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Monday, November 2, 2026
Late at night in a shop back room a shopkeeper pulls the plug on a small server while a shadowy hand reaches through the window toward a cash drawer of bitcoin coins, three-color linocut
Network & Mining · Global

BTCPay Told Merchants to Pull the Plug. Old Servers Were Drained.

The servers emptied were the ones nobody had updated since July.

By The Bitcoin Beacon · 4 min read
Today’s Dispatches
On a São Paulo street at golden hour kiosks pull down their shutters while a young man holds a phone showing a bitcoin coin, an elevated railway and towers behind, three-color linocut Policy & Nation-States · São Paulo

From Friday, Brazil’s Banks Must Drop Unlicensed Bitcoin Firms

Up to 200 expected. The counts came in far lower.

 In a Tokyo office at dusk a businessman unrolls a long blank scroll beside a glass jar holding a single bitcoin coin, the skyline and a pagoda roof behind, three-color linocut Markets · Tokyo

Metaplanet Earmarked ¥8 Billion More for Bitcoin. October Raised None.

A bigger bitcoin budget, and an empty month of warrants.

 Beside a highland hydroelectric dam workers wheel used bitcoin mining machines into humming shipping containers while a modern data centre glows in the distance and a bitcoin coin rises like a sun, three-color linocut Network & Mining · Global

Big Miners Left for AI. Bitcoin’s Hashrate Came Back Anyway.

The hashrate didn’t leave. It changed owners.
The Take · Opinion

Bitcoin’s ‘Midterm Curse’ Was Never About Congress

The cycle and the calendar line up. Only one sets the price.