INTEL: Semiconductor index soars 5.4% at the US open

SanDisk leads with a 10.4% jump as the Dow slips 1%

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INTEL: Final rule letting 401(k) plans hold crypto sent to White House for review | Per Bloomberg Law

The Labor Department rule would give fiduciaries a legal safe harbor to add private equity, real estate and crypto to retirement plan options

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INTEL: Gnosis Pay data breach exposes users' home addresses, card and wallet details

Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas says his own address was leaked. The notice says enterprise programs were unaffected and the number of affected accounts is still unconfirmed

Updates
• Gnosis plans to offer hackers 'vesting' to stop spread of stolen data

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INTEL: Senator Lummis says Democrats voted against keeping repeat offenders out of crypto

Lummis says the Clarity Act already includes Democrats' request to ban bad actors from other securities offerings from crypto offerings too

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INTEL: OpenAI CFO confirms fundraising talks at almost a 50% higher valuation than the March round | Per CNBC

Sarah Friar says the demand for AI is real

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INTEL: US sanctions 45 more targets tied to alleged Prince Group crypto scam empire | Per OFAC

OFAC says offshore companies and associates helped Prince Group executives hide assets and dodge earlier sanctions

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INTEL: MEXC Global cut off from the US financial system by FinCEN over sanctions evasion by Iran, North Korea and Russia | Per Reuters

The US Treasury says the FinCEN order targets transactions linked to sanctions evasion by the three countries

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INTEL: Taiwan launches NT$500 billion stock rescue fund after Taiex's worst week since 2001

Short selling curbs start Nov 9. Arthur Hayes reacts: "Let the AI bailouts begin!"

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INTEL: Airstrike reportedly hits Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz

Explosions and missile launches were also reported after Iranian forces reportedly fired at a drone over the strait overnight

Updates
• Tasnim confirms two missile impacts on Qeshm Island
• No casualties reported in Qeshm's Souza area

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INTEL: JD Vance proposes direct talks with Iran in behind-the-scenes push for a new ceasefire | Per Axios

Vance has held near-daily talks with Qatari and Pakistani mediators while U.S. forces remain ready for renewed strikes

Updates
• NBC reports Trump was briefed on a narrow window for a new Iran military campaign
• Qatar and Pakistan mediators discussed a possible expert-level US-Iran meeting
• Trump currently willing to give diplomatic efforts room, US officials says
• Envoys Witkoff and Kushner also taking part in talks on an Iran deal
• Qatar's media office denies reports that the US and Iran failed to reach a deal

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INTEL: Paraguay's Santiago Peña placed under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust | Per AP

Paraguay's prosecutor's office had issued an arrest warrant for Peña earlier, and a second one for a former central bank chief

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INTEL: US Treasury sanctions 8 Canadian money services businesses over Iran-linked crypto transactions

Bessent says Canada cannot be a haven for illicit financial facilitators helping Iran's regime evade sanctions

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INTEL: US offers reward for information on Iran's nuclear program despite Trump's claims it was obliterated

Trump has also confirmed a "minor" strike

Updates
• Reward amount is $20 million, plus a relocation program offered

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INTEL: Iran prepares for war to resume, eyeing new targets and a shift in military tactics

Iraq's foreign minister tells Al Jazeera that renewed war in the region is possible

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INTEL: Trump reportedly orders 'minor strikes' on Iran in first ordered action since the election

Updates
• Trump says he is dealing with Iranians and will see how that works out

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INTEL: Berkshire Hathaway doubles its stock buybacks to $9.6 billion in a quarter as operating profit falls

Operating profit fell 5.8% to $12.7 billion as insurance underwriting profit dropped 43%

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INTEL: All seven Magnificent Seven stocks ask to stay off the planned OKX-ICE tokenized shares venue

Apple and Meta were the last two to object, completing the full set of the biggest US tech companies

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INTEL: Trump reportedly offers UFC's Dana White the White House press secretary job | Per Axios

The role has been vacant since Katie Zacharia left five days into the job

Update:
White has declined the offer, CNN reports

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INTEL: US urges coordinated action against North Korean cyber threats after Binance hack

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INTEL: Democrats voted against stopping crypto pump-and-dump schemes, Senator Lummis says

Democrats had asked for new market manipulation rules that the House bill never had, and the Clarity Act adds them, Lummis says

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