Crypto news
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Anthropic’s IPO doubles the price of its own books
Four months ago, accredited investors in Anthropic’s Series H round were able to buy equity in the company at a $965 billion post-money valuation — a figure based on its 2025 book of financials. The company’s new prospectus, leaked this week, however, shows the Claude AI owner preparing a November...
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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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US Senator Blumenthal Calls Tether's USDT a 'Superhighway' for Iranian Sanctions Evasion
The Connecticut Senator's subcommittee released its report on Monday and referred the findings to Treasury and the Justice Department.
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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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Gate BEN Market Logs 92 Liquidations After Scheduled Dividend Adjustment
Gate’s BENUSDT perpetual market logged 92 liquidation orders in the 65 seconds after a scheduled stock-dividend adjustment on Sept. 30, according to the exchange’s public liquidation feed. Gate’s Sept. 28 announcement assigned a $0.33 Franklin Resources dividend adjustment to BENUSDT, payable at...
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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 ETFs stretch $3.1B inflow streak as Ether funds turn red
Ether ETFs shed $3 million Tuesday after seven days of inflows, following an $8 million outflow from Zcash funds at the start of the week.
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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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Crypto hardware wallets compared for 2026
From touchscreen and QR-code devices to NFC cards and Bitcoin-only models, this guide compares hardware wallets by security, connectivity, usability and recovery options to help users choose the right fit.
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Stable Announces Visa Direct Integration for Bank and Mobile Wallet Payouts
Read the full story at The Defiant
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SlowMist traces Bitget hack activity to Aug. 31 zero-day exploit
SlowMist identified malicious activity weeks before the Bitget theft, involving a zero-day vulnerability, two security products and a custom withdrawal tool.
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HSBC Names Hong Kong Stablecoin 'RedCoin' Ahead of Retail Rollout
Read the full story at The Defiant
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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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Kalshi Files to End Volume Incentive Program
Read the full story at The Defiant
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Kalshi to end liquidity incentive program amid wash trading allegations
Its monthly volume reached $52.98 billion in September as of Sept. 29, marking an all-time high, even as September data remains incomplete.
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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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European stablecoin issuer AllUnity launches USD stablecoin USDAU
AllUnity is launching USDAU, its fourth fiat-backed stablecoin, expanding a MiCA-regulated lineup that already covers the euro, Swiss franc and Swedish krona.
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Lighter Token Drops After Robinhood Perps Plan
Read the full story at The Defiant
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Morgan Stanley Sets Up Lab to Test Stablecoins and DeFi
Morgan Stanley has established an internal Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenization and decentralized finance applications without exposing its core systems to the experiments, executives told Bloomberg. Megan Brewer, who leads market innovation and labs, said the initiative sits...
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Robinhood Unveils In-App AI Agents for Crypto and Stock Trading
Robinhood unveiled Robinhood Agents at its HOOD Summit on Sept. 29, an in-app AI agent builder designed to research markets, develop strategies and place stock, options and crypto trades on customers’ behalf. The company’s announcement says Agents is “coming soon” to eligible U.S. customers. A......
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Kalshi in Advanced Talks for $1B Raise at $40B Valuation: Reuters
Prediction-market exchange Kalshi is in advanced talks to raise about $1 billion at a roughly $40 billion valuation from existing and new investors, including Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group, Reuters reported Sept. 29, citing people familiar with the matter. Existing...
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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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Kalshi in advanced talks to raise new funding at $40B valuation: Reuters
The prediction market was valued at $22 billion in a $1 billion funding round just four months ago, after doubling its valuation from December.
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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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Illinois draft crypto tax rules detail DeFi, stablecoin treatment
Illinois’ draft rules spell out how its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoins, DeFi platforms, crypto bridges and self-custody transfers.
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Crypto.com AI agent still in ‘stealth mode’ nearly 8 months after Super Bowl debut
In February, ai.com drew enough traffic to crash its website after a $15 million Super Bowl ad, but months later, users are still wondering what’s happened to their promised AI agent.
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Robinhood to launch perps, weekend stock trading for US users
The trading platform also introduced Robinhood Agents, which allows users to build their own AI agents within the app.