Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies extended declines after FTX agreed to be acquired by rival crypto exchange Binance. Stocks declined as investors waited to learn if Republicans would take control of one or both chambers of Congress.
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The agreement between the competitors, who had recently traded barbs in public, comes after cryptocurrency companies and traders pulled money from FTX over concerns about the exchange’s financial stability.Long read
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