Crypto news
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Authors Pull Ethereum Staking Reward Burn From Hegotá
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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.
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Chainalysis beats most Celsius claims, but ‘audit’ lawsuit survives
Chainalysis still faces an aiding-and-abetting claim over Celsius’ disputed $3.3 billion audit after a judge dismissed 15 other claims.
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EU Presses Binance Over ‘Reverse Solicitation’ Exemption for Users: Report
Regulators are probing how the exchange keeps serving EU customers from Abu Dhabi, months after it lost its MiCA registrations.
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Judge Dismisses LIBRA and M3M3 Class Action With Prejudice
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CertiK Tallies $766.4 Million in September Exploit and Phishing Losses
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Marinade Says Council Blocked DAO Takeover Attempt
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $6.3B in Q3 as BTC price rises nearly 43%
Bitcoin gained 42.71% in Q3, its best third-quarter performance since 2017, as US spot ETFs attracted $6.34 billion in net inflows.
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MetaMask security incident forces Ethereum staking exits, no funds at risk
An Ethereum security researcher estimates about 0.36 ETH in rewards was diverted, while precautionary exits cover validators holding roughly 523,000 ETH.
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Bitcoin think tank questions MSCI’s ‘invisible committee’ over Strategy, Metaplanet rule
A Bitcoin Policy Institute paper says MSCI’s proposed “non-operating company” rule could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes and may have roots in an earlier crypto treasury review.
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Dogecoin gets DeFi testnet as DogeOS bets miners will eventually secure its apps
DogeOS wants to turn DOGE into more than a payments and speculation asset, but its applications still rely on selected operators rather than Dogecoin miners.
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Crypto hacks top $768M in September, worst month of 2026
The $388 million Bitget breach and $320 million Liquid Network exploit accounted for most of September’s losses, though more than $270 million from the latter was later returned.
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Bitcoin's soft-inflation pop to $85,500 fades as bond yields refuse to fall
A cooler-than-expected PCE report sent bitcoin briefly above $85,000 on Wednesday. Treasury yields held near their highest since 2002 and the gains drained away.
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Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident
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CFTC seeks to define event contracts as swaps amid prediction market fight
The classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.
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Bitcoin Privacy Breakthrough a Zcash Killer? | Misha Komorov, Alloc Innit
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Privacy Breakthrough a Zcash Killer? | Misha Komorov, Alloc Innit Researchers have proposed a way to make Bitcoin private without changing Bitcoin itself. Misha Komarov, co-founder of alloc/init, explains Shielded Bitcoin: zero-knowledge proofs that hide the sender,...
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Bitcoin’s Institutional Era Has Arrived | Robinhood VP of Crypto Institutions Nicola White
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin's Institutional Era Has Arrived | Robinhood VP of Crypto Institutions Nicola White Robinhood is bringing crypto perpetual futures to US customers, with up to 10x leverage on Bitcoin and Ether. Nicola White, Robinhood's vice president of institutional crypto, explains how...
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Mark Moss: The Bitcoin Endgame – BTC to $1 Million by 2030
Bitcoin Magazine Mark Moss: The Bitcoin Endgame – BTC to $1 Million by 2030 The Fed just raised rates, yet Bitcoin keeps climbing. Mark Moss, host of the Market Disruptors podcast, explains why he thinks most people are misreading why long-term rates are rising, how a booming economy could be part...
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MetaMask exits Lido validators as it investigates security incident
MetaMask said it has found no immediate threat to its wallets, while Lido warned the precautionary validator exits could result in lost rewards and downtime penalties.
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MetaMask Staking Exits Lido Validators After Infrastructure Compromise
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Gemini 4 Is Here, and Google’s Flagship Tops All Other AI Models on Cybersecurity
Gemini 4 Argon tops 12 of 18 benchmarks in Google's own table, writes a million tokens per reply and resists hijacking best. Cyber defenders get it first, with the guardrails off.
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Clarity Act’s failure gave crypto ‘faster’ regulatory wins, Bitwise CIO says
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says Clarity’s defeat left crypto with fewer restrictions and faster SEC action.
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Dogecoin Is Getting Apps as DogeOS Opens Its Public Testnet
The team behind the MyDoge wallet opened a public test of DogeOS, a layer that lets developers build lending platforms and games on top of the meme coin network.
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OFAC Sanctions Tren de Aragua ATM Network, Lists Seven Tron Addresses
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FBI Tells Its Employees to Assume Hackers Have Their Personal Data
An internal memo warned FBI staff that ShinyHunters, the group claiming it hacked the bureau's jobs site, may hold their private details.
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Standard Chartered sees Ethena’s USDe reaching $40B, ENA hitting $2
The bank also expects Ethena’s ENA token to rise roughly sevenfold to $2 by the end of 2028 as USDe scales and token buybacks increase.
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CFTC secures over $30 million judgment against defendants in Fundsz fraud case
The CFTC secured a win in court after the agency said two defendants participated in a crypto scheme that they then tried to walk back.
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Coinbase-Backed Crypto Group Reveals Midterm Endorsements After Clarity Act Collapse
The Coinbase-backed group's first Senate endorsements—Republicans Jon Husted and Ashley Hinson and Democrat Chris Pappas—come two weeks after the Clarity Act's collapse, as the industry's fight shifts to the campaign trail.
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UK Brings Crypto Under Full FCA Oversight for the First Time
Bitcoin Magazine UK Brings Crypto Under Full FCA Oversight for the First Time The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has opened applications for crypto firms to become authorized, bringing the sector under full regulation for the first time. In a Wednesday announcement, the watchdog said companies...
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Bitcoin Surges 40% in Its Best Quarter Since Late 2024
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Surges 40% in Its Best Quarter Since Late 2024 Bitcoin is having one of its best quarters ever — another indication that the biggest cryptocurrency is in a bull market. As noted by the The Kobeissi Letter this week, the price of bitcoin is now up close to 30% since August...