Crypto news
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CFTC Staff Advisory Says Prediction Market 'Mention' Contracts Invite Manipulation
Three weeks after fining a teleprompter operator who traded on speeches he had already read, regulators set out what exchanges must show.
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Bitcoin consolidates near $86,000 as rally narrows and Brent slips below $100
Thirty-eight of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents were lower on the day, with bitcoin cash up 32% over 24 hours on a CME futures listing.
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BitMEX shuts down: perpetuals pioneer officially closes it doors after 11 years
The exchange, co-founded by Arthur Hayes, stopped trading and deposits, but says users can still log in and withdraw funds as its wind-down continues.
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CFTC chair pushes tokenization as SEC opens door to onchain stocks
Michael Selig said tokenization could reshape financial markets as the CFTC and SEC continue advancing onchain initiatives despite the CLARITY Act setback.
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Bitcoin bull market ‘confirmed’ but $90K presents profit-taking risk: Analysis
BTC price analysis concluded that onchain signals had “confirmed” the new Bitcoin bull market.
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FTX, Alameda-linked wallets send $75 million in ether to Wintermute, onchain data shows
Onchain analysts PeckShield and EmberCN say the funds moved to a Wintermute wallet, but neither a sale nor the purpose of the transfer have been confirmed.
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Former Polish Police Officer Charged as Zondacrypto Probe Searches Fuel Depot
Investigators are combing the site where the exchange's founder was last seen in 2022, using experts and forensic equipment.
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Raiffeisen to offer crypto trading across 11 European markets via Bitpanda
Bitpanda will provide crypto infrastructure to Raiffeisen network banks, potentially extending digital asset access to about 18 million customers.
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AI agents will soon buy their own computing power and data using stablecoins, according to BlackRock
The asset manager sees payments as the nearer-term opportunity, while markets for computing capacity remain at an early stage
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BitMEX ends crypto trading, keeps withdrawals open after closure
BitMEX officially ended exchange operations after more than 11 years, while withdrawals remain open as the crypto derivatives platform urges users to remove their funds.
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Zcash’s November upgrade could freeze funds in legacy Sprout pool
The proposed NU7 change would disable version 4 transactions, leaving ZEC in Zcash’s legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable.
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Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate
Coinbase now allows users to borrow the USDC stablecoin against their bitcoin at a fixed interest rate and repayment date.
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XRP Ledger retries upgrade that lets banks split payment and compliance duties
The upgrade could activate Oct. 5, letting businesses give another account limited powers such as making payments or approving customers without handing over full control.
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Bitcoin ETFs take in $1.7B in 2 days as BTC tops holder cost basis
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1.7 billion in net inflows over two days as Bitcoin rose above investors’ estimated average cost basis.
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FATF Report | How to Understand and Address Risks in Gaming and Gambling
In September 2026, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the report Risks of Gaming and Gambling , providing a systematic analysis of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing risks in areas including casinos, sports betting, other forms of gambling, and online...
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US Treasury secretary emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s AI czar role: Report
US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching his service limit as a special government employee.
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Malicious iOS app FomoPeek linked to $580K crypto theft, SlowMist says
SlowMist said malicious FomoPeek versions distributed through Apple’s App Store used iOS kernel exploits to escape the sandbox and access sensitive data from other apps.
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Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Alpenglow would let exchanges, bridges and merchants treat payments as irreversible almost immediately.
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Bitcoin's on a streak it hasn't hit since 2012
Bitcoin’s 10% September gain puts it on track for a rare three-month winning streak last seen in 2012.
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Canada’s big six banks explore tokenized deposit system to modernize payments
The banks said the first phase of the project involves moving tokenized deposits efficiently across financial institutions.
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AI potential to drive crypto demand remains ‘underappreciated’: BlackRock
BlackRock says AI agents could drive demand for stablecoins and programmable payment rails, while tokenized computing capacity could create another opportunity for digital assets.
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Zcash leads crypto majors with a 10% gain as bitcoin holds near $87,000
Falling oil eased inflation worries through the Asian session, while a bill to make the government's bitcoin stockpile permanent moved further through Congress than any before it.
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OpenAI, Anthropic to brief UN Security Council on AI risks: Reports
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are expected to brief the UN Security Council as it examines AI risks and global security.
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CFTC issues warning over risky prediction market ‘mention’ contracts
The warning comes weeks after the CFTC fined a former White House teleprompter operator who made more than $107,000 trading prediction contracts tied to President Trump’s speeches.
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U.S. regulator warns about cheating risks in 'mention markets' on prediction platforms
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a new advisory to flag the unique dangers of markets based on individuals' behavior.
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Crypto VC Hashed anchors new digital asset private credit fund targeting $300 million
The fund aims to address a critical financing bottleneck in the institutional digital asset sector by using 'covenant-based' underwriting.
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UN Security Council Will Get Advice on AI Risks From Tech Giants Building It
DeepSeek will address the UN Security Council on AI risks this week, sharing a stage with Dario Amodei—who has spent a year calling China's government the industry's biggest threat.
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CFTC warns ‘mention market’ prediction contracts carry heightened manipulation risk
The CFTC is warning that bets on prediction markets based on whether someone will "mention" specific words carries manipulation risks.
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Democrats 'chose visceral hatred for' Donald Trump over crypto Clarity Act, Lummis says
Senator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarity Act vote.
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$161 Million in Decade-Old Bitcoin Has Moved in Just Two Weeks
Four ancient wallets moved 1,971 BTC between Sept. 6 and Sept. 22, including a 600 BTC transfer worth $51.9 million just hours ago, with three of the four carrying "Noah Doe" lawsuit tags.