Crypto news
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Treasury Sanctions 11 Over North Korean IT Worker Scheme That Moved Millions in Crypto
Two Russian nationals converted more than $5 million in crypto for North Korean networks, according to OFAC, which listed their wallets.
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Bitcoin drops to $80,000 on Fed dissent, Samsung, Alphabet earnings; AI tokens slump
Bitcoin fell 1.4% since midnight UTC to around $80,100 as disappointing reports from Samsung and Alphabet weighed on tech stocks. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is due later today.
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NYSE owner takes steps to bring Hyperliquid perpetual futures to U.S.
The planned ICE[XYZ] venue would offer 24/7 perpetual futures on stocks, commodities and crypto, pending CFTC approval. ICE is investing in Trade[XYZ].
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Utah Files Felony Charges Against Kalshi, Co-Founders Over Sports Bets
The state says an undercover agent placed a dozen sports wagers on Kalshi, a day after the CFTC sued Utah to block its enforcement actions.
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Curve Finance launches on Stellar in first native deployment outside EVM ecosystem
Curve Finance has launched on Stellar mainnet, its first native deployment outside the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem.
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Cathie Wood’s ARK buys the dip on Robinhood in its largest purchase in 6 months after 23% slump
HOOD fell 3.3% on Wednesday, broadening its one-month decline to more than 23%.
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Bitcoin long-term resistance in focus as analysis sees selling risk above $85K
BTC price analysis from Glassnode drew attention to $85,000 as the lower boundary of a cost-basis zone for long-term holders.
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Solana wallet Solflare pledges to pay missed rewards on staked $160 million after validator goes offline
About 1.56 million SOL sat on a validator that stopped earning, and the wallet still hasn’t named the firm that held its keys.
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Live updates: Bitcoin clings to $80,000 as Strategy’s cushion thins before earnings
Bitcoin slipped nearly 2% ahead of Strategy’s third-quarter results, and the largest corporate holder’s coins are now worth only about 6% more than it paid for them.
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ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down in February 2027
Lagarde announced plans to step down as European Central Bank President after serving more than seven years in the role.
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Thai Supreme Court rules bitcoin is property after thief challenges conviction
The court said bitcoin has a market price, can be cashed out and held by the public. It upheld a 10-year sentence for a man who helped the robbers.
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Bermuda taps WalletConnect to advance its onchain economy plan
Bermuda chose WalletConnect to bring crypto payments to local merchants, starting with ticketing platform PTIX in the second quarter of 2027.
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SparkLend Has $11.95 Million in USDT Available as Utilization Holds Near 96%
Suppliers were earning about 6.9% APY, while borrowers faced roughly 7.70% APR after liquidity tightened earlier this week.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Former Swift CEO joins stablecoin firm OpenTrade as chairman
Lazaro Campos takes the board role as the London-based company reports $300 million in assets locked and more than $1 billion in annual transaction volume.
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Westpac Sets A$10,000 Monthly Crypto Payment Cap From December
Exemptions and higher limits will not be available, while withdrawals from crypto exchanges into Westpac accounts are unchanged.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The chart bitcoin traders should be paying attention to
A market at an inflection point could shape inflation trends and the prices of risk assets, from bitcoin to tech stocks.
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Bitcoin ETFs add $137M, pushing October back into the green
Bitcoin ETFs drew $424 million over three days, lifting October net inflows to $111 million despite a hawkish Federal Reserve decision and weaker crypto sentiment.
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Wagyu Confirms Data Leak Exposing Monero Swap Records
Hudson Rock found 4,580 orders connecting public-chain deposit transactions, Monero destinations and client IP addresses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Arbitrum Active Addresses Reach 1.09 Million, a 30-Day High
Transactions climbed far less than addresses on Oct. 28, while user-paid fees stayed close to the preceding week's median.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi, executives over alleged illegal gambling
Utah AG Derek Brown filed criminal charges against Kalshi, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara for allegedly promoting online gambling.
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Shopify Takes Shop Pay Into AI Agents and Off-Platform Checkouts
Agents can pay at stores outside Shopify using single-use card credentials, without those retailers adding a new integration.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AI found a way to crash bitcoin nodes on Windows and Macs. It's now public
Three flaws a language-model scan dug up are the first disclosed under Core’s new rules for bugs that are easy to find.
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Ethereum clients patch flaw that could let attackers redirect ETH rewards
A key blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some Teku and Besu setups trusting forged certificates. Default mainnet nodes weren’t exposed.
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Utah charges predictions platform Kalshi with illegal gambling
Utah has filed criminal charges against betting platform Kalshi and its co-founders.
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Your fridge could one day stake Ether, launch memecoins: CFTC chair
CFTC chair Mike Selig says autonomous AI agents could challenge financial rules built around human traders, and regulators need to adapt.
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Tokenized GOOGL Drops Nearly 12% Alongside After-Hours Stock Selloff
A Uniswap pool handled about $603,000 in five minutes as Alphabet-linked tokens repriced. The underlying shares also traded sharply lower after the regular close.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Singapore Police Report $2.7 Million in Tampered Ledger Wallet Losses
Police count at least two cases in a reporting window starting Sept. 10. Ledger's public alert came Oct. 9.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin dips below $80,000 as Samsung-led tech jitters and a hawkish Fed weigh on crypto
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 as Samsung-driven tech weakness and a hawkish Fed hold triggered a broad risk-off move. Crypto futures saw $356 million in liquidations.
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Mystery Wall Street Journal ad sparks new fight over tokenized stocks
A full-page warning urging CEOs to opt out of tokenized stock trading drew a response from Securitize and questions over who paid for it.
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Tampered Ledger wallets cost Singapore users $2.7M: Police
Police say at least two cases were reported as early as Sept. 10, nearly a month before the wider incident became public.