Crypto news
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US Government Moves $103 Million in Seized Bitcoin and BNB, But Hasn't Said Why
Government-labeled wallets sent 833.6 BTC to Coinbase Prime deposit addresses and shuffled 40,285 BNB. No sale is confirmed, but the stash behind it is the largest any government holds in Arkham's ranking.
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ZKsync Opens Prividium Core Code Under Apache 2.0
The Sept. 8 release keeps enterprise tools commercial. Matter Labs says the Bundesbank is testing a self-hosted deployment.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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GSR Commits $100 Million to Hare Vault Business
The first Aave-powered products will target stablecoins and tokenized gold, with outside investors expected to join GSR in the vaults. Opening dates are still to come.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Injective’s Meridian Upgrade Expands Controls for Tokenized Assets
The mainnet release begins private trading tests, while the broader CypherOS privacy platform is planned for a later chain upgrade.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Jack Dorsey’s Block Gifts One Bitcoin to Lucky ComplexCon Attendee
Bitcoin Magazine Jack Dorsey’s Block Gifts One Bitcoin to Lucky ComplexCon Attendee Jack Dorsey’s Block is pushing so hard for bitcoin adoption, it gifted 1 BTC to a lucky conference attendee at this year’s ComplexCon in Los Angeles. The fintech giant attended the Complex Networks yearly event at...
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The Quantum Issue: Bitcoin Quantum Exposure at Block 950,000
Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: Bitcoin Quantum Exposure at Block 950,000 At block 950,000, 6.90 million BTC are cryptographically exposed, equal to 34.45% of circulating supply. That headline number should not be read as the amount of bitcoin likely to be lost in a quantum event. Practical...
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BitMine Will Stop Buying ETH at 5% of Supply, Tom Lee Says
The company reported 6,016,414 ETH as of Oct. 4, while Lee estimates roughly 100,000 tokens remain before it reaches the ceiling.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hyperliquid Confirms Singapore Base but Says It Has No MAS License
The FT reports that people familiar with MAS's thinking consider the decentralized venue outside its jurisdiction. Singapore's rules distinguish crypto derivatives on approved exchanges from those offered elsewhere.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hunter Biden says LAPTOP market maker should ‘buy it all back and burn it’
A commissioned report details thin liquidity and market-maker-linked gains during LAPTOP’s launch.
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NEAR Adds Robinhood Chain to Its Multichain App
ETH and USDG swaps use NEAR Intents to handle cross-chain routing, while bridge infrastructure still moves assets between networks.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Cardano's Programmable Token Standard Goes Live With Issuer Controls
Wallets, DEXs and lending protocols need integration changes to handle the assets, whose issuer-selected rules can permit freezes and forced transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polygon taps TRON’s $94 billion stablecoin supply for seamless cross-border transfers
Polygon said businesses can also move the world’s largest stablecoin USDT between TRON and EVM networks without connecting to a wallet provider, bridge or fiat-ramp operator.
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Tether, Kazakhstan cenbank mull tenge stablecoin and asset tokenization
The agreement will explore a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot and a framework for tokenizing real-world assets as Kazakhstan expands its digital asset industry.
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Russia’s Sberbank Given Green Light to Custody Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Sberbank Given Green Light to Custody Bitcoin Russia’s largest bank has announced it is the first in the country to have been approved to custody bitcoin. Sberbank said in an announcement Wednesday that the Bank of Russia gave the company the green light for “digital...
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Bitcoin Falls Under $83,000 on Oil Spike, Rising US Borrowing Costs
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Falls Under $83,000 on Oil Spike, Rising US Borrowing Costs Bitcoin’s price has plunged — with other assets — as oil surges and the cost of borrowing increases. The largest cryptocurrency was trading for $83,062, down nearly 4% over a 24-hour period Wednesday morning in New...
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House Finance panel chair says regulator actions on crypto ‘fall short’ of CLARITY bill
Representative French Hill hopes lawmakers could pass a cryptocurrency market structure bill before the next session of Congress in 2027 as SEC and CFTC actions weren’t sufficient
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Coplan Stops Short of Mentioning a Polymarket Token at TOKEN2049
Traders read a Sunday post as a tease of POLY. Coplan described an onchain asset tied to the company's economics, named no structure and set no date... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lido Unveils Morpho-Based Lending Protocol for Staking Loops
Lido Lend targets a fourth-quarter launch, with collateral screening and reliable exits among its design goals. DAO votes and technical disclosures are still ahead.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho
The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value and charges a 1% borrowing fee, while pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase brings global crypto derivatives liquidity to US with Deribit integration
US institutions will gain access to Deribit’s options and perpetual futures through Coinbase, with US retail options expected later this year.
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Bitcoin Dips Below $83K as Oil Shock Rattles Markets: What Happens Next?
Bitcoin fell sharply as oil topped $101 and the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2002. The daily chart still leans bullish. The four-hour chart disagrees.
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Gate bets all-in-one money app is crypto’s biggest consumer trend this year and next
Gate rebrands around Gate Money, which combines accounts, asset conversion, savings and card payments as the exchange broadens beyond its trading base.
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Bitcoin price drops to $82.7K October low as bond sell-off resumes on Iran nerves
Bitcoin fell below $83,000 to reach month-to-date lows as stocks reversed after all-time highs and bond yields spiked higher.
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Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI
AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions address this problem, and why close to 29% of all ZEC ever mined now sits in the...
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Bitmine's Relentless Ethereum Buying Is About to End, Tom Lee Says
Speaking at Token2049 in Singapore, the chairman said Bitmine is about 100,000 ETH—roughly six to seven weeks—from its 5% cap, setting an end date on a buying spree that made it the world's largest Ethereum treasury.
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Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization
The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.
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Moody’s gives Sky Protocol B3 rating as institutional interest in USDS grows
Moody's assigned Sky a B3 issuer rating with a stable outlook, its first rating of a stablecoin protocol. Sky is also rated B- by S&P.
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Pudgy Penguins’ parent firm shuts down its own blockchain
Pudgy Penguins' parent company, Igloo Inc, announced the shutdown of Abstract Chain after “losing tens of millions of dollars over two years” trying to keep it afloat. Users have until December 15 to move funds off the Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain before they become inaccessible. The wind-down...
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Quantum computers threaten exposed private keys rather than blockchains, Europol warns
EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges, and users to initiate phased post-quantum migrations immediately to prevent future unauthorized fund transfers.
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Moody's Rates Sky B3, Flagging Thin Capital Buffer
The stable-outlook rating puts Sky in Moody's speculative-grade category, with roughly $90 million in equity against $10 billion in managed assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant