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The Solana Foundation is hiring a Vice President of International Communications. This is a full-time position within the marketing team, supporting remote work in the United States, with other locations including San Francisco and New York. The hire will be responsible for Solana's global narrative and network reputation management, developing and maintaining the global narrative, establishing and personally maintaining relationships with media in the U.S. business, finance, technology, and cryptocurrency sectors, while providing executive positioning and communication consulting to the foundation's management.This position will also be responsible for reputation and issue management related to network incidents, client vulnerabilities, application layer attacks, and validator disputes, establishing severity classifications, identifying decision-makers, rehearsing processes, and preparing response language in advance; providing communication support for project launches, founder media training, etc., to the ecosystem team, and collaborating with policy and legal teams to handle regulatory and legislative matters. The ideal candidate should have approximately 10 to 15 years of communication experience, possess direct contacts with business, finance, and technology media reporters, and be able to use AI tools in monitoring, research, drafting, information testing, and adversarial review tasks.

According to the official announcement, the cryptocurrency trading platform Bullish (BLSH), listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has appointed former NYSE President Stacey Cunningham as the company's president.Cunningham previously served as the president of NYSE Group, being the first woman to lead the exchange group, and held the position of Chief Operating Officer, responsible for technology modernization and the integration of several exchange mergers; prior to that, she held senior positions at Nasdaq. She currently also serves on the boards of Cloudflare, the New York Stock Exchange, and Georgetown University's Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy, and was an operating partner at private equity firm Advent, as well as an advisor to Uniswap Labs.Bullish CEO Tom Farley stated that her expertise in market structure, operational experience, and issuer relations will play a key role in the company's efforts to combine traditional financial infrastructure with blockchain technology.Bullish is advancing its tokenized securities strategy: in May 2026, it announced the acquisition of transfer agent Equiniti for $4.2 billion (serving nearly 3,000 issuer clients and over 20 million shareholders), with the transaction expected to be completed in January 2027; the company has also been approved to conduct tokenized securities trading in Gibraltar and has launched tokenized stock trading initiated by its own issuers.

According to The Block, U.S. President Trump was questioned during an interview with 60 Minutes about foreign investments and potential conflicts of interest related to his jointly held cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial. He stated that he was unaware of this and claimed that the company is run by his sons.When asked why he could not sell his shares while allowing his sons to continue running the company, Trump retorted about how to withdraw cash and stated that most of his wealth is held in large Wall Street institutions and invested in index funds. The report cited previous news from The Wall Street Journal that an investment vehicle supported by UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon had acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million before Trump's inauguration.

According to The Block, when asked about the allegations of conflicts of interest involving himself and his family's businesses, including cryptocurrency operations, U.S. President Trump stated, "Every president has their own issues."When pointed out that no previous U.S. president has owned a cryptocurrency company, Trump responded that past presidents also held significant assets like oil and believed that cryptocurrency is essentially similar to traditional business assets. He also stated that just because he is president, he cannot require his sons to stop running their businesses during his four-year term.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Dana White, stated that he plans to meet with President Trump on Monday to discuss Trump's invitation for him to take over as the next White House Press Secretary. Trump posted on social media on Saturday that he had offered this position to White, but it is currently unclear whether the UFC leader will accept the invitation.When asked about this possibility, White said at a UFC press conference, "I already have a lot of work to do." A person closely associated with UFC officials revealed that Trump had previously offered this position to White. Trump's social media post indicates that he is preparing for the intense political battles that may arise in the next two years after the Republican Party faced a comprehensive defeat in the midterm elections. He stated that he needs this UFC leader and his team "to help us fend off the crazy left."

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, International Monetary Fund (IMF) President Kristalina Georgieva stated that central banks need to consider the potential slowdown in AI-driven growth when evaluating measures to combat inflation.Georgieva mentioned at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C. that concerns about the economy's excessive reliance on the AI investment boom and overvalued assets are impacting global markets. Market conditions are volatile, and this situation is likely to persist. Against the backdrop of increasing risks to price stability, market fluctuations will complicate the work of central banks.

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on Thursday due to a political crisis triggered by the collapse of digital bank Ueno Bank. In a video posted on the X platform, Peña stated that his resignation was to maintain national stability, social peace, and democratic institutions, with his primary task being to protect the Paraguayan people who entrusted their savings to the financial system.The Central Bank of Paraguay announced on Tuesday the initiation of liquidation procedures for Ueno Bank after discovering that its solvency ratio had fallen below half of the regulatory minimum requirement. Peña is facing political scrutiny due to his previous business ties with Grupo Vázquez, the holding company of Ueno Bank; according to the Associated Press, he remained a business partner of the group until March 2025. Peña denied any wrongdoing, stating that the controversy initially was merely a regulatory issue that escalated into a political dispute.This banking crisis is also accompanied by rising quotes for Tether's USDt in the peer-to-peer market targeting Paraguay, with a bid on Thursday morning quoted at 1 USD to 6942 Paraguayan Guarani, approximately 13% higher than the Central Bank's reference rate of 6144.02 on November 4. According to Reuters, lawmakers are debating impeachment proceedings over allegations of conflicts of interest, pension abuse, and institutional cover-ups. Peña was elected in April 2023 and took office in August of the same year, with a five-year term originally set to end in 2028; if Congress accepts his resignation, Vice President Pedro Alliana will assume the remaining term.

