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🚨 Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that Bitcoin is property under criminal law. The case: a victim on Koh Samui was forced in 2022 to convert $50,000 into 2.48 BTC and send it to robbers. The defense argued Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. The full court rejected that and upheld a 10-year sentence. Bitcoin is still not legal tender there. Why it matters: the "it's just code" defense is dead in Thai courts. Taking someone's Bitcoin by force is robbery, full stop.

For nearly 41 hours, America's campaign money went dark. 🚨 The FEC's electronic filing system went offline Monday night (~10 PM ET) and came back Wednesday, per the FEC. An FEC official told compliance firms a "bad actor" was trying to breach its systems, according to an email seen by Reuters and The New York Times. The FEC hasn't confirmed a cyberattack or said who was behind it. While it was down, super PACs and campaigns couldn't file the 24- and 48-hour reports that reveal last-minute spending. The FEC doesn't run elections. Voting should not be affected. Search and notification services are still being restored. Why it matters: in the final week before the Nov. 3 midterms, the money kept moving and nobody could see it. #FEC

One billion users. Alphabet says Gemini has reached that milestone, calling the app Google's fastest-growing product ever. The figure is company-reported. The cited statement doesn't specify daily or monthly active users. cnbc.com/2026/10/28/alphabet…

🚨 The company that sells AI's chips now wants AI's biggest shelf. And the DOJ is asking questions. Per Reuters, DOJ officials are asking whether Nvidia's $12.93B Hugging Face deal would let it "capture a fundamental distribution point for AI." The same years-long probe has also looked at Nvidia's Groq licensing deal, Run:ai and SchedMD. Hugging Face has 18M+ users sharing 3M+ models, per Nvidia. Close is expected in the first half of 2027. Why it matters: Nvidia already sells the chips. This would put the main shelf for open models under the same roof. #AI

🚨 A plot to kill Kuwait's interior minister. Three death sentences. Now a diplomatic showdown with Iran. A Kuwaiti State Security court sentenced 3 men to death for plotting to assassinate Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef, spying for Iran and joining Hezbollah. 8 others got 5 years with hard labour. The death sentences can be appealed. Iran's embassy "categorically rejects" the charge. Today Kuwait summoned Iran's ambassador and handed him a protest note calling that statement "blatant interference." Why it matters: a courtroom verdict has turned into an open diplomatic clash in the Gulf. #Kuwait

🚨 The Fed just hit pause: rates held at 3.75%–4.00%. The vote was 10–2. Cook and Hammack wanted another 25bp hike. The statement says the economy is "expanding at a strong pace" and "inflation remains elevated," with no December commitment. Bitcoin climbed back to ~$81K right after the decision. Why it matters: this is a pause, not a pivot. The hike door is still open, and crypto is trading every word. #FOMC

🚨 BREAKING: KUWAIT SUMMONS IRANIAN ENVOY OVER ASSASSINATION PLOT TARGETING DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER A major diplomatic crisis has erupted in the Persian Gulf: Kuwait has formally summoned Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Toutounji after Tehran denied involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad al-Yousef. Kuwait’s State Security Court handed death sentences to three operatives linked to Hezbollah and Iranian intelligence. Kuwait blasted Tehran’s public denials as "blatant interference" and an attack on sovereign judicial independence. With Gulf military tensions at a boiling point, is the regional conflict fracturing diplomatic ties across the Peninsula? Follow @TheRawWire for LIVE updates. #BreakingNews #Kuwait #Iran #Hezbollah #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Gulf

🚨 JUST IN: Brazil's losing presidential candidate has fled to Miami. Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede to Lula, then ignored a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports and stay in Brazil. He crossed into Argentina by land and flew a private jet to Florida via Ecuador. Why it matters: Washington just let in a man Brazil's top court ordered to stay in the country.

