Crypto news
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Bitcoin Falls Through the $86,000 ETF Cost Basis as the Whole Market Turns Lower
Bitcoin fell through $85,000 on Wednesday and ended the U.S. session 1.9% below the level Bitfinex analysts had published that day as the average cost of every share bought through the U.S. spot exchange-traded funds. The two sessions of ETF creations that carried the market into Wednesday are...
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Bitcoin Price Slips While US Treasury Yields Soar, Oil Prices Climb
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Slips While US Treasury Yields Soar, Oil Prices Climb Bitcoin’s price slid on Wednesday, just as U.S. Treasuries surged, with the 10-year yield climbing above 5% and reaching — its highest level since 2007. The price of the leading cryptocurrency was down 2% over a...
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Meta's Muse AI Agent Read a User's Private iMessages. Then It Lied About How
A tech columnist declined to give Meta's new AI agent access to his messages. It read them anyway, then invented an explanation for how it knew.
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Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang found dead at 37
The crypto executive and Dystopia Labs founder previously held senior roles at Stellar and Solana before joining venture capital firm Hack VC.
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US lawmakers from gaming states urge SCOTUS to take up Kalshi case
The case between New Jersey authorities and a prediction market company, if accepted by the Supreme Court, could result in clarity for state and federal officials over sports bets.
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CFTC Chair Selig Says Regulator Is Preparing for ‘24-7, On-Chain’ Markets
Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Chair Selig Says Regulator Is Preparing for ‘24-7, On-Chain’ Markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig has said that the regulator was preparing for the transition of markets moving “24-7, on-chain.” Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday, the regulator said that it...
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Zcash Clears $1,600 After 21Shares Launches European ETP
Zcash crossed $1,600 for the first time since 2016, extending a rally as 21Shares opened a new route for European brokerage customers to gain exposure to ZEC. The move followed a $1,383.30 intraday high recorded on Coinbase on Sept. 16. It returned ZEC to levels last seen during its 2016 launch......
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Cosmos Hub Restarts; 1.23 Million ATOM Moved From Neutron Attacker Wallet
The Cosmos Hub resumed producing blocks at 8:06 a.m. ET on Wednesday, and the restart moved 1.23 million ATOM out of the wallet of the attacker who took control of 11 Neutron contracts through a governance vote. Validators coordinated the halt and the restart among themselves. The transfer is......
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Zcash's Wall Street Moment Reaches Europe With Its First ETP Listing
21Shares listed Europe's first Zcash exchange-traded product on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam this week as ZEC continues its banner year.
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KB Securities, Securitize and Optimism Sign Exploratory Korea Tokenization MOU
KB Securities has signed a memorandum of understanding with Securitize and Optimism to explore tokenized securities for institutional investors in Korea, with OP Mainnet identified as the intended blockchain. The agreement remains exploratory, and Optimism’s official materials give different......
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MoonPay Agrees to Buy North Capital, Adding Securities Infrastructure
MoonPay has agreed to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a private-markets infrastructure company whose affiliates operate securities brokerage, advisory, transfer-agent and alternative-trading-system businesses. The all-stock deal is worth more than $60 million, sources familiar with...
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Trump reveals up to $100K Strategy stock purchase in ethics filing
President Donald Trump disclosed a July purchase of Strategy shares as his administration continues to advance crypto policy through federal regulators and Congress.
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Kalshi says it is not being investigated by the CFTC over trading activity
The prediction market says unusual patterns in its ether perpetual market are the result of liquidity incentives.
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Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang found dead following public dispute with the firm
The crypto community is seeking answers after 37-year-old growth executive Hsin-Ju Chuang was found dead in a remote California desert vehicle.
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$15.6 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Friday—Here's What It Means
Deribit's strike-by-strike data shows a book stacked with calls, and one price level drawing hedging pressure from both sides at once.
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HTX’s proof of reserves doesn’t match its blockchain balances
Justin Sun-owned HTX claimed in its September proof of reserves (PoR) that it held 360949.90 USDS in 0xdaa4393013f359fd63a133a3b893d311aba4e471 at a block height of 25876316. However, that address at that block height actually contained 0 USDS. The only transaction where this address actually...
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Hack VC deletes X post after disgruntled former employee found dead
Crypto venture capitalists at Hack VC deleted a post about disagreeing with a disgruntled former employee, Hsin-Ju Chuang, who has tragically passed away. Its official X account currently has no mention of her passing. Its deleted post read , “While our understanding of events differs materially,...
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US stablecoin adoption could surge with bank-like protections: Visa survey
The survey released by Visa posited that bank-like protections for stablecoins could increase adoption in the US as companies are preparing for the enactment of the GENIUS Act.
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Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans
The product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.
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White House adviser defends President Trump's crypto ties in wake of Clarity Act defeat
President Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, accused Democrats of unfairly amplifying Trump's crypto ties as a political weapon.
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Hut 8 wins bidding for Poolin’s Texas data centers with $140 million offer
The proposed acquisition would add two Texas sites to Hut 8’s expanding AI infrastructure portfolio.
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FTX and Alameda Research still causing the effective altruists problems
Last week, Protos reported that a philanthropic organization associated with the effective altruism movement, Manifund, had hired Caroline Ellison, providing the former CEO of Alameda Research her first major job opportunity since being released from prison. However, the hire caused catastrophic...
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‘Not behind closed doors’: Senate Banking Democrats call for prediction markets hearing as GOP meets privately with Kalshi
Every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is urging its chair, Sen. Tim Scott, to hold a congressional hearing on prediction markets.
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NYSE and Blockchain.com Working Together To List Tokenized Stocks
Bitcoin Magazine NYSE and Blockchain.com Working Together To List Tokenized Stocks The New York Stock Exchange and crypto exchange Blockchain.com have signed a memorandum of understanding to debut tokenized stocks. According to a Wednesday statement, if approved, Blockchain.com users would be able...
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Crypto Exchange That Invented 100x Leverage Is No More: Here’s What BitMEX Users Need to Know
BitMEX ended trading at 04:00 UTC Wednesday and is urging users to withdraw their remaining funds, as fees now apply to balances left on the exchange.
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The Quantum Issue: You Never Really Know The Future
Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: You Never Really Know The Future People have been debating whether a quantum computer presents a realistic threat to the Bitcoin network for over a decade. It was a serious topic of conversation over 13 years ago when I first discovered Bitcoin myself. There has...
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Canada's Six Biggest Banks Team Up on a Shared Digital-Dollar Network
RBC, TD, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC and National Bank are jointly exploring a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit system, starting with transfers between the banks themselves.
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‘BTC still has room to catch up’: Bitcoin’s $80,000 breakout draws institutional demand as analysts weigh durability
K33, Nexo and 21shares weigh in on bitcoin's breakout as ETF inflows hit their highest since Nov. 2024. Key levels: $87K–88K resistance.
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NYSE Taps Blockchain.com to Reach Crypto Investors With Tokenized Stocks
Blockchain.com and NYSE Group signed a preliminary agreement to give the crypto exchange's users access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory approval.
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Bitwise launches first Lighter ETP amid Hyperliquid rivalry
The product gives European investors brokerage access to the LIT token as Bitwise expands its lineup of products tied to decentralized derivatives platforms.