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# Washington Flips, Crypto Flinches, Platforms Shuffle the Deck, Cars, Clouds, and Cartridges
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-11-06-am/
- Published: 2026-11-06T11:17:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:17:59.000Z
- Description: Amazon is rewiring its delivery bets, Canva is finding out what AI does to a design-software moat, and crypto woke up to a different Washington. A $6.3B exchange hack barely dented the bitcoin tape.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

Amazon is rewiring its delivery bets, Canva is finding out what AI does to a design-software moat, and crypto woke up to a different Washington. A $6.3B exchange hack barely dented the bitcoin tape.

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### Washington Flips, Crypto Flinches

#### [Democratic sweep of Congress forces crypto industry to rethink Washington strategy](https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-11-04-democratic-sweep-congress-forces-crypto-industry-rethink-washington-strategy-434362?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Two years of a friendly Capitol just ended, and the lobbying playbook needs a rewrite. *(The Block)*

#### [The Digital Chamber calls Sherrod Brown's win 'most consequential unfavorable result' for crypto](https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-11-04-digital-chamber-sherrod-brown-win-434371?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

The industry's own trade group went with "unfavorable." *(The Block)*

#### [Bitcoin rebounds past $80,000 as markets shrug off midterms and Binance hack](https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-11-04-bitcoin-price-midterm-elections-binance-hack-recovery-433030?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Bitcoin rose 3.5% and ether 6% on a day billed as a turning point for crypto policy. *(The Block)*

#### [Pro-AI PAC Leading the Future ended the midterms with $20M+ in its bank](https://www.wired.com/story/the-biggest-pro-ai-super-pac-network-didnt-really-impact-the-midterms/?ref=adjacent.media)

It started near $100M, backed bipartisan candidates, and its riskier bets still fell flat. *(Wired)*

#### [Arkansas Sues Kalshi to Stop Alleged Illegal Gambling](https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/arkansas-sues-kalshi-to-stop-alleged-illegal-gambling?ref=adjacent.media)

Another state wants restitution and back taxes while Kalshi keeps fighting enforcement in federal appeals. *(The Defiant)*

### Platforms Shuffle the Deck

#### [Amazon ditches Grubhub, taps Uber Eats for Prime](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/amazon-ditches-grubhub-taps-uber-eats-for-prime/?ref=adjacent.media)

Uber Eats is now the official restaurant delivery partner for US Prime members, and Grubhub is out. *(TechCrunch)*

#### [Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/04/canva-lays-off-over-1200-people-amid-slowing-growth/?ref=adjacent.media)

"Our hardest year yet," says the CEO, as AI image tools take share in the category and AI costs eat the margins. *(TechCrunch)*

#### [Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/04/snapchat-surpasses-30m-paid-subscribers/?ref=adjacent.media)

Capping free Memories storage drew criticism a year ago and has since worked as an effective paywall. *(TechCrunch)*

#### [Reddit Begins Testing Ads In Its Own Search Results](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/reddit-begins-testing-ads-in-its-own-search-results/595935/?ref=adjacent.media)

Reddit is testing ads in its own search results, possibly matched to what people are searching for. *(Search Engine Journal)*

### Cars, Clouds, and Cartridges

#### [BMW's Car Business Could Break Even In 2026 As Neue Klasse Demand Pushes Gen5 EVs Out Early](https://www.bmwblog.com/2026/11/03/bmw-profit-warning-2026-gen5-phase-out/?ref=adjacent.media)

Automotive EBIT margin guidance drops to -0.5% to +0.5% from 1-3%, a profit warning tied to the EV transition. *(BMWBLOG)*

#### [When datacenters lose power, generators should kick in. That didn't happen for Google in London](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/11/05/when-datacenters-lose-power-generators-should-kick-in-that-didnt-happen-for-google-in-london/5307739?ref=adjacent.media)

Google blames a "misconfiguration" for the October 20 outage. *(The Register)*

#### [Nintendo's biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/11/the-tech-memory-shortage-comes-for-nintendos-cartridge-supply-chain/?ref=adjacent.media)

The AI memory crunch has now reached Switch cartridges. *(Ars Technica)*

### The Lighter Side

#### ['GTA VI' Has Reportedly Pulled In $751 Million USD From Pre-Orders Alone](https://hypebeast.com/2026/11/rockstar-games-grand-theft-auto-gta-vi-750-million-usd-in-pre-orders-so-far-reports?ref=adjacent.media)

Weeks before launch, and not a single player has yet stolen a single car. *(Hypebeast)*