Crypto news
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Rep. Don Davis introduces bill to stop federal candidates trading prediction market contracts tied to their own elections
Don Davis introduced legislation barring federal candidates and their families from trading prediction contracts tied to their own elections.
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Now Accepting Bitcoin: Old Major Market Brings Artisanal Meats to 48 States
Bitcoin Magazine Now Accepting Bitcoin: Old Major Market Brings Artisanal Meats to 48 States Table of Contents First Up: Old Major Market LLC (Artisan Meats) The Big Ole Update!! The “1% Orange Pill” Math Notable Mentions: Local Indy Staples: Coffee & Wine Have a Story or a Local Merchant Network...
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The VIX of bonds is rising but bitcoin and stocks aren't hearing it yet
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 6, 2026
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Now Accepting Bitcoin: Buy Coffee and Bacon Across 200 Indiana Bitcoin Merchants
Bitcoin Magazine Now Accepting Bitcoin: Buy Coffee and Bacon Across 200 Indiana Bitcoin Merchants Table of Contents First Up: Old Major Market LLC (Artisan Meats) The Big Update for Indiana Bitcoin The “1% Orange Pill” Math Notable Mentions: Local Indy Staples: Coffee & Wine Have a Story or a Local...
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Spiko raises $90 million to expand tokenized cash funds across markets
Spiko raised $90 million in Series B funding to scale its $2.7 billion tokenized cash fund business and expand into new markets.
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Crypto 'Godfather' Gets Six Years for Hiring Sheriff's Deputies, $37M Meta Fraud
Adam Iza used off-duty LA deputies to pull warrants and personal data on his rivals, then moved the proceeds through crypto custodians.
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Live updates: A drop below $84,000 could put $80,000 in play for bitcoin
FxPro says a slide below $84,000 would hand control to sellers and put $80,000 in play. Minutes from the Fed's last meeting come out Wednesday.
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Smaller altcoins shine as bitcoin stills trades around $85,000
Leading the gains is BTW, the native token of Bitway, a bitcoin-compatible layer-1, which jumped 25% in the past 24 hours and is up 170% over the past 30 days.
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Hong Kong officials double down on end-2026 deadline for crypto licensing bill
Hong Kong regulators plan to establish a licensing regime for four categories, including digital asset trading, custody, advisory and management services.
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Circle Adds Aave to Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing in Mint
The new lending option extends the Morpho-based service, while borrowers remain exposed to liquidation under third-party protocol rules.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Binance BTC outflows hit highest since mid-2023 as whales deposit stablecoins
Binance BTC reserves fell by nearly 40,000 coins since Sept. 20 as whales returned stablecoin capital to their exchange wallets.
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ZachXBT says he fronted $349,700 to infiltrate alleged Chinese launderers tied to Lazarus, Bybit hack
Posing as a client, ZachXBT said he gathered intelligence that helped freeze funds tied to the $1.5 billion Bybit hack.
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Ondo launches onchain private-company exposure, starting with AI
Ondo Finance launched a private-markets platform with tokenized notes tied initially to a pre-IPO artificial intelligence company.
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U.S.- China AI race heats up as Chinese rivals secure billions ahead of IPOs
DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.
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Ondo opens private markets with tokenized pre-IPO AI exposure
Ondo’s tokenized notes will give eligible investors exposure to private companies, with the first tied to an unnamed pre-IPO AI company.
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DOJ Presses Roman Storm Case as FinCEN Drops Mixer Proposal
A new filing targets Storm’s venue challenge, while his acquittal motion remains pending and a retrial is scheduled for April 26, 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana Foundation targets settlement in seconds with DvP launch
Solana DvP offers financial institutions an open-source settlement program designed to complete asset transfers and payments in seconds.
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OKX Money lets users save, earn 10% yield and spend dollar stablecoins in one app
he product converts more than 50 local currencies into stablecoins, offers rewards of up to 10% on eligible USDG balances and includes virtual and physical payment cards.
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Why bitcoin is down 'just' 32% a year after its record high of $126,000
This shallower decline isn’t limited to the one-year anniversary. The bear market itself has been milder with past downturns seeing prices plummet 77% to 85%.
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Ondo Unveils Private-Market Notes Ahead of First AI Offering
The notes offer exposure without shareholder rights. Secondary-market prices can diverge sharply from the eventual payout tied to a liquidity event.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs shed $90M as BTC sits 32% below year-old ATH
US spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed two days of inflows as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000, trading roughly 32% below its October 2025 all-time high.
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EEZ tests atomic L1-to-L2 transaction in push to unify Ethereum
An EEZ contributor shared a 0.001 ETH cross-chain test as the project develops a framework to connect Ethereum mainnet and its rollups.
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Bringin Opens Euro Business Accounts for Bitcoin Companies Across 30 European Countries
Bitcoin Magazine Bringin Opens Euro Business Accounts for Bitcoin Companies Across 30 European Countries Bringin today opened an invite-only beta of euro business accounts that let companies hold, accept, and pay in Bitcoin and stablecoins, and run SEPA payments from a vIBAN in the company’s own...
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Better Markets says CFTC is ‘wrong agency’ to regulate retail crypto
Better Markets said the CFTC’s proposed framework to bring certain cryptocurrency transactions and exchanges under its oversight will leave investors less protected than under the SEC.
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U.S. scraps proposed $10,000 reporting rule for for crypto sent to private wallets
FinCEN withdrew two proposals that had hung over self-custody and crypto mixers for years without ever taking effect.
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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test gets last-minute fix before major capacity jump
One of Ethereum’s main validator clients updated its software hours before a Sepolia test that will raise the amount of work each block can hold to 200 million gas.
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Bitcoin keeps getting rejected at $87,000 as stocks hover near records
BTC fell back to about $85,600 after sellers turned it away from $87,000 for the third time since Sept. 23, while Nasdaq closed at a record and Treasury yields kept climbing.
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Solana Foundation unveils a program to settle institutional trades in seconds. JPMorgan gave input
Solana Foundation launched an open-source program that lets institutions settle trades in seconds, not days. JPMorgan provided key inputs.
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Rain seeks US trust bank charter days after OCC sued over crypto charters
Rain joins a growing queue of crypto firms seeking federal trust charters, while community banks have just asked a court to overturn the OCC rules underpinning them.
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OKX eyes emerging markets with yield-offering stablecoin savings and payments app
OKX Money lets users hold, send and spend dollar-backed stablecoins, with qualifying USDG balances earning up to 10% APY.