🚨 Datavault AI says Bitcoin credited through a $150M equity deal could not be withdrawn and is no longer recognized as its asset. Custody risk is real; long-term perspective: verifiable on-chain ownership matters. #Bitcoin

Six trains stopped. Then an "inexplicable" restart order. Spain's transport minister says a signalling failure halted traffic before control allowed it to resume ahead of the fatal collision. He says the person responsible is under investigation. The account is preliminary. theguardian.com/world/live/2…

64 dead. Spain's train-crash toll has more than doubled from the earlier report of 30, regional authorities say. Two high-speed trains collided near Toledo. Rescuers are searching the wreckage. The cause remains unconfirmed. rte.ie/news/world/2026/1028/…

At least 30 dead. Spain's regional president says 80 were also injured after two high-speed trains collided near Toledo. Madrid-Andalusia high-speed services are suspended. The cause remains unconfirmed, and the toll may rise. theguardian.com/world/live/2…

🚨🇪🇸 BREAKING: 30 DEAD IN SPAIN TRAIN DISASTER Two high-speed trains collided near Toledo, sending carriages off the tracks. ⚫ Death toll jumps from 10 to 30 🚄 544 passengers aboard 🚨 Emergency crews at the scene Cause unknown. Death toll may rise.

🚨 BREAKING TERROR ATTACK IN SERBIA 🚨 An attacker armed with two knives just targeted the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade. The terrorist, reportedly a minor, shouted "Allahu Akbar" before stabbing a security guard outside the compound. Serbian police confirm the attacker has been neutralized. Authorities are officially treating the incident as an act of terrorism. #Belgrade #Israel #BreakingNews

🚨 BREAKING: The math has broken against Netanyahu. With 57.3% of ballot boxes counted, Arab Islamist party Ra’am has crossed the 3.25% threshold into the Knesset with 4 seats—plunging Netanyahu’s bloc to 55 seats and shutting the door on an outright 61-seat majority. The opposition sits at 49, Arab parties hold 16, and Israel is thrust into full parliamentary deadlock. 🗳️⚖️🇮🇱 Follow @TheRawWire for LIVE updates. #IsraelElections2026 #Netanyahu #Knesset #Raam #BreakingNews

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. has warned Gulf Arab allies to prepare for a “short yet intensive” military offensive against Iran following the upcoming midterms, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Pentagon is rushing Patriot batteries from Texas and repositioning forward troops as the White House warns “all options are on the table.” Follow @TheRawWire for LIVE updates. #Iran #MiddleEast #US #Trump #Israel #Geopolitics #BreakingNews

🚨 BREAKING: The gap is closing fast. After early ballot tallies gave Netanyahu’s bloc a temporary 63-seat surge, official counts at 32.5% of ballot boxes show the margin rapidly narrowing as urban and minority returns roll in. With key threshold parties hovering near the 3.25% cutoff, Israel’s 26th Knesset race is tightening right back into deadlock territory. 🗳️⚖️ Follow @TheRawWire for LIVE updates. #IsraelElections2026 #Netanyahu #Knesset #BreakingNews

🚨 FIRST REAL VOTES: With 25.2% of ballot boxes counted at 4:05 AM, official Central Elections Committee results give Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc an early 63-seat majority against 49 for the opposition. The early surge hinges on Arab party Ra’am hovering just below the 3.25% threshold at 3.2%, with millions of urban and soldier ballots still to be tallied. Follow @TheRawWire for LIVE updates. #Israel #IsraelElections #Netanyahu #Eisenkot #Knesset #BreakingNews

🚨 MIDNIGHT SHOWDOWN: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar pushes back against opposition celebrations, calling them “premature” and asserting Likud remains Israel’s largest party as PM Benjamin Netanyahu delays his HQ address to 1:00 AM. With Arab parties surging to a historic 18 seats, Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas declared: “We’re here—not on the sidelines.” #Israel #IsraelElections #Netanyahu #Saar #Abbas #Knesset #BreakingNews