve liquidity, collateral liquidity, and capital efficiency.

On November 2nd, the House of Stake, the governing body of the NEAR Protocol, passed proposal HSP-029 with 99.96% support, granting voting rights of 3.29 million veNEAR. The proposal plans to gradually reduce the annual token issuance cap from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months. Initiated by SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo, the proposal requires approval from the House of Stake security committee and completion of the protocol upgrade. Model estimates suggest that approximately 11.8 million fewer NEAR tokens will be issued in the first two years after implementation, and approximately 66.1 million fewer over six years, reducing the daily issuance from approximately 89,500 to 57,300. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)