MICROSOFT SLASHES WORKFORCE AS AI RESHAPES TECH SECTOR Microsoft announced it will offer voluntary buyouts to 60,000 workers across units including Xbox, Windows, and Copilot to reduce expenses amid increased AI spending. The offer follows an April measure targeting roughly 7% of the firm's 125,000-person US workforce out of 223,000 global employees. The restructuring comes even as an NBER working paper revealed that 90% of 9,000 surveyed senior executives stated AI has yet to produce greater company productivity.

LULA WINS BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL RACE SPARKING MARKET CRASH The result reverses investor positioning that had priced in fiscal improvements and lower interest rates ahead of the vote. Analysts warn that without a credible fiscal plan and a reassuring finance minister pick, markets face prolonged volatility and pressure on the real. beincrypto.com/lula-brazil-e…

Keystone will destroy 18,835 unsold hardware wallets after attackers compromised its WebAuth device authentication key. The breach, detected on October 20, also exposed personal information across 25,964 buyer records and 12,873 unpaid checkout records due to an exploited third-party tool. Keystone stated that recovery phrases, private keys, and wallet credentials were not involved, while device shipments remain paused until production switches to a replacement key.

The first major AI IPO is officially on the table, and the numbers are wild. Can Anthropic justify going public with these kinds of losses, or is the bubble starting to crack? @AlanSpicerYT breaks down what this means for the entire AI industry: youtube.com/shorts/JO8_BA3-a…

BREAKING: ANTHROPIC FILES FOR IPO TARGETING RECORD $75 BILLION DEBUT Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO on the Nasdaq under ticker $ANT. Anthropic targets an IPO the week of Nov. 16, with investor marketing beginning the week of November 9 despite an $80.7 billion net loss on $16.29 billion in first-half revenue.

JUST IN: $13 TRILLION GIANT VANGUARD BUYS METAPLANET STOCK Vanguard has acquired about 4.5 million shares in Japan's bitcoin:native treasury firm Metaplanet. The position, valued at approximately $7.5 million, was purchased through the $13 trillion asset manager's small-cap ETF, VSS, per Bitcoin Treasuries. This marks the first time Vanguard's VSS has purchased shares in Metaplanet.

ZCASH IS FACING BACKLASH FOR TAKING PRIVACY TO THE ADULT INDUSTRY. Photos emerging on X show the ZECsy team demoing zcash:native at Exxxotica, an adult-industry convention. Supporters say these workers need private payments because banks often shut them out. But critics say it puts the brand at risk!

IS ALTSEASON DEAD OR JUST LATE? Nearly 5 years later, half of the top 10 altcoins are still below their Jan 2022 price. $ADA: -85% $DOGE: -55% $LINK: -42% $SOL: -41% $ETH: -37% Only 3 beat Bitcoin's +72.6%: $ZEC, $TRX and $XMR.

WHY CRYPTO TRADERS ARE SECRETLY BUYING NVIDIA STOCKS ON-CHAIN? Kaia Wong from @LBank_Exchange spoke to us on why traders are looking beyond crypto and how LBank offers access to stocks and commodities. Watch the full interview 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=ZvDe7Ncb…

$5M OF CARDANO'S TREASURY COULD END UP AS COPPER IN A LOUISIANA WAREHOUSE. Toto Finance has requested 22M $ADA (about $5M) to buy physical copper, store it near New Orleans, and tokenize it on-chain. The proposal's own math says copper must rise about 49% just to break even. Holders are to vote by Nov 15.

PETROBRAS AND BRAZIL ETF PLUNGE AFTER LULA'S HISTORIC WIN. Lula came from behind to defeat pro-Bitcoin Flávio Bolsonaro. US-listed Petrobras shares fell 12% and Brazil's main ETF in NY plunged 19% in after-hours trading.

Big earnings week ahead for crypto - Robinhood, Coinbase, and Strategy reporting. Robinhood $HOOD (Oct 27): $1.41B revenue expected, with $0.56 EPS. Coinbase $COIN (Oct 29): Analysts expect a $0.18 per share loss. Strategy $MSTR (Oct 29): Already disclosed an estimated $20.91B gain on its Bitcoin holdings. Here's an interesting fact: Robinhood shares fell after each of its last six earnings reports, despite beating estimates five times. beincrypto.com/crypto-stocks…

Grayscale's solana:A7bdiYdS5GjqGFtxf17ppRHtDKPkkRqbKtR27dxvQXaS fund attracted $41.1 million, its strongest weekly inflows since mid-September. That comes after three straight weeks of outflows totalling $143 million. Are we getting ready for another Zcash rally? beincrypto.com/zcash-etf-big…

Crypto isn’t just about the token. It’s about the community! $PEPE $BONK $DOGS $KAS $HBAR $FLOKI Which of these communities shows up the most on CT?

SOUTH KOREA IS SET TO DELAY ITS CRYPTO TAX. AGAIN! The 22% tax on crypto gains was supposed to begin on January 1, 2027. But the presidential office is now backing another delay, pushing it to 2029. If it happens, that'll be the fourth postponement.

THE HOTTEST TOKEN ON SOLANA THIS MONTH IS AN AD FROM GTA VI. The GTA 6 trailer flashed "DacityCoin" ethereum:0x54ce4b27caabba24926865f035d432dbde2901f7 on a stunt plane for about two seconds. A Solana token with the same name was launched days earlier after a gameplay leak, jumped about 2,900% within an hour.