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$NVDA ( ▼ 3.13% ) dumped 4.27% to close at $178.67, wiping out ~$192B in market cap after the board opened an independent probe into CEO Jensen Huang over foreign intelligence targeting concerns.

Meanwhile, Trump said further strikes on Iran weren't needed “at this point”. Oil dropped nearly 6%, while $BTC ( ▼ 2.0% ) showed a modest recovery before hovering around $75K.

But don't FOMO just yet, fam. The Hormuz blockade remains unresolved, and upcoming U.S. inflation data could shake things up. The bulls have some momentum, but we're not out of the woods yet. 👀

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Here’s what we got for you today:

  • 👀 Look at me, Coinbase is bank now

  • ⭐ Binance’s $6.3B hack goes meme coin

  • ⭐ $NVDA’s $190B spy storm

  • 🔥 Burning hot takes for the road

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Why Overseas Producers Can't Undercut Atlas Salt, Even for Free

Cities are already running short on road salt, and winter hasn't even started. Some supply bids are going unanswered, prices have nearly doubled in parts of the market, and the backup plan is two weeks away by boat. Here's why Atlas Salt (TSXV: SALT | OTCQX: SALQF) can get salt to the people who need it most, faster and cheaper than anyone shipping from overseas: 

• Three days by ship to Boston, not fourteen

• Shallow deposit that's cheaper and faster to mine

• Projected C$188M a year in free cash flow

• Export Development Canada interested in lending C$150M

• Early supply deal with top U.S. salt distributor

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🚨 NORTH KOREAN HACKERS CREATE 6 MEMECOINS TO LAUNDER FUNDS FROM BINANCE'S $6.3B HACK!

The hackers are now launching their own memecoins to move stolen crypto from the $6.3B Binance hack.

According to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, North Korea-linked hacker group TraderTraitor routed about 117,000 $NEAR ( ▲ 2.42% ) ($430K) through six homemade tokens between November 5-7.

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One even featured Elon Musk with an "Elon 2028 President" slogan. Yes, really.

1/ Fake meme trades, real stolen money

The six tokens, FUK, OLCCL, MEILI, MMLI, DABI, and SINU, cost just $90 each to launch.

Here's how the trick worked:

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How the home-made token trick works (simplified). Source: Elliptic

  • Step 1: One group of hacker wallets used stolen $NEAR to buy the memecoins on decentralized exchanges (DEXs).

  • Step 2: Another group sold those same tokens into liquidity pools, collecting $NEAR in different wallets.

  • Step 3: The proceeds were then converted into stablecoins or sent through cross-chain bridges.

To someone checking only recent transactions, the receiving wallets could look like ordinary memecoin traders instead of hackers.

But the trading was almost entirely staged. Outside buyers accounted for less than 1% of FUK's volume, and all six tokens stopped trading by November 8.

2/ The $6.3B laundering operation keeps growing

Elliptic's November 9 update revealed just how massive this operation has become:

  • 20,000+ wallets across 16 blockchains.

  • 65,000+ transactions involving at least 36 services.

  • Around $3B still sitting in theft-linked wallets, mostly $BTC ( ▼ 2.0% ) and $ETH ( ▼ 2.8% ).

  • Roughly 7,000 $ETH ($15M) sent into Tornado Cash since November 8.

Meanwhile, approximately $2.85B has been frozen or seized.

And here's the crazy part: This isn't the hackers' first attempt.

Elliptic found that a similar homemade-token strategy helped move at least $24M after the 2025 Bybit hack.

🧠 $90 to hide stolen millions?

For roughly $90, hackers can launch a worthless token, create fake trading activity, and make stolen funds appear to come from ordinary DEX trades.

The blockchain still records every transaction, so investigators can follow the money. But every extra swap buys the hackers more time before their wallets get flagged.

Memecoins have found yet another use case. Unfortunately, this one's pretty ugly.

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DIT AgTech Doesn’t Need to Sell Hardware to Make Money.

DIT AgTech turns one free hardware installation into years of recurring supplement revenue. Ranchers commit to a three-year nutrition plan, while methane-reducing nutrition creates carbon credits that generate an additional revenue stream for both ranchers and DIT AgTech. Proven in Australia. Now scaling into the massive U.S. livestock market.

𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘐𝘛 𝘈𝘨𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘊 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: https://bit.ly/4bzuWCi​

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🚨 NVIDIA LOSES $190B AS CEO FACES CHINA SPY QUESTIONS. NOV. 11 DEADLINE LOOMS!

NVIDIA just lost nearly $190 billion in market value, and its CEO Jensen Huang is now facing questions from Congress over a suspected Chinese intelligence operation.

On November 9, $NVDA ( ▼ 3.13% ) dumped 4.27% to $178.67, even as the broader tech market rallied.

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And bros, the timing couldn't be worse. Huang faces a November 11 deadline to respond to lawmakers, with NVIDIA's earnings coming just days later.

1/ What happened to Jensen Huang?

According to reports, U.S. intelligence officials investigated Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based NVIDIA customer Megaspeed, over suspected ties to Chinese intelligence.

The New York Times reported that Jensen Huang had a close relationship with her, raising concerns about possible access to sensitive chip information.

But here's what's important:

  • The allegations remain unproven. No confirmed leak of NVIDIA secrets has been reported.

  • NVIDIA's board launched an independent investigation on November 8, with outside lawyers overseeing the review.

  • The board still backs Huang, saying it has no reason to believe company secrets or U.S. national security were compromised.

Huang has pledged to cooperate, and no official has publicly demanded his resignation.

2/ Two major deadlines could shake $NVDA

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Investors now have three dates to watch:

  • November 11: Huang must respond to a congressional request for a closed-door briefing.

  • November 17: NVIDIA reports quarterly earnings, with analysts watching AI chip demand and future guidance.

  • November 18: The proposed congressional briefing on Huang's contacts and NVIDIA's security safeguards.

The November 11 deadline is for his response, not his testimony.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA and Huang are also facing a shareholder lawsuit alleging failures to disclose relevant information. So the pressure is coming from both Washington and Wall Street.

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🧠 NVIDIA has more than an earnings problem

Much like Apple under Steve Jobs, Jensen Huang is NVIDIA’s narrative engine.

While tech rivals like AMD bounced +13% (showing traders still love the broader AI sector), any major leadership shakeup at the world’s most dominant chipmaker could spark a massive risk-off wave across traditional tech and crypto alike.

Watch that Nov 11 deadline closely, and don't over-leverage your bags until the regulatory dust clears!

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🔥 BURNING HOT TAKES FOR THE ROAD

Trump is backing Jensen Huang amid a China spy probe, while investor Bradley Tusk calls for Congress to investigate their ties. Read more

NVIDIA's chip scandal gets bigger! Bloomberg found a 50,000-chip gap worth billions in its reported sales to Megaspeed amid a U.S. smuggling probe. Read more

Trump Media ($DJT ( ▲ 10.71% )) just reported $410M in Q3 profit, largely driven by crypto gains, despite generating only $3M in revenue. Read more

More pain for crypto bulls? December Fed rate-hike odds reportedly hit 84%, while U.S. spot $BTC ETFs recorded $1.28B in weekly outflows. Read more

Coinbase just secured final U.S. approval for a national trust bank charter, allowing it to expand federally regulated crypto custody services. Read more

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