Crypto news
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Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone
Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark controls.
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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.
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Fed requests comment on two proposals for stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act
US regulatory agencies missed a rule-making deadline under the GENIUS Act, a year after the law was signed.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task Force.
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CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.
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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switches.
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.
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Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules
Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.
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Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules
Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.
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AlphaFi Winds Down After Oracle Error, With Sui Foundation Support
AlphaFi is winding down its Sui-based lending protocol AlphaLend after an ALPHA oracle misconfiguration created bad debt, with the Sui Foundation stepping in to support its solvency, Sui said Friday. AlphaFi said certain loans backed by ALPHA had become substantially undercollateralized. “That...
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U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sending out its latest crypto work.
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US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license.
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Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations
A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets' sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore aren't subject to federal regulatory oversight.
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EBA Floats Stablecoin Lending Restrictions for EU Crypto Firms
The European Banking Authority has floated barring EU crypto service providers from arranging or facilitating borrowing and lending involving stablecoins that lack authorization under the bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, or MiCA. In its Sept. 24 response to the European Commission’s...
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OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
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SEC crypto FAQ addresses token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit
Promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, SEC staff said.
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Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.
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Duelbits Co-Founder Reports $7 Million Hack as Casino Stays Offline
Crypto casino and sportsbook Duelbits remained offline Friday after its co-founder reported a roughly $7 million hack, leaving customers waiting for withdrawals to resume. In a 2:28 p.m. ET update on Sept. 25, co-founder Joe said the team needed “a little more downtime” to secure the platform...
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Circle CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen to Step Down by Year-End
Circle Internet Group said Sept. 25 that Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Fox-Geen will step down by the end of 2026 and that it has begun a search for his successor. The USDC issuer said Fox-Geen will remain CFO until Dec. 31 or until a successor is appointed, whichever comes first. He will stay......
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SEC Staff Clarifies Token Buybacks and Liquid Staking in New FAQs
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff said Sept. 25 that announcing buybacks of non-security tokens on a functional crypto system does not constitute a promise to undertake essential managerial efforts—a key element of the investment-contract analysis. The new FAQs, issued by the...
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North Korean Hackers Linked to $388M Bitget Crypto Exchange Theft: CEO
Bitcoin Magazine North Korean Hackers Linked to $388M Bitget Crypto Exchange Theft: CEO Hackers from North Korea targeted crypto exchange Bitget on Thursday, according to an update from the CEO, making away with close to $388 million in digital assets — more than originally reported. Bitget CEO...
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Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
The trade group will be run again by its original CEO, Kristin Smith, when Summer Mersinger leaves at the end of a long congressional tussle.
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Bitcoin ETFs Extend Winning Streak With Nearly $3B in Inflows
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin ETFs Extend Winning Streak With Nearly $3B in Inflows Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are on a winning streak, with investors buying for six consecutive days. The funds — managed by the likes of BlackRock, Fidelity, and Morgan Stanley — have received over $2.8 billion in new...
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Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO
The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.
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AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.
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Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the flood of noisy AI-generated security reports.
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Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets.
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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.
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Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
A man was charged for his role in defrauding someone of millions of dollars' worth of crypto in a "massive pig butchering" scam.