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Daily Brief · November 5, 2026

Daily Brief: Riot Leases $28B AI Campus

Riot shifts its Corsicana site to AI operations for $28 billion as Bitcoin tracks the S&P 500.

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Riot Leases $28B AI Campus at Corsicana

Riot finalized a $28 billion infrastructure lease for its entire Texas facility to host artificial intelligence operations.

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Bitcoin Matches S&P 500 Daily Win Rate

Bitcoin outperformed the S&P 500 in 50% of the past 90 US trading sessions, reaching its highest win rate since March 2025, according to Glassnode.

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Centrifuge and Schroders Deploy Solana Debt Fund

Schroders launched its tokenized emerging markets bond strategy on Solana, marking the active manager's first deployment on the network.

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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Alleged Victim of $133M Hack

ZachXBT alleged that French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa lost over $133 million in a multi-day crypto theft from centralized exchange accounts. The attacker allegedly laundered stablecoins into $ETH and Monero.

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Circle Trims Staff Amid Q3 Profit

Circle cut about 5% of its workforce, incurring $9.1 million in severance charges. Net income reached $226 million in Q3, supported by the ARC token presale, while reserve income declined as $USDC market share dropped…

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The numbers

Bitcoin traded at $80,183, Ethereum reached $2,416, and total market capitalization hit $2.69 trillion.

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What to watch

  • Riot's subsequent quarterly reports for revenue shifts toward leased compute receipts.
  • Equity market returns over the initial three-month post-midterm window.
  • Onchain issuance volume for the Schroders Solana deployment.
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