Crypto news
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Mastercard Opens AI Machine-Payment Pilot to Developers
Buyer- and seller-side APIs, a toolkit and a sandbox extend developer testing, while Agent Pay for Machines remains a noncommercial pilot.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Vantage and Rio Bank Use Tokenized Deposits for Loan Payment on Ethereum
Participate says principal and interest reached the receiving bank’s wallet in under three minutes, with loan balances and notices updated alongside the payment.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Yuga Labs Launches Mudwater Trading-Card NFTs on Solana
Each Bored Ape qualifies for 10 packs and each Mutant Ape for two, while OpenSea reports 78.3 ETH in pack trading volume.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Trump Touts Crypto Scam Crackdown as DOJ Reports $938 Million Restrained
Attorney General Todd Blanche described a nationwide scam prosecution initiative deploying dozens of prosecutors across all 94 US Attorneys’ Offices.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tether backs Bolivian fintech bringing USDT payments to food delivery and banking
The investment will support Peso’s expansion across four Latin American markets, where it connects stablecoin payments to merchant services and local banking networks.
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Trump didn‘t mention ‘crypto’ once in White House cybercrime roundtable
The US President detailed many schemes defrauding Americans, but referred only to “cybercurrency“ related to scams.
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Nvidia Unveils Its Full-Stack Blueprint to Contain and Monitor AI Agents
Nvidia's OpenShell Reference Architecture pairs a software sandbox on Vera CPUs with Sentry monitoring on BlueField-4 chips, aiming to let companies run autonomous agents while enforcing limits agents cannot reach.
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Dolomite Adds $100 Million in Concrete’s Bitcoin-Backed Collateral
Concrete can borrow against Bitcoin held at BitGo, but liquidations require offchain custody settlement rather than an instant onchain sale.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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13 JPMD Lookalikes Emerge Amid JPMorgan’s Ethereum Launch
The bank’s genuine Ethereum token showed zero supply and holders, while its documentation warns that same-name tokens at other addresses are unaffiliated.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Krak vs. PayPal vs. Cash App: Fees, Reach and Bank Withdrawals
Cash App requires US residency, while Krak and PayPal support US-to-UK personal payments. Conversion and bank withdrawal terms determine the cost beyond the in-app transfer.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Polymarket US vs. Kalshi: What a 100-Contract Trade Costs
A hypothetical buy at 40 cents and sale at 60 cents produces nearly identical taker profits. Resting orders and funding methods can change the comparison.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Robinhood single-stock perps could be a ‘strong positive’ for HOOD shares, Mizuho says
A Mizuho survey of 600+ Robinhood users finds 94% would trade single-stock perpetual futures, mostly with new money.
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Crypto PACs spend big on Ohio Senate race
Fairshake, a Super PAC often supported by the crypto industry, transferred over $24 million to its affiliate Defend American Jobs in September. Defend American Jobs spent about $24 million in the Ohio Senate race in September. Approximately $18.6 milion was spent supporting Jon Husted, the...
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Who Found the PHP Bug That Made Governments Unplug Their Websites? ChatGPT, Of Course
OpenAI says its models found PHP2Shell and led a two-month coalition to fix it. It's the same AI that broke into Hugging Face and an Australian government portal this year.
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How a SpaceX and Tesla Merger Would Reshape Musk’s AI Empire
Both boards are now studying a tie-up that would put Grok, X, Starlink, orbital data centers, a chip megafactory and Optimus robots under one roof—and under one man's control.
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American Bankers Association accuses OCC of undermining Congress with final stablecoin rewards rule
The fight between banks and crypto has reignited after a top banking regulator declined to weigh in on third-party stablecoin rewards.
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Cardano Foundation urges EU against expanding MiCA rules to DeFi and staking
The foundation called for regulation based on financial risks rather than technology, warning that overlapping rules could create uncertainty for crypto businesses across the EU.
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Remotely exploitable PHP bug found on 70% of world’s websites
A bug that allows hackers to remotely execute code has been discovered in PHP, the language that powers 70% of the world's websites. PHP shipped emergency fixes today for two of the most critical flaws, but over one-third of the web remains unpatched as of publication time. The language, used to...
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Bitcoin Hits Weekly High as Crypto Market Rebounds
Bitcoin is back near $84,500 as XRP and Zcash lead a broad crypto rebound from October's slide, putting "Uptober" back on the table.
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Standard Chartered Signs Agreement To Acquire Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody
Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered Signs Agreement To Acquire Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody British multinational Standard Chartered will buy digital asset custodian Zodia Custody, months after signing an agreement. A statement from London-based Zodia Custody on Wednesday said that the deal will...
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UK financial watchdog opens consultations for DeFi guidance, crypto laws
The UK Financial Conduct Authority consultations came just weeks after the agency opened applications for companies under its new crypto regulatory regime.
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Polymarket US Sues Ohio to Block Sports-Contract Crackdown
The exchange seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions after Ohio demanded an immediate halt to sports contracts and written confirmation of compliance by Oct. 16.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Treasury Secretary Bessent likens GENIUS Act to Lincoln-era banking reform
The OCC has finalized rules for stablecoin reserves and redemptions, with Bessent calling the GENIUS Act a “watershed moment for American finance.”
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OKX Combines Euro and EURC Liquidity in One Spot Order Book
Eligible EEA users can convert euros to EURC at 1:1 and choose either settlement asset, with fees depending on their tier and transaction.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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FCA Proposes Guidance on When DeFi Interfaces Need UK Authorization
A separate paper explains how regulated firms must manage DeFi risks. Both consultations close Nov. 18.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NSA Urges PHP Users to Patch or Take Systems Offline
PHP has released fixes for two flaws rated 9.2 that can let unauthenticated attackers run code on web servers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Eclair Patches Lightning Bugs That Could Let Peers Steal Funds
The second security release in five days lets node operators upgrade without closing channels, though Eclair must be stopped and restarted.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Dogecoin Gets a Dedicated Company to Build Out Its Ecosystem
Formed with the Dogecoin Foundation and led by MyDoge founder Jordan Jefferson, the new company consolidates the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS app platform, and Such App to build an economy around DOGE.
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Dataline raises $10.6 million for decentralized data network for AI agents, plans ICO
The startup also plans to hold a public token sale through Uniswap's auction platform, with details expected next week.
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Tesla and SpaceX Explore Merger That Could Unite 30,221 Bitcoin
Their disclosed bitcoin positions would together rank sixth among CoinGecko’s tracked public companies. Musk says no transaction terms have been agreed.... Read the full story at The Defiant