The U.S. midterm elections have just concluded, and both parties have begun strategizing for the 2028 presidential election. On the Republican side, Vice President Vance has publicly linked the midterm election losses to the war in Iran, proposing four tasks: ending the war, addressing the cost of living and inflation, adhering to "America First," and adjusting U.S.-Israel relations, in an attempt to respond to voters' dissatisfaction with the Trump administration's foreign policy. However, Vance has not yet announced his candidacy and has not publicly broken with Trump. Rubio, DeSantis, and others are also listed as potential Republican candidates.On the Democratic side, the victory in the midterm elections has enhanced the political influence of several party figures. Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro, Illinois Governor Pritzker, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and California Governor Newsom have all garnered attention. Georgia Senator Ossoff, after winning re-election, has also entered discussions as a potential candidate for 2028, although he has previously stated that he has no plans to run. Currently, neither party has officially initiated the presidential candidate nomination process. The cost of living, inflation, the war in Iran, immigration, and U.S. foreign policy are becoming core issues for potential candidates to garner party support and voter attention.

Sharon Zhou, former Vice President of AI at AMD, announced on the X platform that she has officially joined Anthropic and will return to cutting-edge AI model research. Sharon Zhou held an important position at AMD.In June 2025, she led some team members from the startup Lamini to join AMD as Vice President of AI, responsible for AI research and other tasks. In 2026, her responsibilities expanded further, reporting directly to AMD CEO Lisa Su.

U.S. Vice President Vance stated, "I still have hope for our country. Everyone knows why we lost. The reason for our failure is the war."Last night, the President himself also admitted this. The relationship with Israel is also one of the reasons for the Republican defeat. I had a bad feeling before the election on Tuesday, but the final result still shocked me.

According to a report by Reuters, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung mentioned the recent theft of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets from Binance during a State Council meeting on November 3, calling for the establishment of a strong intergovernmental cybersecurity coordination agency to oversee security measures in both the public and private sectors.Lee Jae-myung stated that as AI drives increasingly complex hacking techniques, the existing security system, which primarily focuses on post-incident checks and responses, has shown significant limitations, and a proactive prevention mechanism must be established. The National Intelligence Service of South Korea has currently launched emergency security checks on over 2,100 central and local government departments and public institutions. Previously, the FBI in the United States attributed the Binance theft incident to North Korean hackers, but North Korea has denied involvement.

Due to the recent frequent hacker attacks, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea will urgently hold a seminar on responding to AI security threats in the financial industry on November 5, chaired by Chairman Lee Ik-yeon. The meeting will be attended by Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin, Financial Security Institute Director Park Sang-won, and the presidents of the five major banks: KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Hana Bank, Woori Bank, and NH Nonghyup Bank. The focus will be on examining the implementation of security enhancement measures following recent cyber attack incidents in the financial industry.It is reported that this meeting coincides with the expiration of the terms of the five major bank presidents on December 31, and each financial group has initiated the successor selection process. Cybersecurity and internal control capabilities may become important variables in the year-end personnel arrangements of the five major banks.

According to Caixin, International Monetary Fund (IMF) President Kristalina Georgieva announced that IMF Vice President Li Bo will complete his term and leave office on November 30, 2026, and proposed that Liao Min, Vice Minister of Finance of China, take over, with the appointment effective from December 1, 2026.Over the past five years, Li Bo has led the introduction of the IMF's first corporate risk management policy and roadmap, and has promoted the modernization of the data governance framework.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" in the event of the "Brazilian Presidential Election" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 32.8% an hour ago to the current 58.35% (a fluctuation of 25.55%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Blackstone Group President Jon Gray refuted billionaire Ken Griffin's claim a few days ago that there is a bubble in artificial intelligence (AI). Gray stated on Thursday, "When you think of a bubble, you think of building capacity first and then hoping for demand to appear.But in the AI field, you are building capacity while hoping to keep up with demand." He said this is a "completely different situation" compared to phenomena like the telecom bubble of the 1990s. He mentioned the AI consulting company Ode, which Blackstone co-founded with Anthropic. "We simply cannot keep up with customer demand," he said. "Demand is growing almost parabolically."

According to Caixin, Liu Jun, President of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, stated at the first Digital Renminbi Annual Conference held during the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting that while digital technology promotes the development of the digital economy, it also brings changes to the currency trust mechanism. Data, algorithms, and programmability are beginning to participate in the generation and transmission of credit, with trust shifting from being supported by institutional singular points to being jointly supported by institutions and technology. However, technology can only reinforce trust, not replace it.Liu Jun mentioned that whether digital currency can become a currency is not primarily about the algorithm design itself, but rather about how credit is supported and fulfilled, and how responsibility is implemented. He pointed out that currency is transitioning from physical forms to data, moving from multi-step clearing reliant on accounts and intermediaries to synchronous payment and settlement. The way currency is realized is changing, but its attributes remain the same, still fulfilling the three functions of a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account.

According to the Wall Street Journal, sources say that the Vice President of Tesla (TSLA.O) Energy and Charging Business has left the company.