CoinDesk headlines
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Cardano tapped by Brazil’s state oil giant to track cleaner jet fuel and diesel
Petrobras is testing the blockchain in two research projects aimed at preventing emissions benefits from being counted twice and tracing fuel data across production and use.
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A stronger dollar is a weaker threat to bitcoin than traders think
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 30, 2026
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Bitget hackers move $4 million into Zcash’s private pool, making funds harder to trace
Three transfers pushed about 15% of the stolen ZEC into Ironwood, where payments hide their senders, recipients and amounts.
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The SEC Is finally modernizing transfer-agent rules. Wall Street must not repeat the ‘paperwork crisis’
If ownership data is split across a token wrapper, a special-purpose vehicle (SPV), a broker’s internal ledger and a transfer agent's off-chain database, we are setting the stage for a Paperwork Crisis for the blockchain age, argues Fairmint’s Joris Delanoue.
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OpenAI, Google and Meta pledge outside AI audits under voluntary White House deal
Six companies signed a safety pact covering hacking and biological threats, with no penalties or deadline for putting the checks in place.
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Metaplanet directors push back against shareholder fury over a controversial executive payout plan
Independent directors cite management’s financial risk and restructuring role, but leave questions about Gerovich’s exercised shares and MMXX Ventures unanswered.
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Live updates: Bitcoin below $84,000 ahead of PCE inflation data, Micron earnings
Traders are waiting on the Fed's favored inflation gauge after a month of oil-driven rate-hike bets that sent 30-year Treasury yields to their highest since 2002.
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Bitcoin stalls near $83,000 while lighter drops 17% on Robinhood perps plan
Bitcoin held near $83,000 as the 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.6%, while DeFi tokens reversed and lighter fell after Robinhood unveiled U.S. perps.
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OpenAI seeks $30 in funding at whopping $1.4 trillion valuation after delaying IPO
The ChatGPT maker is pursuing fresh funding after delaying its public listing, while expanding its AI tools despite mounting safety concerns.
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Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks
The new Zakura nodes caught up with the network in just over six hours in Gemini’s deployments. The crypto exchange’s previous software took close to a day.
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How European investors can now buy bitcoin without taking on U.S. dollar risk
Asset management platform HANetf has listed ETCs in London, Frankfurt and Paris providing pound sterling and euro-hedged exposure to bitcoin.
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Bitcoin bulls have one price level to defend
Here's the level analysts are watching and what a break below it could mean for the bulls.
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Robinhood announces AI agent for customers that trades around the clock, plus 10x crypto perps
Robinhood users could soon access an AI agent that trades on behalf of them even at 2 am. Plus, they will get to trade crypto perpetuals.
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XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion
The regulated operator is mirroring ownership of selected investment funds on XRPL while keeping its existing database as the official record.
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Bitcoin rally shows signs of cooling even as a 'bull score' gauge nears its perfect score
A trend guage tracked on onchain analysis firm CryptoQuant is near its ceiling. The buyers who drove BTC to an eight-month high are already pulling back.
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Robinhood adds AI agents, perps and weekend trading in push to win active traders
The brokerage is expanding its trading hours and adding leveraged crypto products and automated trading tools to attract more active investors.
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Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal
The agreement opens the door to tokenized derivatives as some of Wall Street's biggest institutions, including Nasdaq, NYSE and DTCC, move traditional markets onchain.
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Ethereum users get another way to pay privately as zk.money returns after three years
The relaunched wallet hides payments made on the Aztec Network, while deposits from Ethereum remain visible.
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Democrats killed the Clarity Act
Democrats should remember the people they represent and do what's best for them, not what's best for their political calculus, consultants, and special interests, writes Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
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Bitcoin beats gold, surge to $100,000 in play
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 29, 2026
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Zcash developers begin moving Tachyon code into faster private-payment software
Developers are starting to fold Project Tachyon into Zakura Common as they work toward a long-term target of more than 50,000 private payments a second.
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Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market
Aave jumped 11% on speculation over a token burn, with 72 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher even as the 10-year Treasury yield sat at 5.234%.
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Live updates: Bitcoin rebounds above $84,000 as ETFs draw in $30 million
Ether led a modest recovery among major tokens, while ZEC extended its slide and its U.S. fund posted the only outflow among crypto ETFs on Monday.
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Blockchain.com targets $500 million IPO this year at up to $6 billion valuation
The London-based crypto services company confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year.
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Bitcoin is on track to shatter a major decade-long streak as September gains surge
Bitcoin is on track for a third straight monthly gain, but higher yields, oil prices and two major November events could test its Q4 momentum.
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Analysts see 10-year Treasury yield hitting 6%. Bitcoin bulls shouldn't panic
Why yields are rising matters more for bitcoin than how high they go.
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$50 million in Bitget hacker swaps puts NEAR Intents’ ‘permissionless’ claim to the test
The swap service identified more than $50 million in attempted transfers, although most rejected funds subsequently moved through other providers.
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Anthropic plans to spend $518 billion on AI infrastructure. Pre-IPO perps barely blink.
Anthropic's prospectus seen by Reuters shows big spending plans despite heavy losses. Still, pre-IPO perps barely moved on cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Bitcoin holds $83,000 as ZEC drops 12% and oil climbs again
Global stocks fell to a one-week low as Brent rose for a second day and traders added to bets on more Federal Reserve rate hikes ahead of Wednesday's PCE inflation data.
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Goldman Sachs brings $100 billion Treasury fund into crypto’s institutional plumbing
The bank is bringing its roughly $100 billion Treasury fund to institutional crypto firms without creating a tokenized version of it.