Crypto news
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Evernorth shareholders approve $1 billion XRP treasury deal, clearing path to Nasdaq debut
Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders approved the Evernorth merger. The XRP treasury company expects to hold ~473M XRP.
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Crypto for Advisors: The CLARITY Act failed, but the rules came anyway
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NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues
The popular cross-chain trading system said it will reimburse losses after a bug affected deposits and withdrawals across several networks.
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NEAR Intents halts services after $3.8 million exploit, promises full compensation
NEAR Intents patched the contract flaw, but deposits and withdrawals on 11 networks remain disrupted.
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World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool
World Liberty Financial launched WLFI staking on Oct. 1, with a planned initial rewards pool of $1.25 million in USD1 to be allocated over 180 days. “You voted. It's live,” the company said, scheduling the first rewards deposit for Oct. 2 between 8 and 9 a.m. ET. Holders must open a 180-day...
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The Quantum Issue: Quantum Isn’t Coming For Your Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: Quantum Isn't Coming For Your Bitcoin For as long as Bitcoin has existed, new forms of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) have been used to predict its demise. Despite this, Bitcoin has grown into a multi-trillion dollar asset and begun to take its place in the...
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Blockworks Opens Its Full Dataset To AI Agents
Read the full story at The Defiant
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NEAR Intents Halts Services, Reports $3.8 Million Loss
Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitget’s $388M hack pushes Q3 crypto security losses past $1B
Crypto security losses reached $1.26 billion in Q3 across 247 incidents, with September alone accounting for roughly $769 million.
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LATAM stablecoin liquidity may depend on few providers, investor says
Researchers in a Latin American stablecoin ecosystem report warned “fragility in the system is concentrated in its thinnest layer,” with just 16 of 494 companies focused primarily on wholesale liquidity, treasury and credit.
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Stablecoins can drain from banks and nations at lightning speed
Highly liquid and settling 24/7, stablecoins can leave banks and countries at lightning speed. But whether stablecoins are a risk — or an opportunity — depends on your perspective.
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MetaMask unstakes $1.4B of ETH after validator rewards stolen
Crypto wallet giant MetaMask has “proactively” initiated the exit of 17,000 affected Ethereum validators, representing a total of over 523,000 staked ETH ($1.4 billion), following a security incident. It stressed that its wallets faced “no immediate threat,” and that the issue was confined to its...
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Minecraft, Candy Crush Among 11 Games in EU Virtual Currency Crackdown
The guidelines exclude cryptocurrencies, leaving tokens outside a regime written for currencies bought with real money inside games.
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Robinhood Wallet integrates Arcus RFQ system for stock token swaps
Robinhood Wallet adds Arcus as a routing provider for Stock Token swaps, giving eligible users access to more than 190 tokens.
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CHART: Time taken for the average US worker to earn one BTC tops 12 months
It currently takes over one year of full-time work for the average US worker to earn enough money to buy one BTC. But this wasn't always the case. Below is a chart of pre-tax and pre-living expense calculations, assuming an average US private sector employee working full-time using all wages to buy...
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Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators
Plus, a major MetaMask security event has crypto natives on edge as details trickle out.
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Citi Lifts 12-Month Bitcoin Target to $113K, Ethereum to $3K
The bank has revised its 12-month target for BTC up from $82K, though it remains about 10% below Bitcoin's October 2025 record.
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Bitcoin ETFs’ 9-day, $3 billion inflow streak comes to an end as $149 million exits the funds
Meanwhile, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs saw $59.6 million in net outflows on Wednesday, led by $26.6 million exiting Fidelity's FETH fund.
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Live Updates: Bitcoin flat near $84,000 after closing out best quarter since 2024
After a spike higher overnight, interest rates are dipping ahead of tomorrow's key U.S. employment report.
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Illinois agrees to six-month delay of crypto tax as industry continues court battle
Both sides agreed the 0.2% tax should be put off until July 1, if the court approves the deal, which will let the state and industry focus on the legal dispute.
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Crypto lost $1.26 billion in hacks while bitcoin bulls enjoyed a monster quarter
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 1, 2026
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Lloyds, Visa settle $750,000 using USDC in live cross-border pilot
Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 of payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day live cross-border pilot.
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Synthetic tokenized stocks are bad for American investors
U.S. markets are the envy of the world because investors trust that whoever owns a share owns it fully, writes Aaron Kaplan, founder of Promethum. The synthetic models cheapens that trust, shortchanges U.S. investors, and undercuts the issuer-led capital markets model.
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Tokenized assets don’t always mirror traditional markets, Dune finds
Dune found that tokenized markets show different trading patterns from traditional markets, with RWA value reaching $34.5 billion.
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Bitcoin kicks off new quarter in the old $82,000-$85,000 price range
Prices briefly topped $85,000 on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation cooled bets on Fed rate hikes, But bulls couldn’t hold the move and spot ETFs didn’t help.
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Bitcoin holds above $83K as rally on lower US inflation data fades
Bitcoin erased its post-PCE gains as analysts cautioned that methodology changes complicated the lower-than-expected inflation reading.
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Binance’s EU services face scrutiny over licensing exemption: Report
EU regulators are reportedly examining Binance’s use of a MiCA exemption to serve customers as ESMA seeks stronger enforcement powers.
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Citigroup raises 12-month bitcoin target to $113,000 as ETF inflows resume
Citi also raised its 12-month target for ether from from $2,240 to $3,028.
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Authors Pull Ethereum Staking Reward Burn From Hegotá
Read the full story at The Defiant
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MetaMask Exits Lido Validators Amid Infrastructure ‘Security Incident’
The wallet says it has found no immediate threat to user wallets, but the ETH it is pulling out of Lido could take 45 days to return.