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BitMine could hit its 5% Ether supply target within weeks — then what?
BitMine could reach 5% of Ether’s supply by early November, while Tom Lee has left open whether it would continue buying beyond that level.
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U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Why 328,372 BTC Isn’t the Full Story
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Bond Volatility Spike Raises Alarm As MOVE Index Jumps To 104
The MOVE Index, which tracks volatility in US Treasury yields, jumped from around 80 to above 104 in just two days, the sharpest move in months. Past spikes of this kind preceded major stress events: the 2008 financial …
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Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse
Coinbase joins Kraken in bringing US derivatives infrastructure in-house, after Kraken’s parent acquired Bitnomial and its CFTC-regulated exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage in May.
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Strategy Moves 3,568 BTC Across Linked Wallets
Strategy-linked wallets moved 3,568 BTC worth about $297 million within nine hours, according to on-chain data shared by Lookonchain and attributed to Arkham Intelligence. The 11 transfers moved Bitcoin between wallets …
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XRP ETF Net Assets Hit All-Time High Of $1.77 Billion, Up 80% In Q3
XRP ETF net assets have grown 80% during the third quarter to reach an all-time high of $1.77 billion. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said institutional demand comes down to two simple factors. Financial advisors’ confidence t…
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Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year
Stablecoin issuer Tether said it helped authorities freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, as a Senate Democrat called for an investigation into the stablecoin issuer on Monday.
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NEAR Intents says it blocked $50M tied to Bitget hackers
The cross-chain protocol said it actively prevents stolen funds from being laundered, drawing a contrast with THORChain’s position that it does not selectively censor transactions.
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Nvidia unveils AI safety platform to rein in ‘rogue’ AI agents
The launch comes after several AI agents breached their testing environments this year, adding to calls for companies to slow the development of autonomous AI systems.
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Pudgy Penguins Presents Likely Final Buying Chance Before 44% Breakout
Pudgy Penguins has attempted multiple breaks beyond the $0.0106 resistance line.
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Canadian ‘crypto king’ set to represent himself at fraud trial
Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.
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A Clever RSA Attack Fooled a Hardware Vault—Here's What It Means for Crypto
Researchers at UC San Diego and France's Institute for Research in Computer Science impersonated a hardware security module—a tamper-resistant device that stores private keys and signs on request—without ever pulling th…
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Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Big businesses banking with Citi can now let customers pay in stablecoins without ever holding the tokens themselves.
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Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.
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OpenAI Halts Model Training as Rogue Agents Target US Government Sites
OpenAI has paused training of its newest AI models after its agents used access keys found online to pull data from a U.S. Census Bureau website, per the Associated Press. It is the second time the company has stopped t…
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Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Is Out, Beats Opus 5.5 at Coding for Half the Price
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on Monday, an upgrade to Sonnet 5 from June. Anthropic says this middle-tier model runs more than 30% faster than its predecessor.
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After AI Agent Hacked Its Government, Australia Calls Altman and Amodei to Testify
An apology and a supportive tweet won’t be enough to calm down Australia's parliament after U.S.-based AI agents hacked their government. Now, its parliament wants a word with the two men steering the world's most power…
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Blockchain.com eyes $500M IPO as crypto capital markets thaw: Report
The crypto company is seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion, well below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto stocks struggle to hold their gains.
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US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
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Nvidia Built a Kill Switch for AI Agents Because They Keep Getting Out
Nvidia on Monday launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, built to solve a problem the AI industry spent this past year discovering the hard way: how do you physically stop an AI agent (a system that can plan, use tools…
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Tether is a ‘lifeline’ for Iranian regime, Senate Dems say in new report
U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether is a go-to tool for the Iranian government to bypass sanctions, a new report from a group of Senate Democrats said.
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Quant Surges by 50%—Here’s What’s Driving the QNT Price Rally
Quant price surged over 50% as institutional tokenisation adoption, rising volume and short liquidations accelerated the breakout.
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Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.
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CCIP 2.0 Goes Live With $84B in Cross-Chain Value Secured
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