The US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of $1.04 billion in two days.

Bitcoin short-term options are pricing in higher volatility ahead of the US midterm elections, with front-end implied volatility reaching 48.08%.

Block reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.13 for its third fiscal quarter, compared to $0.54 in the same period last year and a market estimate of $1.02; adjusted EBITDA was $1.23 billion, in line with the market estimate of $1.2 billion; adjusted net income was $697.3 million, compared to $336.9 million in the same period last year and a market estimate of $624.6 million; net revenue was $6.72 billion, up 9.9% year-over-year and in line with the market estimate of $6.59 billion. Block expects adjusted operating profit of $1 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter, compared to the market estimate of $1 billion; gross profit of $3.32 billion, compared to the market estimate of $3.31 billion; and an adjusted operating margin of 30%.

Ethereum's leanVM tool enables end-to-end formal verification, propelling Ethereum towards quantum resistance on three levels.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Koch said the ECB will continue to address inflation as needed.

On November 4th, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.38%, the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.83%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.37%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 2.64%, SanDisk rose over 4%, Broadcom and AMD rose over 3%, and Western Digital, ARM, NXP, and Seagate Technology rose over 2%. Microsoft rose 2.70%, Meta Platforms rose 2.33%, Nvidia rose 2.26%, Amazon rose 2.09%, Google rose 0.09%, Tesla fell 1.32%, and Apple fell 1.97%.