Bumpy tries brute force. Bitcoin Core offers an update.
Bitcoin Core explains three flaws that were fixed before disclosure. Bitmine's annual accounts show the cost of falling crypto valuations, while the ECB warns that a digital euro still needs its legal foundations.
Editorial illustration · 11 November 2026THE ROYAL DECREE · OPINION
Read the version number, the accounting period and the launch conditions. Grand totals and grand plans both improve with a little context.
Bitcoin Core published three security advisories on 10 November, including a high-severity flaw that could stop affected mining nodes creating block templates after a chain reorganisation. The fixes shipped in 2025; the disclosure does not announce a new Bitcoin network outage.
Bitmine's annual report filed on 10 November records a $6.31 billion net loss for the year ended 31 August 2026. About $6.23 billion was non-cash unrealized loss on digital assets. That is a valuation loss in the accounts, not a statement that $6.3 billion was stolen or spent.
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone told European lawmakers on 10 November that delayed adoption of the Single Currency Package could push back the digital euro. A possible first-issuance date can be set only after the regulation is adopted; the currency has not launched.