The market's reaction to the interest rate decision was muted, with Bitcoin briefly breaking above $112,000 and then falling back, while Ethereum held above $4,000.

According to The Hill, election forecasting firm Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) predicted that the Democratic Party would win control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, reclaiming a House majority after four years in the minority and ushering in a new era of divided government in the U.S. This power shift will immediately have a major impact on Washington’s political operations next year: it will not only significantly hinder Trump’s legislative agenda, but also set the stage for a series of conflicts between the House and the White House, with contentious issues including immigration enforcement, government spending, Trump’s global tariff policies, and the Iran war, among others. The Democrats have pledged to launch a series of comprehensive investigations into Trump and his inner circle, focusing on the Epstein scandal, the violence accompanying Trump’s mass deportation efforts, and the financial affairs of Trump himself and his family.

Market strategist James Oyi said in a report that the U.S. stock market’s reaction to midterm election results may depend less on which party secures victory, and more on how much the final outcome deviates from the expectations investors had already priced in. Oyi added that regardless of the election result, a clearer political landscape is expected to ease some of the uncertainty currently weighing on market sentiment. If Republicans outperform expectations, sectors favoring policy continuity could get a boost. Disagreements on priorities between the White House and Congress may slow legislative progress, but could also limit large-scale policy overhauls. He also noted that the Texas gubernatorial election is worth monitoring as the state has increasingly become a popular destination for artificial intelligence (AI) data center investment. (Jinshi)

According to real-time data, the Republican Party has won the Florida Senate seat. Republican candidate Ashley Moody defeated Democratic opponent Angie Nixon in the election. Moody was previously appointed by the governor to serve the seat temporarily, and her victory enables her to formally complete the remaining term. Overall, the Democratic Party still holds a significant lead (45:34), has successfully flipped the North Carolina Senate seat, and currently needs a net gain of 3 seats (total +4) to regain the Senate majority.

SlowMist founder Yu Xian published an article noting that Binance’s disclosed hack process was an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attack, which should not be viewed merely as a result of engineer operational errors or excessive permissions. He explained that such attacks may span multiple stages including intelligence reconnaissance, social engineering, malicious code evasion, trust chain exploitation, lateral poisoning, cloud environment penetration, and risk control circumvention, and may also leverage zero-day vulnerabilities. Yu Xian reminded individuals and enterprises to use this incident to assess whether themselves, colleagues, and employees are vulnerable to similar poisoning attacks, and to enhance their defenses. The initial social engineering is just one component of the attack chain; seemingly simple tactics can trigger severe consequences in specific contexts.

According to the latest data, 96 House of Representatives seats in the current U.S. midterm elections have been called. The Democratic Party has won 67 seats (flipping 1 seat), while the Republican Party has secured only 29 seats.

Latest data shows roughly 10 Senate races have been called, with Democrats holding 43 seats and Republicans 32, marking a net gain of one seat for the Democratic Party. The gain comes from North Carolina, where former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper defeated his Republican opponent to flip the seat—previously held by Republicans—this is the first confirmed Senate flip of the current midterm elections. Many key swing states, including Ohio, Texas, South Carolina, and Michigan, are still counting votes. Democrats hold a narrow lead in early counts for some Republican-held seats, but those results have not yet been officially called. Democrats need a net gain of three more seats (a total of four gains) to retake the Senate majority. Since the vice president is a Republican, a 50-seat caucus would be enough to control the chamber. Results are still being updated.